1893-94. No. 6. 



ABSTEACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN^AN SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW YORK, 



For the Year Ending flarch 27, 1894, 



RECENT PROGRESS IN THE STUDY OF 

 NORTH AMERICAN MAMMALS, 



By J. A. Allen, 



and 



A CONSIDERATION OF SOME ORNITHOLOGICAL 



LITERATURE, WITH EXTRACTS FROM 



CURRENT CRITICISM, 



Z, 1876 to iS 83, 

 By L. S. Foster. 



The Society meets on the second and fourth Tuesday 

 evenings of each month at the American Museum of Natural 

 History ■, Central Park, New York City. 



