through northwestern Montana, northern Idaho, and the 

 eastern part of Washington and Oregon. 



February 25, 1896. — Mr. L. S. Foster in the chair. Five 

 members and five visitors present. 



Mr. A. H. Howell read a paper entitled " Remarks on 

 Mammals observed in Montana, Idaho, Washington, and 

 Oregon during 1895." 



Mr. L. S. Foster reported the capture by himself of a 

 male Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) near Sing Sing, 

 New York, on February 12, 1896. [See " Auk," Vol. XIIL, 

 1896, p. 175.] 



March 3, 1896. — Public lecture in the lecture hall of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, by William Libbey, 

 Sc. D., entitled "Two Months in Greenland," with stere- 

 opticon illustrations. 



March 24, 1 896. — Annual Meeting. Dr. Jonathan Dwight, 

 Jr., in the chair. Six members and two visitors present. 



The Secretary presented his annual report, as follows : 



" There have been held during the past year 12 meetings 

 of the Society. The average 'attendance of members was 

 9 and of visitors 8. The largest attendance of members at 

 any one meeting was 15 and of visitors 19. The total 

 number of persons attending the meetings during the entire 

 year was 208, as against 182 for the year previous. 



" There are at present 147 Resident members, 37 Cor- 

 responding members, and 2 Honorary members, — a total 

 of 186 and a decrease of 3 since the last annual meeting. 



11 The members lost by death during the year were John 

 H. Ripley, M.D., and Juan Gundlach, Ph.D. 



" There have been read before the Society 16 papers, 

 of which 10 related to ornithology, 4 to herpetology, and 

 2 to mammalogy. 



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

 7,' to which are appended ' Notes on Cuban Mammals,' by 

 Dr. Juan Gundlach; 'Salamanders Found in the Vicinity 

 of New York City, with Notes upon Extra-limital or Allied 

 Species,' by Mr. William L. Sherwood; and an index, — 



