RESOLUTIONS PASSED. 
At the Boston General Meeting^ Dec. IMh, 1881, the following : 
Offered bj Mk. Webstek: 
Whereas^ the Boston Society of JSTatnral History lias been 
pleased to recognize in a public manner the bigli objects wliicb 
the Society of American Taxidermists is striving to attain, and 
lias also extended to it a cordial invitation to visit the Library 
and Museum, and hold its Cxeneral Meeting in the Lecture Room ; 
Resolved,, that the Society of Taxidermists tenders its grateful 
acknowledgements and accepts with many thanks the piavileges 
so courteously tendered. 
Offered liy Me. Lucas : 
Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be tendered the emi- 
nent gentlemen wlio have consented to honor it by acting as 
judges of its Second Exhibition at the sacrilice of their own 
valuable time and personal inconvenience. 
And.' Furthermore, that Prof. J. W. P. Jencks, Mr. Thomas 
II. Hinckley and Mr. James C. Beard be elected lionorary mem- 
bers of tlie Societ 3 \ 
Offered by Me. Hoenaday : 
Resolved, that the Society takes pleasure in recording its 
grateful appreciation of the many substantial favors it has receiv- 
ed at tlie bands of Prof. Henry A. Ward, who by his liberal 
patronage, encouragement and assistance, dating from the organi- 
zation of the Society to the present time, has placed under 
obligations to him all those who are interested in the advancement 
of the taxidermic art. 
Passed at the Meeting of Afareh '•IMh, 1882. 
Offered by Me. Hoenaday : 
Resolved, that the thanks of the Society are due and are 
hereby tendered to 
The Boston Advertiser, 
The Boston Journal, 
The Boston Transerijjt, 
The Boston Rost and 
The Boston Glohe, 
for their kindness and liberality to the Society in the publication 
of frequent and extended notices of the Boston Exhibition, 
which were of the greatest importance to the success of the 
enterprise. 
