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at the Hotel Colonial and attended by twenty members and 

 five guests. 



Mr. Charles J. Fetterer's resignation from Resident Member- 

 ship was read. Mr. A. A. Saunders and Mr. L. L. Mowbray 

 were elected to Resident Membership. 



In the absence of the Treasurer, his report was read by the 

 Secretary pro tern. It showed a balance on hand of $1888.02, 

 a decrease since the previous Annual Meeting of nearly $340.00 

 due chiefly to the costly nature of the Abstract published last 

 spring. The Chair appointed Mr. Granger and Mr. Nichols a 

 committee to audit this report. 



The Secretary pro tern, then read his report, as follows : 



"During the past year the Linnsean Society has met its full quota of 

 sixteen times with a total attendance of 503 persons. This is the largest 

 since long papers of public interest were presented at every meeting. 

 These meetings include the Second Annual Dinner at which twenty-seven 

 members and twenty-five guests were present, and a Special Public Lec- 

 ture with an attendance of 102 members and visitors. At the remaining 

 fourteen meetings the attendance averaged twenty-five, including ten 

 members, these figures being slightly in excess of last year's. At three of 

 them the number exceeded fifty; the smallest was ten. 



"At the Annual Dinner already mentioned, the Linnsean Medal was 

 presented to Dr. Daniel Giraud Elliot for his unique attainments in mam- 

 malogy and ornithology. 



"Eleven Resident Members have been elected during the past year; 

 two have resigned and four have been dropped automatically for arrears 

 in dues. No changes having occurred in the other classes, the Membership 

 list now stands: Resident, 107; Corresponding, 27; Honorary, 3; total, 137. 



"Including the Special Lecture, eight long papers have been presented 

 before the Society, four on ornithology and one each on birds and other 

 vertebrates, mammals, turtles, and marine invertebrates. In addition 

 there have been twelve brief papers by members, ten of them on birds or 

 bird protection, one on ichthyology and one on entomology. The papers 

 were illustrated with lantern-slides, living and museum specimens, drawings, 

 etc., and also, in the case of the Special Lecture, with motion pictures, a new 

 departure for the Society. 



"Under date of April 15, 1914, the Society published under one cover 

 its Abstract Numbers 24 and 25, 156 pages, containing the minutes for the 

 two years ending March 11, 1913, and 'The Red-winged Blackbird: A 

 Study in the Ecology of a Cat-tail Marsh,' by Dr. Arthur A. Allen, and 

 'An Interesting Ornithological Winter around New York City,' by Mr. 

 Ludlow Griscom. Dr. Allen's article contained much original matter and 

 was illustrated with twenty-two plates from original photographs; it 

 attracted wide attention. 



