ABSTRACT 



OF THE PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN^^AN SOCIETY 



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NEW YORK, 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 14, 1911. 



This is the twenty-third in the series of Abstracts pubhshed 

 by the Linnsean Society of New York, and, hke the pre- 

 ceding issues, is prepared mainly as a brief review of the work 

 of the Society during the year closing with the date indicated 

 above. Papers presented before the Society and published 

 elsewhere are mentioned with proper reference to the place 

 of publication. 



March 22, 1910. — The President in the chair. Forty-two 

 members and visitors present. 



Mr. Walter Granger, in behalf of the auditing committee 

 appointed at the annual meeting, announced that the Treasurer's 

 report had been examined and found correct. 



The President then appointed the following standing com- 

 mittees for the ensuing year, the matter having been post- 

 poned from the annual meeting : 



Publications, Messrs. Harper, Allen, and Chapman. 



Finance, Messrs. Woodruff, Bumpus, and Wilcox. 



Nominations, Messrs. Dutcher, Abbott, and Keim. 



Papers and Lectures, Messrs. Harper, Chapman, and Granger. 



Dr. Dwight also announced that the Library of the Society 

 had been formally turned over to the Librarian of the Museum, 

 and that members of the Linnsean Society would have the 

 privilege of withdrawing the books from the Museum Library. 



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