The following sixteen gentlemen were elected Resident Mem- 

 bers of the Society: Messrs. Gerard Beekman, August ( Bel- 

 mont, M. Langdon Bird, Frank S. Bond, Charles C. Clarke, 

 James M. Constable, Charles Dieterich, R. G. Dun, Robert 

 Dunlap, A. H. Haynes, E. R. Holden, Theodore D. Howell, 

 William Kevan, William T. Eusk, M. D., J. Hampden Robb 

 and Rev. Cornelius B. Smith. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman presented a paper entitled ' ' Notes on 

 Birds observed in Mexico. ' ' (See Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Vol. X, 1898, pp. 15-43.) 



October 12, 1897. — The President in the chair. Eleven mem- 

 bers and ten visitors present. 



The Secretary reported the receipt of a letter from the 

 Bureau International de 1' Union Postale Universelle, which 

 stated that specimens of natural history would be received in 

 the mails of the International Postal Union at the same rate as 

 samples of merchandise after January 1, 1898. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman presented a paper entitled "The' Mam- 

 mals Found Within Fifty Miles of New York City." • 



Mr. E. B. Southwick said that he had two specimens of the 

 Hoary Bat (Atalapha cinerea), taken in Central Park, New 

 York City. 



Mr. William Dutcher remarked upon the large number of 

 Opossums (Didelphis virginiana) at present on Long 

 Island, N. Y. 



Mr. Ernest Ingersoll had repeatedly observed Gray Squirrels 

 (Sciurus carolinensis leucotis) dig up buried acorns after a snow- 

 fall of eighteen inches. 



October 26, 1897.— The President in the chair. Ten mem- 

 bers and twelve visitors present. 



Messrs. J. Camoreau Hatie, Ernest Ingersoll, John A. King, 

 William P. Eemmon and Rev. Haslett McKim were elected 

 Resident Members of the Society. 



.Dr. J. A. Allen presented a paper entitled ' ' The Origin of 

 the Migration of Birds." [See The Auk, Vol. XV., Jan. 

 1898, pp. 67-70.] 



Adjourned to November 23, thus omitting the first meeting 

 in November on account of the meetings during that week of 



