HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, Esq., 
President of the New York Zoological Society, 
Dear Sir: 
N the full assembly of the Board of Directors of the Societe 
Royale de Zoologie d’Anvers held on November seventh 1919, 
you were elected an Honorary Member of the Society, and it 
was further decided by the Board to confer upon you the 
Society's diploma and medals. 
We earnestly trust you will accept this honorary member- 
ship, which has been conferred upon you as a small testimony of 
the deep gratitude that the Societe Royale de Zoologie d’Anvers 
owes you for the generous and efficient aid that, prompted by 
you, the New York Zoological Society gave towards the recon- 
struction of the collections of the Zoological Gardens of Antwerp. 
If we are succeeding in raising our Zoological Gardens out 
of the difficult conditions in which they found themselves after the 
war, if we are succeeding in reconstructing those collections of 
animals that were once so complete, it is due in great part not 
only to your generous support in making us the free offering of 
such a splendid variety of birds and animals, but also to the 
strong moral support we have found in the benevolent and op- 
portune intervention of the New York Zoological Society. 
Be assured, dear Sir, that we shall never forget this 
friendly assistance, and that our Society will inscribe your name 
upon the list of its great benefactors. 
With the expression of our highest consideration, 
We remain, dear Sir, 
Sincerely yours, 
THE "BOARD OF DIRE CrORS 
COMTE VAN DE WERVE DE VORSSELAER 
Administrateur President 
M. GEVERS 
Vice-President 
E. VANDENHIND 
Administrateur Secretaire 
CHES SCHEIDE G. DE COCK DE RAMEYEN 
Administrateur Administrateur Tresorier 
GERARD HAVERIESTH ANDRE MORREN 
Commissaire Commissaire 
M. ELSEN 
Commissaire 
DR. M. LHOEST LEMOINE 
Directeur ; Secretaire 
Antwerp, November fourteenth, 1919. 
