RECORDS. 283 



Presideni. — R. II. Chittenden, New Haven, Conn. 

 Vice- Prcsi Jen fs. — Geokge Bauu, Chicai^o, 111. 



William H. Dall, Washinii^ton. D.C. 



William Libbev, Jr., Princeton, N.J. 

 Secretary. — T. H. Morgan, Bryn Mavvr, Pa. 

 Treasurer. — W. T. Sedgwick, Boston, Mass. 

 Committee at Large. — W. G. Farlow, Cainbridge, Mass. 

 John A. Ryder, Philadelphia, Pa. 



E. L. Mark, 

 CJiairman Coiiwiittce on Nominatio)i. 



It was moved that the Secretary be instructed to cast the ballot 

 for the above officers. Carried. 



It was moved that the place of meeting of the Society for 1893 

 be left to the decision of Executive Committee. Carried. 



Special reports were then heard. 



" The Summer Work of the United States Fish Commission 

 Schooner ' Grampus,'" Professor William Libbey, Jr., Princeton 

 College. 



*■' Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History 

 into New Mexico, Wyoming, and Dakota," Dr. J. L. Wortman, 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



Report of a recent PalcEontological Expedition, Professor E. D. 

 Cope. 



The committee appointed to audit the Treasurer's report 

 announced : 



The undersigned, having examined the account-book of W. T. 

 Sedgwick, Treasurer American Society of Naturalists, and having 

 compared the accounts with the vouchers submitted, report that 

 they find the accounts correct. 



Respectfully submitted, 



William Libbey, Jr., 

 Walter M. Rankin. 



A report was read from Professor Wilder, of Cornell, in which 

 he drew the attention of the Committee on Science Teaching to 

 the fact that examinations in Ph3'siology had long been required 

 for admission to Cornell University. Typical examination papers 

 were also submitted. 



