2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Jan., 



Instruction.— Benjamin Smith Lyman, Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 

 Charles Morris, Phihp P. Calvert, Ph.D., and Dr. C. Newlin Peirce. 



Committee of Council on By-Laws. — Arthur E. Brown, Sc.D., 

 Thos. H. Fenton, M.D., John Cadwalader and Chas. B. Penrose, M.D. 



The President is, ex officio, a member of all Standing Committees. 



January 21, 

 The President, Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., in the Chair. 



Ninety-seven persons present. 



The deaths of Jacob Reese, ]\Iarch 25, 1907, and of ]\Iiss Adeline 

 Try on, January 20, 1908, members, were reported. 



Dr. Casey A. Wood made an illustrated communication on the eyes 

 and eyesight of birds. (No abstract.) 



Dr. William J. Sinclair was elected a member. 



The following was ordered to be printed : 



