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completed, more than five thousand title-slips having been 

 written. 



"The Society has issued the usual 'Abstract of Proceed- 

 ings,' consisting of seventeen pages, to which were ap- 

 pended a paper on'Milicete Indian Natural History,' by 

 Mr. Tappan Adney, and an index to Abstracts iv. and v., 

 making a pamphlet of 41 pages. The customary distribu- 

 tion was made." 



The Treasurer presented his annual report, showing a 

 balance on hand of $300.07. 



The Audubon Monument Committee made a final report 

 and was discharged. The committee for conference with 

 other New York scientific societies, the Committee on Fi- 

 nance, and the Lecture Committee, submitted reports, 

 which were adopted and placed on file. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, J. A. Allen, Ph. D. 



Vice-President, Mr- Frank M. Chapman. 



Secretary, Mr. Walter W. Granger. 



Treasurer, Mr. L. S. Foster. 



J. A. Allen, Ph. D., presented a paper on "The Seasonal 

 Changes of Color in the Northern Varying Hare (Leptis 

 americanus^r This paper was illustrated by specimens 

 showing that the change from the brown summer coat to 

 the white dress of winter was due entirely to moult, and 

 not through the blanching of the summer coat. [See 

 " Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.," Vol. vi., pp. 107-128.] 



A second paper, also by Dr. Allen, was entitled " The 

 First or Nestling Plumage of Various Species of North 

 American Birds." Specimens were shown illustrating the 

 character of the first plumage in various families of North 

 American birds, and attention was called to the desirability 

 of collecting specimens of birds at this early stage, the 

 first or nestling plumage of many birds being still un- 

 known. 



Mr. W. W. Granger referred to the extraordinary wing 

 power of quite young Ruffed Grouse (Bo/iasa umbellns). 



