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Dr. Dwight spoke of a section of marsh within the resi- 

 dence limits of Boston where twenty-five years ago many 

 pairs of Savannah Sparrows (Ammodramus sandivichensis 

 savanna') used to breed annually. 



Mr. C. G. Abbott stated that he had seen in January, 1902, 

 fully fifty European Goldfinches QCarduelis carduelis) in the 

 grounds of Columbia University at 116th st., New York City. 



March 11, 1902. — The President in the chair. Eight mem- 

 bers present. 



The Secretary presented his annual report as follows : 



The Society has held during the year eleven meetings. 

 Two meetings, the first hi November and the second in Decem- 

 ber, were omitted, and on three occasions no meetings were 

 held through failure to secure a quorum, possibly due to the 

 discontinuance of the special card notices to members. 



The average attendance has been about the same as for the 

 year previous. Total attendance 161, of which number 71 

 were members and 87 were visitors. Largest attendance at 

 any one meeting was 27 members and visitors. 



" Four members have been elected during the year, six 

 have resigned and two have died. The total membership at 

 present is Resident 146, Corresponding 34, Honorary 2, — a 

 total of 182. 



"Eleven papers have been presented before the Society 

 three being upon miscellaneous subjects, one on herpetology 

 and seven on ornithology. 



" The usual lecture course was abandoned for the year. 



"The annual Abstract of Proceedings, No. 13, was not 

 issued at the usual time but will be published under the same 

 cover with No. 14. 



" The usual number of exchange publications, some 250, 

 have been received and added to the Library. 



The Acting Treasurer presented his report showing a bal- 

 ance on hand of 1561.24. 



Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows : 



