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was on October 25, when there were 10 members and 32 

 visitors present. 



" Seven Resident Members have been elected, three have 

 resigned, four have been dropped, and two, — Mr. Henry 

 Gade and Mr. Francis M. Harris, — have been lost by death. 

 The membership of the Society at present is, Resident, 161 ; 

 Corresponding, 35; Honorary, 2 — a total of 198. 



"Ten authors have presented before the Society thirteen 

 papers on the following subjects : Eight on ornithology, 

 two on mammalogy, two on palaeontology, and one on 

 herpetology. 



" The sixth annual lecture course of the Society com- 

 prised four lectures delivered at the American Museum of 

 Natural History during the months of January and Febru- 

 ary. The attendance at these lectures was exceptionally 

 good. 



"The Society has issued 'Abstract of Proceedings No. 

 10,' including a paper entitled ' The Frogs and Toads Found 

 in the Vicinity of New York City,' by Mr. William L. Sher- 

 wood, and an index, the whole forming a pamphlet of 

 twenty-seven pages. Copies were distributed as usual 

 among the exchanges and one copy was mailed to each 

 member." 



The Librarian presented his Annual Report, as follows : 



" The Library has been augmented by over 150 publica- 

 tions, chiefly exchanges. Otherwise the Library is in ex- 

 actly the same condition as last year, no further work hav- 

 ing been done on the catalogue." 



The Treasurer presented his Annual Report, showing a 

 balance on hand of $424.10. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



Vice-President, Mr. William Dutcher. 



SECRETARY, Mr. Walter W. Granger. 



Treasurer, Mr. L. S. Foster. 



Mr. Eugene Smith presented a paper on " The Turtles 

 and Lizards of the Vicinity of New York City." [Printed 

 at the end of this Abstract.] 



