OP THE 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
Philadelphia, April 26th, i8yy. 
The Board of Directors of the Zoological Society of 
Philadelphia submit to the members and loan-certificate 
holders, this, their fifth annual report, of the business and 
operations of the Society, from ist of March, 1876, to ist of 
March, 1877. 
MEMBERS. 
The number of members of the Society, on the ist of 
March, 1877, was: — 
Annual members, ..... 774 
Life members, 188 
Corresponding members, .... 9 
Honorary members, . . . . t6 
Total members (exclusive of loan-holders,) 977 
An increase over preceding year of 
Annual members, ..... 4 
Life members, ...... 9 
Honorary members, .... 2 
Total increase of members, . . 15 
During the year three members have died, and four 
transferred from Annual to Life Members. 
The number of loan-holders is 496. Professor Spencer 
F. Baird, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, 
and Dr. Henry C. Yarrow, U. S. A,, were elected honorary 
members. 
