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rator of Mammals and Birds, were presented and ordered 

 received and placed on file. 



The annual election resulted in the choice of the following 

 officers : 



H. W. Harkness, President. 



H. H. Behr, First Vice-President. 



Geo. Hewston, Second Vice-President. 



Henry Ferrer, Corresponding Secretary. 



Wm, F. Smith, Recording Secretary. 



I. E. Thayer, Treasurer. 



Carlos Troyer, Librarian. 



J. G. Cooper, Director of 3Iuseiim. 



Trustees. 



Charles F. Crocker, D. E. Hayes, 



S. AV. Holladay, George C. Perkins, 



J. Z. Davis, E. J. Molera, 



E. L. G. Steele. 



John LeConte and Joseph LeConte were elected life 

 members. 



The following were elected honorary members : — 

 Alexander Agassiz, Joseph Leidy, S. P. Langley, G.fBrown 

 Goode, Francis A. Walker, A. E. Verrill, W. K. Brooks, 

 Mrs. E. B. Crocker, E. D. Cope, A. S. Packard, C. V. 

 Riley, George H. Horn, Clarence Button, Elliot Coues, 

 Charles B. Cory, Alphonse de Candolle, H. B. Medlicott, 

 James Hector, W. G. Farlow, E. T. Cresson, Joseph Lover- 

 ing, Francois Crepin, Maurice diaper, Theodore Lefevre, E. 

 A. Eegel, M. de Saussure, D. C. Dauielssen, G. O. Sars, 

 Ernest S. C. Cosson. 



REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT. 



During the year just past the attendance at the meetings 

 has been very large, the attention of the public having been 

 unusually attracted to the Society, and it has had to endure 



