710 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Dec., 
L. Bates, and four hundred and fifty specimens from Santa Marta, 
Colombia. These added many species not heretofore represented. 
The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club and Pennsylvania 
Audubon Society have held their meetings regularly at the Academy 
and have done much to stimulate interest in the department, while 
numerous ornithologists from other institutions have made use of 
the collections. 
At the annual meeting of the Section, held December 4, 1913, the 
following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
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 16, with the following 
result: 
President. . .Samuel G. Dixon, M.D., LL.D. 
Vice-Presidents .Edwin G. Conklin, Ph.D.,Sc.D. 
John Cadwalader, A.M. 
Recording Secretary .Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 
Corresponding Secretary . .. J. Percy Moore, Ph.D. 
Treasurer .George Vaux, Jr. 
Librarian .Edward J. Nolan, M.D. 
Curators ..Samuel G.Dixon,M.D., LL.D.,. 
Henry A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., 
Witmer Stone, A.M., Sc.D., 
Henry Tucker, M.D. 
Councillors to serve three years ..Edwin S. Dixon, 
Henry Skinner, M.D., 
Robert G. LeConte, M.D., 
George Spencer Morris. 
Committee on Accounts .Charles Morris, 
Samuel N. Rhoads, 
John G. Rothermel, 
Thomas S. Stewart, M.D., 
Walter Horstman. 
