Officers.] 196 [May 2, 



The various reports were accepted, and the Society then 

 proceeded to ballot for officers for the coming year. Messrs. 

 Emerton and Minot being requested to collect and count the 

 ballots, declared the following gentlemen elected for 1877 - 

 1878: — 



PRESIDENT, 



THOMAS T. BOUVE. 



VICE-PRESIDENTS, 



SAMUEL H. SCUDDER, JOHN CUTOLTNGS. 



CUSTODIAN, 



ALPHEUS HYATT. 

 HONORARY SECRETARY, 



S. L. ABBOT, M.D. 



SECRETARY, 



EDWARD BURGESS. 



TREASURER, 



CHARLES W. SCUDDER. 



LIBRARIAN, 



EDWARD BURGESS. 



COMMITTEES ON DEPARTMENTS. 



Minerals. Radiates, Crustaceans and Worms. 

 Thomas T. Bouve, H. A. Hagen, M.D., 



L. S. Burrank, Alexander Agassiz, 



R. H. Richards. L. F. de Pourtales. 



Geology. Mollusks. 



L. S. Burbank, Edward S. Morse, 



, T. Sterry Hunt, j - Henry Blake, 



Wm. H. Niles. Levi l - Thaxter. 



Paleontology. Insects. 



Thos. T. Bouve, S. H. Scudder, 



N. S. Shaler, Edward Burgess, 



Jules Marcou. a - S. Packard, Jr., M.D. 

 Botany. Fishes and Reptiles. 



- John Cummings, f - w - Putnam, 



Charles J. Sprague, s - Kneel and, M.D., 



J. Amory Lowell. s - w « Garman. 

 Microscopy. Birds. 



Samuel Wells, Thomas M. Brewer, M.D., 



R. C. Greenleap, Samuel Cabot, M.D., 



B. Joy Jeppries, M.D. J. A. Allen. 



Comparative Anatomy. Mammals. 



Thomas Dwight, M.D., J. A. Allen, 



J. C. White, M.D. J. b. S. Jackson, MJD. 



