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Colonel Albert A. Sprague was elected Third Vice-President, the 

 Board of Trustees having created this office by an amendment to 

 Section I, Article IV of the By-Laws. 



Mr. D. C. Davies was elected Secretary of the Board to fill the 

 vacancy existing, and Mr. George Manierre was elected Assistant 

 Secretary. 



Mrs. Edward E. Ayer was chosen an Honorary Member of the 

 Museum, in view of the eminent service she has rendered to science. 



The Life Members of the Institution were increased by the elec- 

 tion of Mr. Frederic W. Upham, Mr. Francis C. Farwell and Mr. 

 Colin C. H. Fyffe. Mr. Marvin B. Pool was elected an Associate 

 Member of the Museum. 



At a meeting of the Board of Trustees, held December 19, 192 1, 

 the present incumbent was appointed Director of the Museum to suc- 

 ceed the late Doctor Frederick J. V. Skiff. 



At a special meeting of the Board, held March 1, 1921, Benjamin 

 Bridge was appointed Auditor, and at the regular meeting of the 

 Board in April, Henry F. Ditzel was appointed Recorder. 



The Museum sustained a signal loss in the death of Charles B. 

 Cory, Curator of Zoology. Prof. Cory had been in the service of the 

 Museum for twenty-eight years, during which period his conscientious, 

 untiring devotion to his work and his cheerful presence had deeply 

 impressed all his associates. Prof. Cory was first and foremost an 

 ornithologist, and this was attributable to no lack of sympathy with the 

 larger field, but because he recognized that the larger field could not 

 be successfully covered by one man. His work on ''The Birds of 

 the Americas," in preparation at the time of his death, furnishes 

 abundant evidence of his remarkable knowledge of the literature of 

 his subject and his ability to use it to the greatest advantage. The book 

 is an elaborate catalogue and the special attributes essential for the 

 production of such a work Prof. Cory possessed in a marked degree. 



To complete and edit this work the Museum has been enabled, 

 through the generosity of Mr. Charles R. Crane, to secure the serv- 

 ices of Dr. C. E. Hellmayr, one of the leading and best known Europ- 

 ean ornithologists. Dr. Hellmayr is at present affiliated with the Uni- 

 versity of Munich and will probably arrive in Chicago early in the 

 summer of 1922 prepared to commence his duties. As Dr. Hellmayr's 

 ornithological labors have been particularly directed to South America 

 and as he is familiar also with the important collections of birds in 

 Europe, the Museum is specially fortunate in having obtained his 

 consent to undertake the completion of this monumental work. 



