568 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 
[ 1893 . 
The attendance has not been large, but considerable interest has 
been manifested and communications of value have been made. 
The Section has labored under the disadvantage that very few of 
the present members of the Academy are sufficiently interested in 
the study of mineralogy and geology to become members of the 
Section or to take an interest in its meeting’s. 
c5 
The officers elected at the annual meeting are as follows: 
Director, ..... 
Vice-Director, .... 
Treasurer, .... 
Conservator, .... 
Corresponding Secretary and Recorder, 
Theo. D. Rand. 
W. W. Jefferis. 
John Ford. 
W. W. Jefferis. 
Charles Schaffer, M.D. 
Theo. D. Rand, 
Director. 
REPORT OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL SECTION. 
A great deal of important work has been accomplished during the 
past year in the ornithological department of the museum. 
The renovation of the collection has been continued in the man¬ 
ner stated in the previous reports of the Section but a 
much greater advance has been made in the work owing to the fact 
that during the spring and summer the taxidermist, Mr. McCadden, 
was enabled to devote all his time to this department. 
In all 2,214 mounted specimens, comprising all of the water birds 
with the exception of the snipes, plovers and storks, have been care¬ 
fully examined and the best specimens remounted on walnut or 
stained stands. The unsightly specimens and duplicates unnecessary 
for display have been labeled and stored in cases of drawers. 
The vast improvement in the appearance of the exhibition cases 
after the specimens have been remounted is at once apparent to any¬ 
one visiting the gallery. 
All the information contained upon the old stands has been care¬ 
fully preserved and all the specimens have been numbered and 
catalogued. 
The study collection of skins remains in an excellent condition and 
has been rearranged during the year in air-tight tin cases especially 
provided for it. All the accessions to this collection, numbering 
