Records of Meetings 209 



R. Bayne, Dr. Arthur Hollick, Mr. William T. Davis, Mr. Charles A. 

 Ingalls. 



Respectfully submitted, 



D. L. Bardwell, 

 Wm. MacDonald, 

 John Rader, 

 Nominating Committee. 



The President asked if there were any other nominations and no others 

 being made it was voted, that nominations be closed and that the secre- 

 tary be instructed to cast one affirmative ballot for the nominees sub- 

 mitted by the committee. 



The secretary cast the ballot as instructed and the President declared. 

 Howard R. Bayne, Arthur Hollick, William T. Davis and Charles A. 

 Ingalls elected trustees of the Association for the ensuing three years. 



Dr. Philip Dowell, recorder of the Section of Biology, presented s 

 report on the organization of the section and an abstract of its proceed- 

 ings for the year. 



Miss Edith M. Pollard, recorder of the Section of Art, presented a 

 report on the organization of the section and an abstract of its proceed- 

 ings and activities from the date of its organization. 



The President then delivered his annual address. 



Scientific Program 



Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a living pine snake and read a paper 

 on "The Pine Snake at Lakehurst, New Jersey." (Printed in full in this 

 issue, p. 201.) 



Mr. Charles P. Benedict exhibited a living milk snake, captured near 

 the Manor Road, West New Brighton. 



Mr. Alanson Skinner exhibited photographs of a woodcock, Philohela 

 minor (Gmel.), sitting on its nest, .taken at Woodrow on May 11. Also 

 photographs taken subsequently by Mr. Howard H. Cleaves. 



Mr. Skinner also showed a photograph of forty-two box tortoises, 

 Tranene Carolina, the result of one day's collecting on Staten Island- 

 Mr. Skinner stated that for some time past he had been numbering each 

 one captured by cutting a serial number in the under shell and then 

 releasing the captive. A record of the date of each number and the 

 place of capture was kept, in order that each individual tortoise could 

 be recognized if captured again at any time or in any locality. One hun- 

 dred and twenty had been- numbered to date. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



