256 THE NATURALISTS' DIRECTORY. U. S. & CAN.] 
Pres. ; Mrs. G. Y. Pyle, Sec.; Jno. T. Penny packer, Treas. 
Meetings of Soc. held 1st Monday in each month.* 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
American Microscopical Society. Pres., Prof. M. D. Ewell, Chi- 
cago; V. Pres., Dr. Robert Reyb urn, Washington; Sec., Dr. 
W. H. Seaman, Washington; Treas., C. C. Mellor, Pittsburg, 
Pa. Ex. Com., Dr. J. A. Miller, Buffalo, Prof. E. W. Clay- 
pole, of Akron, O., and Dr. J. M. Lamb, Washington. Pub- 
lishes ' 'Proceedings."* 
American Ornithologists' Union. Incorporated, 1888. Elliot Coues, 
Washington, D. C., Pres.; Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn., Sec. 
Publishes "The Auk."* 
Anthropological Society of Washington. Dr. Otis T. Mason, Pres. ; 
Prof. Frank H. Cushing and Weston Flint, Secretaries.* 
Biological Society of Washington. C. V. Riley, Pres.; F. A. Lu- 
cas, F. V. Coville, Secretaries.* 
Chemical Society of Washington. Pres., R. B. Warder; Sec. A. 
C. Peale.? 
Microscopical Society of Washington. W. W. Alleger, Cor. Sec.* 
National Academy of Sciences, Washington. Prof. O. C. Marsh, 
Pres. ; F. A. Walker, Vice-Pres. ; Prof. Asaph Hall, Naval Ob- 
servatory, Washington, D. C., Home Sec. ; Wolcott Gibbs, New- 
port, R. I., Foreign Sec.; Dr. J. S. Billings, Treas., Washing- 
ton, D. C.* 
Philosophical Society of Washington. Organized, March 18, 1871. 
G. Brown Goode, Pres. ; W. C. Winlock and J. S, Diller, Sec- 
retaries. Publishes "Bulletins." Eleven Volumes have been 
published.* 
Smithsonian Institution. Organized, 1846. S. P. Langley, Sec. ; 
G. B. Goode, Ass't Sec. ; W. C. Winlock, Asst. in charge of Of- 
fice. Museum, Library and Gallery of Art. The publications 
comprise "Contributions to knowledge." "Miscellaneous Col- 
lections," "Annual Reports."* 
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
(Under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution.) 
Director. S. P. Langley, Metropolitan Club. 
Assistant Secretary in Charge. G. Brown Goode, Cosmos Club; 
house, Lanier Heights. 
Curators. . W. True, W. O. Atwater, Frank Baker, Tarleton H. 
Bean, C. E. Bendire, A. H. Clark, F. W. Clark, J. W. Collins, 
F V. Coville, W. H. Ball, R. E. Earll, B. E. Fernow, Paul 
Haupt, W. H. Holmes, S. R. Koehler, O. C. Marsh, O. T. Ma- 
son, G. P. Merrill, Richard Rathbun, Robert Ridgway, C. V. 
Riley, R. E. C. Stearns, L. Stejneger, C. D. Wolcott, L. F. Ward, 
J. E. Watkins, Charles A. White, C. H. White, Thomas Wil- 
son, W. C. Winlock. 
Chief Clerk. W. V. Cox, Brightwood.* 
