PROCEEDINGS 



or THX 



CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Fourth Series 



Vol. IX, Nos. 14 and 15, pp. 357-396 August 4, 1920 



XIV 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY 1 



FOR THE YEAR 1919 H 



BY /r^so"'>''«" '"'^y^-x. 



C. E. GRUNSKY ^ ^ 



President of the Academy 



The Academy has during the year 1919 continued its activi- \ 



ties in research work and on the installation of museum ex- i 



hibits. The effectiveness of this work is apparent to any one i 



who visits the research departments and the halls, gradually ' 



being filled with the habitat groups of mammals and birds and i 



with other exhibits. But when the halls are filled, when the ] 



space for habitat groups is exhausted, there is still room for I 



larger service and the Academy stands ready to render the ; 



service to the full limit of means placed at its disposal. . 



Having reached the point where the installations in the Bird 

 and Mammal halls have filled nearly all the large alcoves, it 



was thought timely by the Council to make some active effort I 



to increase the membership. A committee was named for this i 



purpose, with Mr. M. Hall McAllister as Chairman. The ■* 



effectiveness of the committee's work is already apparent in ] 



the larger membership which can now be reported. i 



August 4, 1920 ' 



