THE LINNffiAN SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 
was founded March 7, 1878, by the following-named gentlemen : — 
H. B. Bailey, 
John Burroughs, 
Ernest Ingersoll, 
Franklin Benner, 
Harold Herrick, 
Newbold T. Lawrence, 
William C. Osborn. 
Eugene P. Bicknell, 
Dr. Frederick H. Hoadley, 
C. Hart Merriam, 
The original Officers were : — 
C. Hart Merriam, 
Harold Herrick, 
Ernest Ingersoll, 
H. B. Bailey, 
President. 
Vice-President. 
Secretary. 
Corres. Secy and Treasurer . 
Abstracts of the proceedings of the Society, and papers read before it, 
have appeared in different scientific serials, but much valuable matter 
has been withheld from lack of a direct medium of publication. The 
necessity for such an organ has now become manifest, and the present 
volume is designed to be the first of a series in which papers coming before 
the Society may be permanently preserved. 
The Frontispiece accompanying this number is after an old engraving in the possession of 
Mr. L. S. Foster, by whom it is contributed. 
