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The report of the Nominating Committee was made, ac- 

 cepted, and the following officers of the Society for 18G6-7, 

 ballotted for, and declared to have been duly elected. 



The Committee asked that further time be allowed for the 

 appointment of a Custodian. 



PRESIDEXT, 



JEFFRIES WYMAN, M.D. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS, 



CHAKLES T. JACKSON, M.D., AUGUSTUS A. GOULD, M.D. 



CORRESPOXDIXG SECRETARY, 



SAMUEL L. ABBOT, M.D. 



RECORDING SECRETARY, 



SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 



TREASURER, 



EDWARD PICKERING. 



LIBRARIAN, 



SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. 



CUSTODIAN, 

 CURATORS, 



THOMAS T. BOUVIJ, Op Geology and Paleontology. 



THOMAS M. BREWER, M.D., Oology. 



HENRY BRYANT, M.D., Ornithology. 



FRED. W. PUTNAM, Ichthyology. 



JAMES C. WHITE, M.D., Mammalogy and Comp. Anatomy. 



SAMUEL H. SCUDDER, Entomology. 



B. JOY JEFFRIES, 3I.D., Microscopy. 



CHARLES PICKERING, M.D., Ethnology. 



ALPHEUS HYATT, Conchology, 



A. S. PACKARD, JR., M.D., Crustacea. 



A. E. VERRILL, Radiata. 



THOMAS T. BOUV:fi, Mineralogy. 



HORACE MANN, Botany. 



BURT G. WILDER, M. D., Herpetology. 



Dr. J. C. White announced the donation, by the Curator 

 of Ornithology, Dr. Henry Bryant, of nearly nine thousand 

 specimens of birds. This magnificent collection, one of the 

 largest in Europe, was formed by Baron Lafresnaye, one of 

 the most eminent French ornithologists in the city of Falaise, 

 in Normandy, France. It was purchased by the donor 

 while abroad, packed under his personal superintendence, and 

 sent to the Society late in the last autumn. 



On motion of Mr. Spraguc, -a committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. C. J. Sprague, J. C. White, and T. T. Bouve, was 

 appointed to convey to Dr. Bryant the special thanks of the 

 proceedings b. s. n. h. — vol. X. 25 October, 1866. 



