Cornelius Vanderbilt, Resident Members, and Dr. Elliott 

 Coues, an Honorary Member. The membership at pres- 

 ent is, Resident, 154; Corresponding, 35 ; Honorary, 1 — a 

 total of 190. 



" Seventeen papers have been presented before the So- 

 ciety, on the following subjects : Fourteen on Ornithology, 

 two on General Zoology, and one on Herpetology. 



" The usual annual lecture course was omitted and in its 

 place one lecture was given by Mr. F. M. Chapman at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 



" The Society has issued ' Abstract of Proceedings No. 

 1 1,' to which was appended 'The Turtles and Lizards of 

 the Vicinity of New York City,' by Mr. Eugene Smith, and 

 an index, making a pamphlet of thirty-six pages. Copies 

 have been distributed to members and to the exchanges. 



44 The Library has been enriched by about 200 pamph- 

 lets, chiefly exchanges." 



The Treasurer presented his Annual Report, showing a 

 balance on hand of $582.94. 



The following officers were re-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. William Dutcher spoke briefly upon bird protection, 

 dwelling particularly upon the Gulls and Terns of the 

 Atlantic seaboard. 



