1902.] FAIRCHILD HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY. 335 



1891 ; J. Eugene Whitney, 1892-1893 ; F. W. Warner, 1894-1897; 

 J. E. Putnam, 1 898-1 901. 



Librarian: Mary E. Macauley, 1889- 1893 ; Florence Beckwith, 

 1 894- 1 900 ; William D. Merrell, 1901. 



Councillors (Dates of election; period of office three years): 

 Edward Bausch, 1889 ; S. A. Lattimore, 1889 ; Florence Beckwith, 

 1889, 1 89 1, 1901 ; J. E. Whitney, 1889, 1894 ; M. L. Mallory, 1889; 

 William Streeter, 1889, 1892 ; J. M. Davison, 1890, 1899 ; Cyrus F. 

 Paine, 1890; J. L. Roseboom, 1891, 1894, 1897; H. L. Preston, 

 1 89 1, 1893 ; Henry A. Ward, 1892 ; F. W. Warner, 1893 ; Mary E. 

 Macauley, 1894; J. Y. McClintock, 1894, 1896 ; C. C. Laney, 1895; 

 G. W. Goler, 1895 ; Adelbert Cronise, 1896 ; Eveline P. Ballentine, 

 1897, 1900; Edwin A. Fisher, 1898; H. E. Lawrence, 1898; Emil 

 Kuichling, 1899 ; Charles T. Howard, 1900 ; Charles R. Sumner, 

 1901. 



PROSPECT. 



Thus far in this writing we have dealt with accomplishment. In 

 regarding the future of the Society we must rest in matters of anticipa- 

 tion, imagination, opinion, a rather unscientific basis. And some 

 persons may not fully agree with the writer's thought. However, he 

 will venture to give the Society the benefit of his experience and a 

 little fatherly advice. 



Investigational Work to be Done. 



There is an attractive field of work before the Society in the fuller 

 study of local nature. This will be better appreciated by enumerating 

 some of the special subjects. 



Botany. The flora of the region will need continuous study. 

 Already additions and changes require a supplement to the published 

 plant list. The cryptogamic plants constitute an almost untouched 

 field in this territory, and students can find here subject for long and 

 delightful study. 



Zoology. Many groups of animals should be studied and lists 

 published. The mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fishes of Western 

 New York should each be treated as Mr. Eaton has treated the birds. 

 Among the invertebrates many groups may be mentioned as suitable 

 for study. For example, the pecular insects, the myriapods, the 

 crustaceans, the arachnids, the worms. In the microscopic animal 

 life there is a vast opportunity for specialized study. 



