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Mr. Frank M. Chapman presented the paper of the even- 

 ing, " The Study of Ornithology." Mr. Chapman spoke of 

 the classification of birds, of the modifications produced by 

 environment, and of the economic side of ornithology, and 

 urged the present need of a knowlege of the living birds 

 rather than further collecting of specimens. 



March 12, 1895. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, by William Libbey, 

 Jr., Sc. D., on " Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific," with 

 stereopticon illustrations. 



March 26, 1895.— Annual Meeting. The President in the 

 chair. Thirteen members and nineteen visitors present. 



The Secretary presented his annual report, as follows : 



" There have been held during the past year 14 meetings 

 of the Society, at which the average attendance of members 

 was 7 and of visitors 6. 



" The membership of the Society has increased from 3 

 Honorary, 136 Resident, and 35 Corresponding members — 

 a total of 174 — to 2 Honorary, 150 Resident, and 37 Cor- 

 responding members — a total of 189. 



" The members lost by death during the year are George 

 Dexter Bradford, Frederick H. Hoadley, George N. Law- 

 rence, and P. C. Tiemann. 



" There have been read before the Society 16 papers, of 

 which 9 related to ornithology and the remainder chiefly to 

 mammalogy. 



" The Society has issued 'Abstract of Proceedings, No. 

 6,' to which are appended a paper on ' Recent Progress in 

 the Study of North American Mammals,' by Dr. J. A. 

 Allen ; 'A Consideration of Some Ornithological Litera- 

 ture, with Extracts from Current Criticism, Part I,' by Mr. 

 L. S. Foster ; and an index, — making a pamphlet of 104 

 pages. The usual distribution to members and the ex- 

 change list was made." 



The Librarian presented his annual report as follows : 



" During the past year the additions to the library of the 

 Society have numbered 413 publications. It now consists 

 of 1,287 issues. 



