Proceedings. xi 



December 17, 1904 — 393rd Meeting. 



Tlic President in the eliair and 08 persons present. 



The following eonnnunications were presented : 



E. L. Greene : The Earliest Systematic Book of Botany. 



A. B. Baker: Animals Recently Received at the National 

 Zoological Park from Abyssinia and South America. 



Hugh M. Smith : The Japanese Dwarf Salmon and the Fish- 

 ing Therefor with Trained Cormorants.* 



December 31, 1904 — 394th Meeting. 



The President in the ehair and 24 persons present. 



The annual reports of the Recording Secretary and the Treas- 

 urer were read and accepted. The following officers were elected 

 for the year lOOo : 



President : Frank H. Knowlton. 



Vice-Presidents: E. L. Greene,- W. P. Hay, E. W. Nelson, 

 T. S. Palmer. 



Recording Secretary : Wilfred H. Osgood. 



Corresponding Secretary : Edward L. Morris. 



Treasurer : David White. 



Councillors: A. K. Fisher, A. D. Hopkins, J. N. Rose, L. 

 Stejneger, H. J. Webber. 



The President announced the appointment of the following 

 standing committees for the year 1905 : 



Committee on Publications : W. P. Hay, Da^^d White, W. H. 

 Osgood, E. A. Goldman, C. A. McKnew. 



Committee on Communications : Vernon Bailey, A. B. Baker, 

 A. D. Hopkins, J. N. Rose, H. M. Smith. 



*Tobe published by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries; see also Trans. Amer, Fisheries 

 Soe., p. 101, 1904. 



