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Cambridge, Mass., from November 12 to 16. 

 The election resulted in the choice of the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing year: John H. 

 Sage, Portland, Conn., President; H. W. Hen- 

 shaw and Dr. Witmer Stone, Vice-Presidents; 

 Dr. T. S. Palmer, 1939 Biltmore St., Wash- 

 ington, D. C, Secretary; and Dr. Jonathan 

 Dwight, Treasurer; the members of the council 

 were all reelected. The single vacancy in the 

 list of fellows was filled by the election of P. 

 A. Taverner; two additions were made to the 

 list of honorary fellows. Dr. A. H. Evans, of 

 Cambridge, England, and W. L. Sclater, of 

 London; and Dr. F. E. Beddard, of London, 

 was elected a corresponding fellow. R. H. 

 Beck, W. S. Brooks, James B. Chapin, Francis 

 Harper, and Winsor M. Tyler, were elected 

 members and 113 associates were added to the 

 rolls. 



The public meetings which were held in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology were well at- 

 tended and the program was more varied than 

 usual. Papers were presented on the birds of 

 several distinct parts of the world, including 

 northern Canada, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, 

 British Guiana, Peru, Chile, Falkland Islands, 

 China and Africa. In addition to the regular 

 program the social features of the meeting 

 included an informal reception at the Boston 

 Society of Natural History, the regular sub- 

 scription dinner, and an outing to the Ipswich 

 sand dunes where the Ipswich sparrow and 

 other characteristic birds were observed. The 

 members also had an opportunity to examine 

 the collections of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History and the Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, including the celebrated Lafres- 

 naye collection of foreign birds, and to visit 

 some of the historic points about Boston and 

 Cambridge. 



The next meeting will be held in New York 

 City. 



GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PERMA- 

 NENT SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN 

 ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCE- 

 MENT OF SCIENCE 



The seventieth meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 and the sixteenth of the " Convocation week " 



meetings, will be held in Pittsburgh from De- 

 cember 28, 1917, to January 2, 1918. 



The Council will meet Friday morning, De- 

 cember 28, and each following morning, in the 

 Council Room, Hotel Sehenley, at 9 o'clock. 



The opening general session of the Associa- 

 tion, with address of retiring President Van 

 Hise, on the Economic Effects of the World 

 War in the United States, will be held at 8 

 o'clock P.M., on Friday, December 28 (not 

 Thursday, as was at one time proposed), in the 

 Carnegie Music Hall, followed by a reception 

 in the foyer, tendered by the University of 

 Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Institute to mem- 

 bers of the association and affiliated societies, 

 with accompanying ladies. ^ 



Hotel rates, railroad rates, facts concerning 

 affiliated society meetings, and other informa- 

 tion will be found in the preliminary an- 

 nouncement. 



For all matters relating to the local arrange- 

 ments, hotel and boarding house accommoda- 

 tions, not explained in the following pages, ad- 

 dress Dr. S. B. Linhart, secretary, local execu- 

 tive committee, American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, University of Pitts- 

 burgh. 



Nominations to membership and letters re- 

 lating to the general business of the Associa- 

 tion should be sent to the Permanent Secretary 

 at Washington. It is strongly urged that each 

 member should at least make an effort to 

 secure the nomination of some desirable new 

 member. Owing to the lateness in the year, 

 those proposed may, if desired, have their 

 membership date from January 1, 1918; but 

 they will be entitled to all privileges at the 

 coming Pittsburgh meeting. The payment of 

 the $8 fee should be mailed to the Permanent 

 Secretary's office, Washington, prior to De- 

 cember 18, so that membership cards and an- 

 nouncement may be mailed promptly, or the 

 member may make payment in person during 

 the meeting-week at the Registration Desk, 

 Main Building, Carnegie Institute. 



Official receipts for dues are mailed to mem- 

 bers on the same day that their payments reach 

 the office of the permanent secretary. For 

 their own comfort, members are urged to send 



