ponding, and five members have resigned. The membership 

 of the Society at present is — Resident 149, Corresponding, 39, 

 Honorary 2 — a total of 190. 



"The Society has lost by death G. A. Sabine, M. D., a 

 Resident Member, and Major Charles Bendire, a Correspond- 

 ing Member. 



"There have been read before the Society 24 papers, of 

 which 14 related to ornithology, 4 to mammalogy, 5 to herpet- 

 ology, and one to ichthyology. These 24 papers were presented 

 by 10 persons. 



"The Society has issued 'Abstract of Proceedings No. 8,' 

 to which were added 'The Snakes Found within Fifty Miles of 

 New York City,' by Mr. R. L. Ditmars, and an index, the 

 whole forming a pamphlet of 27 pages. One copy has been 

 given to each member and the usual exchanges made. ' ' 



The Librarian presented his annual report, as follows : 



' ' There have been added to the Library this year, mainly 

 through exchange, about 150 pamphlets, making the total 

 number of publications now in the Library about 1,500. The 

 work of cataloguing these has, for the present, been discon- 

 tinued. ' ' 



The Treasurer presented his annual report, showing a bal- 

 ance on hand of $246.04. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Mr. Frank M. Chapman. 



Vice-President, Jonathan Dwight, Jr., M. D. 



Secretary, Mr. Walter W. Granger. 



Treasurer, Mr. L- S. Foster. 



Mr. E. I. Haines presented a paper entitled " Evidence of 

 the Carolinian Fauna in the Catskill Mountains. ' ' 



Mr. G. R. O'Reilly presented extended remarks, illustrated 

 by living specimens of snakes, on ' ' Snake Hunting in the Ori- 

 noco Delta." He described the topography of the region, its 

 animal life, and the methods employed by himself in capturing 

 snakes. 



