14-8 [January, 



General Zoology ; 3, Committee on Mammalogy; 4, ou Ornithology ; 

 5, on Herpetoloffy and Ichthyology ; 6, on Conchology ; 7, on Ento~ 

 viology ; 8, on Botany; 9, on Palceontology; 10, on Geology 

 and Mineralogy; 11, on Physics: 12, on the Library: 13, on 

 the Proceedings; 14, the Auditors; and 15, the Publication 

 Committee ; each to consist of Mrce members, whose term of service 

 shall be one year. And all these, except the Auditors and 

 Publication Committee, shall be elected at the last meeting in January 

 of each year." 



The amendment was adopted. 



The Society then proceeded to an election for the Standing Com- 

 mittees, in accordance with the above amended By-Lav/. The follow- 

 ing members were elected: 



COMMITTEES FOK. 1849, 



1 . Ethnology. 



S. G. Morton, J. S. Phillips, 



Charles Pickering. 



2. Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. 



Joseph Leidy, S. G. Morton, 



Edward Hallowell. 



3. Mammalogy. 



J. S. Phillips, Joseph Leidy, 



S. W. Woodhouse. 



4. Ornithology. 



Edward Harris, John Cassin, 



William Gambel. 



5. Herpetology and Ichthyology. 



Edward Hallowell, Robert E. Griffith, 



J. K. Townsend. 



G. Conchology. 



Robert E. Griffith, T. A. Conrad, 



Henry C. Lea. 



7. Entomology and Crustacea. 



S. S. Haldeman, Robert Bridges, 



Wm. S. Zantzinger. 



8. Botany. 

 Robert Bridges, Wm. S. Zantzinger, 



Gavin Watson. 



9. PalcEontology. 



T. A. Conrad, Richard C. Taylor, 



Thomas B. Wilson. 



