ABSTRACT 



OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



LINN/EAN SOCIETY 



OF 



NEW YORK, 



FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 9, 1915. 



This is the twenty-seventh in the series of Abstracts pubHshed 

 by the Linnaean Society of New York, and, hke the preceding 

 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 24, 1914. — Second Annual Dinner, held at the Hotel 

 Endicott. The President presiding. Twenty-seven members 

 and twenty-five guests present. 



During the dinner a flashlight photograph was taken of the 

 gathering. At the close the Chair spoke of the purpose of 

 assembling that evening, — to honor Dr. Daniel Giraud ElHot 

 for his unique attainments in mammalogy and ornithology. 

 He next introduced various speakers, among them Prof. H. F. 

 Osborn, Dr. F. A. Lucas, Dr. Witmer Stone, Dr. T. S. Palmer, 

 Dr. W. T. Hornaday, Mr. Ernest Ingersoll, Mr. Ernest Thomp- 

 son Seton, Dr. A. K. Fisher and Dr. F. M. Chapman. At the 

 close of the speeches' the Chair presented Dr. Elhot with the 

 Linnaean medal of honor. 



Dr. Elliot spoke as follows: 



^^ Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



"This is certainly an age for acquiring information and having know- 

 ledge bestowed upon you, and within the last fifteen or twenty minutes I 



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