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Ornithological Section. —The Section has been active in pro¬ 
moting Ornithological research at the Academy during the year. 
The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and the Pennsylvania 
Audubon Society have continued to hold their meetings in the 
building and many valuable specimens have been received through 
the cooperation of these organizations. 
The details of work in the Ornithological department will be 
found in the report of the Curators. 
At the annual meeting the following officers were elected for the 
year 1918: 
Director Spencer Trotter, M.D. 
Vice-Director George Spencer Morris. 
Recorder Stewardson Brown. 
Secretary .William A. Shryock. 
Treasurer and Conservator Witmer Stone. 
Witmer Stone, Conservator . 
The annual election of Officers, Councillors, and members of the' 
Committee on Accounts, was held December 18 1917, with the fol¬ 
lowing result: 
President Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., Sc.D. 
Vice-Presidents Edwin G. Conklin, Ph.D., Sc.D. 
John Cadwalader, A.M. 
Recording Secretary... . Edward J. Nolan, M.D., Sc.D. 
Corresponding Secretary J. Percy Moore, Ph.D. 
Treasurer George Vaux, Jr. 
Librarian . Edward J. Nolan, M.D., Sc.D. 
Curators Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D., Sc.D. 
Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 
Witmer Stone, A.M., Sc.D., 
Henry Tucker, M.D. 
Councillors to serve 
Three Years Charles B. Penrose, M.D.,. 
Charles Morris, 
Spencer Trotter, M.D., 
William E. Hughes, M.D. 
Councillor to serve L^n- 
expired Term.. T. Chalkley Palmer. 
Committee on Accounts Charles Morris, 
Samuel N. Rhoads, 
John G. Rothermel 
Thomas S. Stew r art, M. D. f 
Walter Horstmann. 
