1867.] 213 [Annual Report. 



strength ; and thongli he made his mark and lived not in 

 vain, yet now only his friends can know what possibilities lay 

 in him, and how superficial were the hindrances that pre- 

 vented them from being fully realized. They alone can know 

 the real elevation of purpose and the real humanity that were 

 often hidden from the eyes of the world under an assumed 

 air of carelessness or of cynicism. 



Dr. Bryant was elected a member of the Society Novem- 

 ber, 1841, and appointed cabinet-keeper at the annual meet- 

 ing in 1843, but resigned November 1st of the same year. 

 In 1854 he was elected Curator of Ornithology, which office 

 he filled until his death. In 1855 he also took charge of the 

 Entomological collection for a time. 



During his connection with the Society he read the fol- 

 lowing Communications and Pajjers, which were published 

 by the Society. 



1853. February 3. A paper on the non-identity of Grus canadensis 



and Grus americana. 

 1857. January 21. On the birds observed at Grand Manan and at 



Yarmouth, N. S , from June 16th to July 8th, 1856. 

 March 4. Communication on the supposed new species of 



Turkey from Mexico, described by Mr. Gould. 



1859. January 19. On birds observed by him in East Florida, south 



of St. Augustine. 

 July 6. A list of birds seen at the Bahamas from January 

 20th to May 14th, 1859, with descrijitions of new or little- 

 known species. 



1860. January 18. A Paper on Tardus inlniinus and Vireo hogoten- 



Sis, from Bogota. 



1861. January 16. Remarks on some of the birds that breed in the 



Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



March 6. Remarks on the variations of plumage in Buteo 

 horealis Auct., and Buteo Harlani Auct. 



March 20. Monograph on the Genus Catarractes Moehring. 

 18G3. July 1. Description of two birds from the Bahama Islands, 

 hitherto undescribed ; Pitangus bahamensis and Saurothera 

 haliamensis. 



December 16. Description of a new variety of Parus from 

 Yarmouth, N. S. ; also Remarks on the Genus Galeoscoptes 

 Cabanis, with the characters of two new genera, and a de- 

 scription of Turdus plumbeus Linn. 



