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ing this, various skulls and vertebrae were examined and classi- 

 fied. 



Mrs. Batchelder, who was a delegate from the New Hamp- 

 shire Audubon Society to the combined meetings of the Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' Union and the Audubon Societies held at 

 Cambridge November 15, gave a report of the meetings. She 

 spoke, particularl}^ of the results already accomplished in the 

 line of bird protection along the coast from Virginia to Maine, 

 and of the further good results to be expected from the passage 

 by Congress of the I^acey Bill last May. 



Adjourned to December 3. 



Monday evening, December 3. Joint meeting of Sections B 

 and D. 



Adjourned to December 12. 



Wednesday evening, December 12. Annual , meeting ; the 

 President in the chair. In the absence of the Secretary, Miss 

 Theodora Richardson was appointed Secretary pro tem. The 

 annual report of the Secretary was then read and approved. 



It was unanimously voted that that part of the Secretary's re- 

 port which referred to the death of Mr. William Kllery Moore, 

 one of our most earnest members, be forwarded in a fitting man- 

 ner to Mrs. Moore. Mr. K. H. Fogg, as Chairman of the Exec- 

 utive Committee, gave a report of the joint meeting of the Exec- 

 utive Committees of Sections B and D. In accordance with 

 their recommendation it was unanimously voted that for the 

 next six meetings this Section continue to work in conjunction 

 with Section B, with Mr. Edward J. Burnham as leader, follow- 

 ing the line of study already begun. 



The chair appointed a nominating committee, consisting of 

 Mr. Edgar D. Cass and Miss M. Eugenia lyord, to bring in a 

 list of officers for the year 1901. The committee reported the 

 following list of names : 



President — Mrs. Annie V. Batchelder. 



Vice Presideiit — Mrs. Emma I^. Bickford. 



Secretary — Miss May W. Davis. 



Execidive Committee — Mr. Edward H. Fogg, Miss Theodora 

 Richardson, Mrs. Emma E. Bickford. 



