302 Proceedings. 



TiON TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, to the Acadcmy with our hearty and iin- 

 quaHfied approval and ask the Academy to accept the same. 



P. L. HATCH, 1 ^ 

 C. W. HALL, / Committee. 



The report was adopted. 



July 2 1 , 1890. 



A special meeting was called pursuant to a request signed by 

 five members. 



Sixty-five persons were present. 



The Trustees reported to the Academy on the proposition of 

 Mr. Louis F. Menage, relating to the disposition of the collections 

 to be made by The Menage Scientific Expedition to the 

 Philippine Islands, by reading the tender made by Mr. Menage, 

 and the recommendation of the Trustees that the Academy accept 

 the same. 



It was moved and seconded to adopt the report of the 

 Trustees. 



After some little debate on the second condition of Mr. Men- 

 age's proposition, i e., in regard to the securing of Messrs. Wor- 

 cester and Bourns ''to properly work up in Minneapolis the scien- 

 tific results of said expedition on their return to this country;" 

 and after the statement was made by Mr. Worcester, that they 

 only desired to control the description of new species, more par- 

 ticularly in the line of birds, because they did not intend to stay 

 in Minneapolis more than a few months or a year after their re- 

 turn to the United States, the motion was nnanimously carried. 



On motion of Dr. W. H. Leonard, Dean C. Worcester and 

 Frank S. Bourns were elected members of the Academy. 



Mr. Worcester and Mr. Bourns both gave the Academy brief 

 accounts of what they would probably find in the Philippines, 

 since both had been there before, accompanying Professor Steere, 

 of Michigan, two years previous. They also gave vivid sketches 

 of the inhabitants, and briefly pointed out the prominent physical 

 features of the islands. An informal reception was then held, and 

 the good wishes and good byes of all present were extended. 



October 7, 1 890. 



Nineteen persons present. 



Mrs. A. B. Murray, P. D. McMillan and C. H. Pratt were 

 elected members. 



