120 PROCEEDINGS: BOSTON SOCIETY NATURAL HISTORY. 
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN, GLOVER M. 
ALLEN. 
Membership. 
During the year 1904-1905, the Society has lost by death one 
Honorary Member — Adolph Bastian — and three Corresponding 
Members — Auguste de Jolis, E. J. Marey, Robert McLachlan. 
Seven Corporate Members also have died during the year — Sam¬ 
uel L. Abbot, James M. Barnard, Edward W. Codman, F. W. G. 
May, Alpheus S. Packard, Frances C. Prince, Eleanor P. Rathbun. 
James M. Barnard was also a Patron of the Society. Thirteen 
Corporate Members have resigned. 
Seven new Honorary Members have been elected by the Council 
— Edouard Bornet, William Boyd Dawkins, Sir Archibald Geikie, 
Karl F. Goebel, Angelo Mosso, Sir John Murray, Ferdinand von 
Richthofen. Four new Corresponding Members also were elected 
— T. C. Chamberlain, Charles R. Van Hise, William Libbey, 
Albrecht Penck. 
Eleven new Corporate Members have been elected during the 
year. The names of these new members and the dates of their 
election are as follows : — 
William E. Castle, October 14, 1904. 
Jesse M. Greenman, October 14, 1904. 
William P. Henderson, December 16, 1904. 
Harry G. Iligbee, October 14, 1904. 
Edward G. Humphrey, December 16, 1904. 
Robert G. Leavitt, October 14, 1904. 
Frank R. Lillie, October 14, 1904. 
George Mayo, December 16, 1904. 
Edward Reynolds, M. D., October 14, 1904. 
Irving L. Shaw, October 14, 1904. 
Charles W. Townsend, M. D., October 14, 1904. 
The net loss in the number of Corporate Members is nine. The 
corrected list of members, May 1, 1905, shows a total of 14 Honor¬ 
ary, 116 Corresponding, and 456 Corporate Members, a total mem¬ 
bership of 586, or five less than last year. There are 14 Patrons. 
