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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
rDcc., 
held their Annual Congress at the Academy, the meeting proving the 
largest in the history of the organization. 
Much aid has been given during the year to ornithologists of other 
institutions, both by loan and by placing our material at the disposal 
of visiting students. 
In the work of the department the Conservator is much indebted to 
Mr. J. A. G. Rehn for valuable assistance. 
The officers elected for the ensuing year are : 
Director, ...... Spencer Trotter, M.D. 
Vice-Director, 
Secretary, . 
Recorder, 
Treasurer and Conservator 
George Spencer Morris. 
William A. Shryock. 
Stewardson Brown. 
Witmer Stone. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Wither Stone, 
Conservator. 
The election of Officers, Councillors and Members of the Committee 
on Accounts to serve during 1904 w 
as held with the following result : 
President, . 
Vice-Presidents, . 
Recording Secretary, 
Corresponding Secretary, 
Treasurer, . 
Librarian, . 
Curators, 
Councillors to serve three years, . 
Committee on Accounts, 
Samuel G. Dixon, M.D. 
Arthur Erwin Brown, 
E. G. Conklin, Ph.D. 
Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 
J. Percy Moore, Ph.D. 
George Vaux, Jr. 
Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 
Henry C. Chapman, M.D 
Arthur Erwin Brown, 
Samuel G. Dixon, M.D. 
Henry A. Pilsbry, D.Sc. 
C. Newlin Peirce, 
Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D. 
Thomas Biddle, M.D. 
Charles Morris, 
Harold Wingate, 
Samuel N. Rhoads, 
Philip P. Calvert, Ph.D. 
1 Vacancies unfilled out of respect to the memory of Dr. Charles Schaeffer 
who was nominated for these offices. 
