Henry Fairfield Osborn, Esq., 



President of the New York Zoological Society, 



X 



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 DIRECTORS 



COMTE VAN DE WERVE de VORSSELAER 

 Administrateur President 



M. GEVERS 

 Vice-President 



E. VANDENHIND 

 Administrateur Secretaire 



CH. SCHEIDT O. 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. 



