464 RECORDS. 



STATED MEETING. 

 March 14, 1898. 



President Osborn in the chair. 



Secretary read the following nominations of committees made 

 by the President, from the body of the Council for the en- 

 suing year. 



Connnittce on Publicatioji : President and Secretary, Professors 

 Dean, Jacoby, McLouth, Kemp and Britton. 



As representatives of the Neiv York Academy of Sciences in 

 the Scientific Alliance : The President, Professor Stevenson and 

 Mr. Cox. 



Secretary then made announcement of the proposed grant of 

 the Newberry Fund for the ensuing year. 



Section of Biology then formed. 



Richard E. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



SECTION OF BIOLOGY. 



March 14, 1898. 



Professor Wilson in the Chair. Twenty-three persons pres- 

 ent. The following program was offered : 



1. B. B. Griffin, A Description of Some Marine Nemer- 



TEANS FROM PUGET SoUND AND AlASKA. 



2. W. H. Hornaday, The Destruction of Birds in the 

 United States. 



3. N. R. Harrington, Report on the Crustacea of Puget 

 Sound. 



4. H. E. Crampton, Jr., An Important Instance of Insect 

 Coalescence. 



In the absence of the author, Mr. Griffin's paper was read 

 by title. 



Mr. Hornaday first described the method employed to reduce 

 bird loss to figures. Circulars containing the following ques- 

 tions were sent out to trappers, guides, sportsmen and natural- 

 ists in all parts of the United States, (i) Are birds decreasing 



