RECORDS OF MEETINGS OF 1908 505 



"Wild Birds at Home." By R. Kearton, Esq., of Caterham, England. 

 (Through cooperation with the Linnaean Society of New York and 

 the American Museum of Natural History.) Attendance, 159. 



"The Volcano of Jorullo, Mexico; History, Features, Repopulation of 

 the District by Animals and Plants." By Professor Hans Gadow, 

 of Cambridge, England. (Through cooperation with the American 

 Museum of Natural History.) Attendance, 153. 



"Mechanical Response of Plants." By Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose, 

 M. A., D. Sc, of Calcutta, India. (Before the Torrey Botanical 

 Club.) Attendance, 103. 



An event of note to those interested in geology and related subjects was 

 the spring conference which was held on Monday, the 6th of April, by the 

 Section of Geology and Mineralogy. Invitations to participate were sent 

 to societies, institutions and individual geologists in New England, New 

 York, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, and the response was so 

 general that two sessions were required for the presentation of the 19 papers 

 offered. The afternoon session was held at Columbia University and the 

 evening session at the American Museum of Natural History. 



Considerable energy has been expended during the year in preparation 

 for the celebration, on the 12th of February, 1909, of the centenary of the 

 birth of the famous naturalist, Charles Darwin, and the semi-centennial 

 of the "Origin of Species," information as to which has been sent, from 

 time to time, to the members of the Academy and the Affiliated Societies. 

 Much remains to be done, but yovir officers anticipate an event of more than 

 usual importance to the local scientific public. 



At the present time the membership of the Academy includes 460 Active 

 Members, 11 of whom are Associate Active Members, and 126 Fellows. 

 The election of 2 Fellows is pending. There have been 12 deaths during 

 the year, 35 resignations, 7 names have been dropped from last year's roll 

 on account of not completing membership, 1 has been transferred to the list 

 of Non-resident Members and 1 Associate has been dropped on account of 

 non-payment of dues. The new members elected during the year number 

 18, two of whom have not yet completed their membership. As the mem- 

 bership of the Academy a year ago was 500, there has been a net loss of 40 

 during 1908. Announcement is made with regret of the loss by death of the 

 following members: 



Rev. M. E. D wight. Active Member ( 3 years), 



Wm. H. S. Wood, " " (23 " ), 



Thomas Jefferson Hurley, " " ( 1 year ), 



Morris K. Jesup, " " (15 years), 



