2 2 Report of the President. 



Linn^ean Society Lectures, 1808. 



Jan. 6. — Cats, and the Lands they Inhabit Prof. Daniel Giraud Elliot. 



Feb. 3. — From Vera Cruz to Mexico Mr. Frank M. Chapman. 



Mar. 17. — The Mammals of North America Mr. Ernest Seton Thompson. 



April 7. — Protective and Directive Coloration of Animals. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



Board of Education Lectures, 1898. 



Jan. 11. — From Lexington to Yorktown Mr. W. W. Ellsworth. 



" 18. — North American Indians Mr. F. S. Dellenbaugh. 



" 25. — Ireland Mr. Thomas McVeaugh, Jr. 



Feb. 1. — The Homes, Habits, and History of the French People, 



Prof. H. E. Northrop. 



" 8. — The Life of the Swiss Peasantry Mr. W. D. McCrackan. 



15.— Holland's War with the Sea Prof. J. H. Gore. 



" 22. — Wonders of Modern Science Mr. W. J. Clarke. 



Mar. 1. — Norway : the Land of the Midnight Sun. ..Mr. Gilbert Ray Hawes. 

 " 8. — Earthquakes : Their Results and what is Known of their Causes. 



Mr. Cyrus C. Adams. 



" 15. — To the Summit of the Matterhorn Miss Annie S. Peck. 



" 22. — Volcanoes, Ancient and Modern Dr. E. O. Hovey. 



" 29. — The Austrian Alps and the Tyrolese Prof. H. E. Northrop. 



April 5. — Light and Color 



" 12. — The Electric Current ; Its Chemical 



and Heating Effects 



" 19. — The Electric Current ; Its Magnetic J- Mr. E. R. Van Nardroff. 



Effects 



" 26. — The Electric Current ; Its Inductive | 



Effects J 



Oct. 11. — China, the Middle Kingdom "") 



;' iS.-Korea, the Pigmy State (. Mr. W. E. Griffis. 



25. — Japan, the Island Empire 



Nov. 1. — The United States and the Pacific Ocean J 



" 8. — Wonders and Beauties of Ceylon Mr. G. N. Thomsen. 



" 15. — Arabia Dr. Stephen Hasbrouck. 



" 22. — The Bedouins of Arabia and Palestine. 



Mr. Peter von Finkelstein Mamreov. 



" 29. — Constantinople Mr. Hovhannes Samuelian. 



Dec. 6. — Russia : Moscow to Nijni Novgorod by Way of the Ural 



Mountains Dr. E. O. Hovey. 



13. — Russia : St. Petersburg to Bakon ; The Caucasus. Dr. E. O. Hovey. 



Receptions and Exhibitions. 



New York Academy of Sciences, April 13 and 14. 

 Annual Meeting of the Audubon Society, Feb. 9. 

 New York State Science Teachers' Association, Dec. 30. 



Publications. — The publications of the Museum issued during 

 1898 greatly exceed those of any preceding year, and include the 

 following : Volume X of the Bulletin, consisting of pp. i-x and 1- 



