SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
HE Seventh Annual Meeting of the American 
Bison Society was held at the American Museum 
of Natural History, New York City, on Thursday, 
January 9s Gils at 0.30 3Ae NE: 
Present were Dr. Palmer, Dr.. Hornaday, Messrs. 
Edwards, Grant, Stonebridge, Stevens (representing 
the Treasurer), Hutchinson, Baynes, Edgell, and the 
Secretary. President Hooper in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read 
and approved. 
Mr. Stevens presented the Annual Report of the 
Treasurer. It was Voted: To receive and refer this 
report to a committee for audit, and to print it in full 
in the Annual Report. 
President Hooper then read his report, which 
appears in full elsewhere. It was Voted: To accept the 
report of the President, and to print it in full in the 
Annual Report. 
The Secretary reported that, apart from his ordi- 
nary duties in connection with the correspondence of 
the Society and the publication of the Annual Report, 
his only activity of interest to the Society during the 
past year had been his visit to the Montana National 
Range. On his way east from the Pacific Coast, in the 
latter part of September, he stopped off at Dixon over 
night, and early the next morning rode out to the 
range In company with a friend. Warden Hodges, 
having been notified of their coming, was prepared for 
their appearance, and extended a hearty welcome. All 
then rode over the range in a generally easterly direc- 
tion, and found the herd peacefully grazing on the 
eastern slope, facing the Mission Mountains. A day 
or two previously a fall of snow had covered the tops 
of these rugged peaks, and in contrast with the brown 
slopes of the range and the vari-colored foliage of the 
trees bordering the creek, they presented a magnificent 
sight. The bison in sight at this time numbered 70 
individuals, making the number of absentees, 11. Mr. 
Hodge stated that these were mostly bulls, which were 
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