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Resident Membership; it was referred to the Membership 

 Committee. 



The Secretary then gave his Annual Report, as follows: 



Although the Linnscan Society omitted a meeting owing to conflict with 

 that of the American Ornithologists' Union, the total attendance at the 

 fifteen meetings held during the past year was 507, the largest since long 

 papers of general interest were presented twice a month. The Fourth 

 Annual Dinner was attended by twenty-five members, seven guests of the 

 Society and thirteen guests of individual members, besides Dr. J. A. Allen, 

 a Resident Member and the Society's guest of honor, to whom was presented 

 the Linnsean medal in recognition of his services to mammalogy and 

 ornithology. Twenty-two members and eighteen visitors attended the 

 Annual Meeting the same evening. At the remaining fourteen meetings 

 the attendance averaged thirty-three, also the largest in five years; though 

 the average of members was only a little over twelve, a fractional falling 

 off from last year but still 20 per cent, greater than that of either of the 

 two years previous. The largest number present at any one meeting was 

 sixty-two, on January 23 (of members, sixteen, February 13); the smallest 

 w^as eleven. The first February meeting was held jointly with the Section 

 of Biology of the New York Academy of Sciences, by invitation of the latter. 



The Society has during the past year lost by death four Resident Mem- 

 bers: Dr. Gustav Langmann, Mr. Wm. Purdy Shannon, Mr. Alex. H. Ste- 

 vens and Mrs. Cynthia A. Wood; five have resigned and one has been 

 dropped automatically for arrears in dues. Dr. J. A. Allen has been trans- 

 ferred from the Resident to the Honorary list and five new Resident 

 Members have been elected. The Membership list now stands: Resident, 

 90; Corresponding, 26; Honorary, 3; total, 119. 



Ten papers of some length have been presented before the Society, — 

 three on birds, three on mammals, one on reptiles, one on evolution and two 

 miscellaneous. In addition, there have been nine brief papers, — seven on 

 ornithology, two on herpetology. The papers were illustrated with lantern- 

 slides, museum specimens, charts, etc. 



At the first meeting in October it was voted to publish with our " Ab- 

 stract" Number 28 Mr. R. C. Murphy's account of his Lower California 

 expedition, but as Mr. Murphy was unexpectedly not able to complete its 

 preparation for the press till the present month, it has not yet been sent to 



the printers. 



Charles H. Rogers, 



Secretary. 



The Treasurer then read his Annual Report, showing a 

 balance in the Treasury of $2,439.65. 



The President called for nominations for the office of Presi- 

 dent. Mr. J, T. Nichols moved that the Secretary be in- 



