BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY 1868 - 69 . A>v — I to I \~VA\ PREPARED BY THE RECORDING SECRETARY'. / Jm Cr* MR Y. *r BOSTON: PUBLISHED. BY THE SOCIETY. 1868. ANNUAL OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OE NATURAL HISTORY 1868 - 69 . # I • 9 PREPARED BY THE RECORDING SECRETARY. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY. 1868 . PUBLISHING COMMITTEE. Jeffries Wyman. Samuel L. Abbot. Samuel H. Scuddek. William T. Brigham. Theodore Lyman. PRESS OF ABNER A. KINGMAN. MUSEUM OF T&B BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, BERKELEY STREET. §o$sO TABLE OF CONTENTS. UJ U- •■tt a> c\i OJ £ £ List of Officers for the tear 1868-69 Legislative Acts Relative to the Society. Act of Incorporation Acts Altering the Charter or Granting Aid Government of the Society. Constitution By-Laws Library Regulations Sketch of Past History and Present Operations Lists of Past Officers. Presidents . Vice Presidents Secretaries Treasurers Librarians Cabinet Keepers Custodians . Curators of Ethnology “ Mammals “ Comparative Anatomy “ Birds . “ Reptiles “ Fishes . “ Insects PAGE* 5 7 9 15 17 24 27 49 49 ; 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 53 53 53 54 4 Curators of Mollusks 54 “ Crustaceans 55 “ Radiates 55 “ Botany 55 “ Microscopy 56 “ Geology . 56 “ Minerals 56 “ Paleontology 56 Lists of Members. Honorary Members 57 Corresponding Members . . . • • • • .59 Patrons Original Members Resident Members ^ Principal Contributors to the Funds . . • . . 87 Institutions in Correspondence with the Society . . 89 Price Catalogue of the Publications 101 Lectures Delivered during the Year 1867-68 . . . 118 Papers Read at the Meetings during the Year 1867-68 . 119 Walker Prizes . • • • * • • • • * 126 Table of Meetings during the Year 1868-69 . ... 128 LIST OP OPPICEKS POE 1868-69. President , Jeffries Wyman, M.D. Vice Presidents , C. T. Jackson, M.D. Thomas T. Bouvri. Corresponding Secretary , Samuel L. Abbot, M.D. Recording Secretary, Samuel H. Scudder. Treasurer, Edward Pickering. Librarian , Samuel H. Scudder. Custodian, Samuel H. Scudder. Curators ( arranged in accordance with their length of service). Thomas T. Bouvtf, Thomas M. Brewer, M.D., Samuel H. Scudder, Frederic W. Putnam, B. Joy Jeffries, M.D., Alpheus Hyatt, A. S. Packard, Jr., M.D., Addison E. Verrill, Horace Mann, Burt G. Wilder, M.D., William T. Brigham, J. Elliot Cabot, Edward S. Morse Minerals. Birds (Nests and Eggs). Mammals and Comp. Anal. Insects. Fishes. Microscopy. Palaeontology. Crustaceans. Radiates. Botany. Reptiles. Geology. Birds. Mollusks. ACT OF INCORPORATION. Commonwealth of paswehuoett!*. In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one. An Act to incorporate the Boston Society of Natural History. Section 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repie - sentatives in Geneval Count assembled , and by the authority of the same : — That Benjamin D. Greene, George Hayward, John Ware, Walter Channing, Edward Brooks, Amos Binney, Jr., D. Hum- phreys Storer, Simon E. Greene, Joshua B. Flint, William Grigg, George B. Emerson and Henry Codman, with their associates, and such other persons as shall from time to time be duly admitted members of the Corporation hereby created, be, and they hereby are constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name of the Boston Society of Natural History, and by that name they shall have perpetual succession, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, of prosecuting and defending unto final judgment, in all Courts and places whatso- ever, and may have a Common Seal, with power to change the same at pleasure. Sect. 2. Be it further enacted , That the said Society shall have power to hold real or personal estate by gift, grant, devise, 8 or otherwise, and the same or any part thereof to alien or con- vey, provided that the clear annual income of such personal and real estate shall not exceed the sum of three thousand dollars, nor be applied to any other purposes than the encour- agement and promotion of the science of Natural History. Sect. 3. Be it further enacted, That said Society shall have power to elect a President and all other necessary officers ; to make rules and by-laws for the election and government of its members, for the management of its property, for collecting annual contributions from its members, for regulating the times and places of meeting, for expelling such members as refuse to comply with the by-laws or regulations, and for the managing of the affairs of the Society, provided such rules and by-laws be not repugnant to the Constitution and Laws of this Common- wealth, or of the United States. Sect. 4. Be it further enacted , That the persons herein before named, or any three of them, shall have power to call the first meeting of the members of said Society, in such manner as they may think proper. Sect. 5. Be it further enacted , That this Act may be altered, amended, or repealed, at the pleasure of the Legislature. In House of Representatives , February 23, 1831, passed to be enacted. WILLIAM B. CALHOUN, Speaker. In Senate , February 24, 1831, passed to be enacted. SAM’L LATHROP, President. Feeruary 25, 1831. Approved, LEVI LINCOLN. A Copy of the Original Act, Attest, EDWARD D. BANGS, Secretary of the Commonwealth 9 An Act to authorize the Boston Society of Natural History ^to amend its Constitution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — The Boston Society of Natural History is hereby authorized and empowered to amend the eighth article of its Con- stitution, by inserting after the word “members,” in the third line of the printed copy thereof, the following words: “present at any two consecutive meetings of the Society, the members having been first duly notified of any proposed alteration.” [Approved by the Governor, April 3, 1852.] An Act concerning the Boston Society of Natural History. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — Section 1 . The Boston Society of Natural History shall have power to hold real and personal estate, the clear an- nual income whereof shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars, nor be applied to any other purposes than the encour- agement and promotion of the science of Natural History. Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved by the Governor, March 21, 1861.] 10 An Act in addition to an Act to incorporate the Boston Society of Natural History. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oj Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as fol- lows : — Section 1 . The Boston Society of Natural History shall have power to hold real and personal estate, the clear annual income whereof shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be applied exclusively to the purpose set forth in the act of incorporation of said society. ? Sect. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. [Approved by the Governor, May 5, 1865.] An Act to incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for the promotion of Arts, and Industrial Sci- ences, Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce, and to grant aid to said Institute and to the Boston Society of Natural History, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as fol- lows : — Sections 1 and 2 refer to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sect. 3. One certain square of State land on the Back Bay, namely, the second square westwardly from the Public Garden, between Newbury and Boylston Streets, according to the plan reported by the commissioners on the Back Bay, February 11 twenty-one, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, shall be reserved from sale forever, and kept as an open space, or for the use of such educational institutions of science and art as are hereinafter provided for. Sect. 4 refers to the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology. Sect. 5. The Boston Society of Natural History shall be entitled to hold, occupy and control, for the objects and pur- poses for which said Society was incorporated, and which are more fully set forth in its constitution and by-laws, the easterly por- tion of said, second square, to the extent of one-third part thereof: provided , that the said Society shall, within two years from the time when said portion of land is placed at its disposal for occupation, filled and graded, erect a building suitable to said objects and purposes, and appropriately enclose, plant and adorn the open ground around said building, and shall thereafter keep said grounds and building in a neat and ornamental condition. Sect. 6. The rights and privileges given in the last two sec- tions are granted, subject to these further conditions following, namely: All buildings whatsoever, which may be erected by either of the herein named institutions upon any portion of said square, shall be designed and completed, the grounds surround- ing said buildings enclosed, laid out and ornamented, and the said buildings and grounds kept and maintained in a manner satisfactory to the governor and council; and, in case either of the said institutions shall, after due notice given, neglect to com- ply with the requirements of this section, or fail to use its por- tion of said square, or at any time appropriate said portion, or any part thereof, to any purpose or use foreign to its legitimate objects, then the right of said delinquent institution to the use, 12 occupation or control of its portion of said square shall cease, and the Commonwealth, by its proper officers and agents, shall have the right forthwith to enter and take possession of the portion of land so forfeited. Sect. 7. The above named Societies shall not cover with their buildings more than one-third of the area granted to them re- spectively. Sect. 8. The commissioners on the Back Bay are hereby instructed to reserve from sale the lots fronting on said square on Boy Is ton and Newbury Streets, until said Societies shall, by enclosure and improvements, put said square in a sightly and attractive condition. Sect. 9. Upon the passage of this act, the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, shall appoint three disinter- ested persons, who shall appraise the value of all the land speci- fied in the third and eighth sections, and make a return of said appraisal, and if, when the lands mentioned in section eighth shall have been sold, the proceeds of such sales shall not be equal to the whole amount of the appraisal above mentioned, then the Societies named in this act shall pay the amount of said deficit into the Treasury of the Commonwealth for the school fund, in proportion to the area granted to them respectively. Sect. 10. This act shall be null and void, unless its provisions shall be accepted within one year by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Society of Natural History, so far as they apply to those Societies re- spectively. [Approved by the Governor, April 10, 1861.] An Act to repeal Sections 8 and 9 of the “Act to incorporate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to grant aid to said institution, and to the Boston Society of Natural History.” Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled , and by the authority of the same , as follows : — Sections eight and nine of Chapter one hundred and eighty- three of the Acts of the year 1861, entitled “An act to incor- porate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to grant aid to said institution, and to the Boston Society of Natural History” are hereby repealed. [Approved by the Governor, April 29, 1863.] 71 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. The Society shall be called the Boston Society of Natural History. article ii. It shall consist of Resident Members, Corresponding and Honorary Members, and Patrons. ARTICLE III. All Members shall be chosen by ballot, after having been nominated at a preceding meeting; the affirmative votes of three-fourths of the members present shall be necessary to a choice. The nomination of Corresponding and Honorary Mem- bers shall proceed from the Council. Any person who shall contribute, at one time, to the funds of the Society, a sum not less than one hundred dollars, shall be a Patron. Any Resident Member who shall, at one time, contribute one hundred dollars 16 to the funds of the Society, shall be considered a Life Member, free from assessment. ARTICLE IY. Resident Members only shall be entitled to vote, to hold office, or to transact, business ; Corresponding and Honorary Members and Patrons may attend the meetings and take part in the scien- tific discussions of the Society. ARTICLE Y. The officers of the Society shall be a President; two Vice Presidents; a Corresponding Secretary; a Recording Secretary; a Treasurer; a Librarian; a Custodian; and Curators; who, together, shall form a Board for the management of the con- cerns of the Society, and be called the Council. ARTICLE VI. Officers shall be chosen by ballot, and a majority of votes shall be sufficient for a choice. ARTICLE VII. By-Laws, for the more particular regulation of the Society, shall from time to time be made. ARTICLE VIII. This Constitution may be altered or amended in any of the preceding Articles, by a vote to that effect, of three-fourths of the members present at any two consecutive meetings of the Society ; the members having been first duly notified of any pro- posed alteration: but the Article which immediately follows this shall be unalterable. 17 ARTICLE IX. The consent of every member shall he necessary to a dissolu- tion of the Society. In case of a dissolution, the property of the Society shall not be distributed among the members, but donors may claim and receive such donations as they have made to the museum, and the remainder shall be given to some public institution, on such conditions as may then be agreed on; and the faithful performance of such conditions shall be secured by bonds, with sufficient penalties for the non-fulfilment thereof. BY-LAWS. SECTION I. OF MEMBERS. Article 1 . Any person of respectable character and attain- ments, residing in the City of Boston, or its immediate neighbor- hood, shall be eligible as a Resident Member of this Society. Elections shall be held at the first meeting in the months of Jan- uary, April, July and October. Nominations mu s be made in writing, by three members, at least one month previous to the time of elections; such nominations shall be made to a Commit- tee consisting of the President, Recording Secretary and Treas- urer, who shall report upon the same at the meeting previous to that upon which elections are to be held. Every person elected shall, within six months from the date of his election, pay into the Treasury an initiation fee of five dollars, and subscribe an obli- gation, promising to conform to the Constitution and By-Laws 2 18 of the Society; and until these conditions are fulfilled, he shall possess none of the rights of membership, nor shall his name be borne upon the roll of members. Art. 2. Corresponding Members shall consist of persons, re- siding at a distance from the City, who may be interested in the study of Natural History, or desirous of promoting the interests of the Society. Honorary Members may be selected from per- sons eminent for their attainments in science, on whom the Soci- ety may wish to confer a compliment of respect. Neither shall be required to pay an initiation fee or other contribution. Art. 3. Persons who have been unsuccessful candidates for admission shall not be again proposed as members until after one year. Art. 4. Any member may withdraw from the Society, by giving written notice of his intention, and paying all arrearages due from him. Any member who shall refuse to pay any due for two successive years, shall be subject to expulsion, and shall be reported to the Society by the Treasurer. Art. 5. Members may be expelled from the Society by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, at a meeting specially called for that purpose, by a notice given at least one month previous. * SECTION II OF OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. Article 1 . The President shall preside at meetings of the Society and of the Council; shall preserve order, regulate de- bates, and conduct all business proceedings. Art. 2. The Vice Presidents shall perform the duties of President in his absence, in the order of seniority in office. 19 * Art. 3. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the cor- respondence of the Society, and keep a record thereof; shall keep the common seal; acknowledge all donations; notify Cor- responding Members of their election ; and receive and read to the Society all communications which may be addressed to him. Art. 4. The Recording Secretary shall take and preserve correct minutes of the proceedings of the Society and Council, in books to be kept for that purpose; shall have the charge of all records belonging to the Society; shall notify Resident Mem- bers of their election and committees of their appointment; shall call special meetings when directed by the President; and shall notify Resident Members of all meetings, and officers of all matters which shall occur at any meeting requiring their action. Art. 5. The Treasurer shall have charge of all money and other property of the Society, excepting the building on Berke- ley Street, and its contents, and excepting also such property as may be placed by the Council in the hands of Trustees; shall collect all fees and assessments and receive all donations in money which may be made to it; shall pay all accounts against the Society, when the same shall be approved by a vote of the Council; shall keep a correct account of all receipts and expenditures in books belonging to the Society, and shall, at each annual meeting, and at other times when required by the Council, make a detailed report of the same. Art. 6 . The Librarian shall have charge of the books be- longing to the Society, or deposited for its use, and of the pub- lications of the Society. He shall observe and enforce such regulations as the Council shall from time to time make for the use of the books. 20 % Art. 7. The Custodian shall be a person of acknowledged scientific attainments. He shall have general charge of the building and its contents; shall have free access to all the collec- tions at all times ; and shall act in concert with the Curators, to whom he shall bear the relation of adviser and assistant. In case of the absence or neglect of Curators, he shall act in their stead, and perform their duties. He shall prepare and read at the annual meeting a report of the state of the museum, compiled from the special report made to him by the Curators. He shall keep a book to be called the Donation Book, in which shall be recorded, under their respective departments, all dona- tions to the museum, with the date and name of donor. And he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Council and mutually assented to. Art. 8. The Curators shall be entrusted with the care of the museum. They shall, as soon as possible after a donation is made or specimens received, deposit them in their respective cabinets. Each Curator shall have his particular department allotted to him at the time of his election; shall arrange the specimens in that department according to some system ap- proved by the Custodian; and, so far as is practicable, label them with the names they bear in such system. He shall also, as far as is practicable, keep a correct catalogue of articles in his care, and shall be authorized to select duplicate specimens from the cabinet, and, with the assent of the Custodian, effect ex- changes therewith. Each Curator shall make a written report to the Custodian, a month previous to the annual meeting, con- cerning the collection under his charge : the additions made during the year, and the important deficiencies which exist. 21 Art. 9. The Council shall control all expenditure of money, make rules for the use of the library and museum, and special rules for the direction of the Librarian and Custodian, and shall elect, annually, a committee of five members, to be called the Publishing Committee. The Council shall have full power to act, for the interests of the Society, in any way not inconsistent with the Constitution and By-Laws. Art. 10. The Council shall annually appoint three Trustees, one of whom shall be the Treasurer ex officio, to whose charge shall be entrusted all the funded property of the Society, with power to sell and reinvest, according to their judgment. SECTION III. OF ASSESSMENTS. Article 1 . Every Resident member shall be subject to an an- nual assessment of five dollars, payable on the first day of Octo- ber in each year: but no assessment shall be required of any member during the six months succeeding his election. Art. 2. The President and Treasurer shall be empowered to exempt (sub silentio ) a member from assessment when, from peculiar circumstances, they may deem it for the interest of the Society so to do. SECTION IV. OF THE LIBRARY. Article 1 . Members and Patrons of the Society only shall have access to, or take books from the Library; but the Council may, by special vote, extend the use of books to others than mem- bers, specifying the conditions under which they may be taken. Art. 2. The rules and regulations of the Council for the use of the Library shall be printed and exposed in the Library rooms, and a digest of them affixed to the volumes themselves. 22 SECTION Y. OF THE MUSEUM. Article 1 . Members of all classes, and the public generally, shall have access to the museum at such times as the Council shall determine. Art. 2. No specimens shall be removed from the museum, without the leave of the Custodian and the Curator of the department to which they belong, who shall take a receipt for the same, and be responsible for their restoration in good order. SECTION VI. OF COMMITTEES. Article 1 . The Committee of Publications shall, from time to time, cause to be published, and superintend the publication of, such papers read to the Society, and such portions of the records of the Proceedings, as may seem to them calculated to promote the interests of science, so far as the funds appropriated by the Council shall permit, it being understood that the Committee shall not be held responsible for any opinion expressed in said publications. The said Committee shall also have authority to effect exchanges for other scientific publications. Art. 2. The Council shall, previously to every annual meet- ing, appoint a Committee, whose duty it shall be to audit the accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Corporation. SECTION VII. OF LECTURES. Article 1 . Public lectures, when judged expedient by the Council, may be given under the auspices of the Society. 23 SECTION VIII. OF MEETINGS. Article 1 . A meeting shall be held on the first Wednesday May annually, for the choice of officers and other general in purposes. At this meeting an annual report, embodying the several reports of the Curators and Librarian, shall be read by the Custodian ; and a report on the state of the funds by the Treasurer, who shall also present an estimate of the necessary expenses of the ensuing year. Art. 2. Stated meetings of the Society shall be held on the first and third Wednesday of every month; unless when sus- pended by a vote of the Society. Art. 3. Fifteen members shall form a quorum for business. Art. 4. The order of proceeding at meetings shall be as fol- lows: — 1 . Record of preceding meeting read. 2. Candidates for membership proposed. 3. Balloting for members. 4. Written communications read. 5. Verbal communications made. 6. Business called up by special resolutions, or otherwise. 7. Donations announced. 8. Adjournment. SECTION IX. CHANGE OF BY-LAWS. Article 1 . The By-Laws of the Society may be altered or amended by a majority vote of the members present at any meet- ing: provided that the members of the Society shall have been duly notified, two weeks previous, of an intended change. 24 LIBRARY REGULATIONS. 1 . The Library shall be open for the use of books and their delivery and return from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., and from 2 P. M. to 5 P. M. 2. No books shall be taken from the Library without the knowledge and record of the Librarian ; except by members of the Council, who shall record them in the same manner as the Librarian. Curators may, for purposes of study, remove any book from the Library to the apartments in which their collec- tions are kept; but in taking books out of the museum they shall observe the same rules as other members. 3. The Librarian shall have discretionary power to admit strangers who may desire to consult the Library during his hours of attendance, and to allow of the examination of the books under his supervision. 4. No person shall be allowed to retain more than five vol- umes at any one time, except by special vote of the Council. 5. Books may be kept out one calendar month, unless sooner called in by the Librarian; but no longer, without renewal, and renewal may not be granted more than twice ; after which the book may not be taken out again by the same person until three days after its return. 6. If books are not returned within the time specified, a writ- ten notice of delinquency shall be sent by the Librarian. If not then returned within a week after the date of notice, a fine of 25 five cents per day for every volume not returned shall be incurred, and a second notice then sent. If still further delinquent, the Librarian shall notify the Council of said delinquency. 7. Should any person desire to borrow a book which is lent out of the Library, he may leave his name and the title of the book with the Librarian. When the book shall be returned, the Librarian shall reserve it for the person so applying, provided the latter call for it within three days. 8. When call is made for any book which is lent, the Librarian may demand its return by regular printed form of notice after the expiration of ten days from the date of borrowing. 9. Each book shall be placed in one of three classes, desig- nated by the Council, viz. : (a) those which are on no account to be removed from the Library ; (b) those which may be removed only by the permission of the Librarian and two members of the Council; (c) those which may be lent without restriction. Books of the first two classes shall have a label attached to the inside of the cover, designating their class. 10. All books must be returned to the Library at least two weeks previous to the Annual Meeting; and seasonable notice of the time of returning them shall be given by the Librarian. 11. Every book shall be returned in good order, regard being had to its necessary wear with good usage. If any book shall be lost or injured, the person to whom it stands charged shall replace it by a new volume or set, if it belong to a set, or pay the value of the volume or set to the Librarian : the value being fixed by the Council. And thereupon the remainder of the set, if the volume belong to a set, shall be delivered to the person so paying for the same: — every book detained above a year being held to be lost. 26 12. Periodical publications, both literary and scientific, shall not be taken from the Library until two weeks after they have been placed upon the shelves or table. 13. Books may be deposited in the Library for the use of the Society; but said books shall not be taken from the Library without the consent of the owners. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY AND PRESENT OPERATIONS OF THE SOCIETY. It is only within the last sixty years that the science of Natural History has received the advantage of sys- tematic and organized inquiry in this State. On the eighth of December, 1814, an Association calling itself “The New England Society for the Promotion of Nat- ural History,” held its first meeting at the house of Dr. Jacob Bigelow. Drs. Bigelow and Hayward and Mr. Octavius Pickering were chosen a committee to frame a constitution, which was drawn up and adopted in the course of a few days. Meetings were held weekly on Saturday evenings in the hall over Boylston Market. The members were divided into six classes; viz., for minerals, plants, quadrupeds and birds, fishes and rep- tiles, insects and “vermes.” Hon. John Davis was chosen President; William S. Shaw, Vice President; Jacob Bigelow, Corresponding Secretary ; George Hay- 28 ward, Recording Secretary ; Octavius Pickering, Treas- urer; John W. Webster, Cabinet Keeper. The name of the Society did not prove satisfactory and it was changed in January, 1815, to “The Linnaean Society of New England.” The first paper, read by Mr. J. Freeman Dana, was entitled “An analysis of the Incrustation formed upon the basket of eggs from Der- byshire, England, presented by J udge Davis.” In June, 1817, a special meeting was held to listen to an address from Dr. W alter Channing upon “The import- ance of literature and science, particularly to the inhab- itants of New England.” The claims of the Society to public patronage were urged with great force and ingenu- ity, and the rapid increase and value of the Museum set forth. The interest excited at this meeting encouraged the members to believe that the public would patronize their institution ; but although the few men who com- posed the active members labored zealously, they re- ceived little sympathy from without, and with the address of Dr. Channing the success of the Society appears to have culminated. Early in 1818 a proposition was made to unite with the Boston Athenaeum or to adopt some other course for the preservation of the cabinet. No active steps were taken in the matter, the meetings were held with much irregu- larity, and in July, 1822, a committee appointed by the Society reported, as follows : — “It appears by the resig- nation and non-attendance of members that it has 29 become burdensome to support the meetings and collections in the manner that has hitherto been done ; therefore it is expedient to suspend the meetings, give up the rooms of the Society, and place the col- lection or such part of it as can be preserved, in some place where it may occasion no further expense to the Society or its contributors.” The Society was thus dissolved and its collections — at first deposited with Harvard College — were afterwards scattered in various directions, and, a few, finally col- lected in the museum of the present Society. Not disheartened by the results of former efforts, some of the more zealous of the members, aided by new associates, undertook to re-organize. After several pre- liminary consultations, 1 a meeting was called on the 28th of April, 1880, at which Dr. Walter Channing was chosen Moderator, and Theophilus Parsons, Esq., Secre- tary. They resolved to form a new Association under the name of the “Boston Society of Natural History.” On the 6th of May a constitution and by-laws were adopted, and, on the 13th of the same month, officers were chosen. An act of incorporation, obtained at the next session of the Legislature, bears date February 25th, 1831. In the formation of the new Society, two objects were kept in view — the cooperation of its members 1 One of these was held at the house of Dr. Walter Channing, and “the members just filled the parlour sofa.” 30 in facilitating the pursuit of natural history, and the collection of a cabinet and library. Its founders did indeed hope to awaken an interest among their fel- low citizens, and so extend the usefulness of the institu- tion; but the members were mostly young men, and with the failures of the old Society the public had grown distrustful. One of the original members, recalling in after years the success of the undertaking, wrote thus of the diffi- culties encountered : “At the time of the establishment of the Society there was not, I believe, in New England, an institution devoted to the study of natural history. There was not a college in New England, excepting Yale, where philosophical geology of the modern school was taught. There was not a work extant by a New England author which presumed to grasp the geologi- cal structure of any portion of our territory of greater extent than a county. There was not in existence a bare catalogue, to say nothing of a general history, of the animals of Massachusetts, of any class. There was not within our borders a single museum of natural his- tory founded according to the requirements and based upon the system of modern science, nor a single journal advocating exclusively its interests. “We were dependent chiefly upon books and authors foreign to New England for our knowledge of our own zoology. There was no one among us who had any thing like a general knowledge of the birds which fly 31 about us, of the fishes which fill our waters, or of the lower tribes of animals that swarm both in air and in sea. “Some few individuals there were, who were distin- guished by high attainments in particular branches, and who formed honorable exceptions to the indifference which prevailed; but there was no concentration of opinions or of knowledge, and no means of knowing how much or how little was known. The laborer in natural history worked alone, without aid or encourage- ment from others engaged in the same pursuits, and without the approbation of the public mind, which re- garded them as busy triflers.” The Presidency of the new Society was first offered to Mr. Thomas Nuttall, the well-known botanist and ornithologist ; but as he was only a transient resident of Boston, he declined the office. The names of subse- quent officers will be found in the list on page 49. The regular meetings were at first held, monthly, in one of the rooms of the old Athenseum Building in Pearl Street; but since August, 1833, when the col- lections were removed to the third story of the building of the Provident Institution for Savings in Tremont Street, now occupied by the Massachusetts Historical Society, they have been held (except in summer) twice a month. At the early meetings of the Society, it was cus- tomary to refer every donation, whether to the museum or library, to some member, who should make it the 32 basis of an essay. In this way, many were induced to engage in some scientific inquiry, which otherwise they would never have undertaken. On other occasions, for several consecutive months, a number of short popular lectures were given and the public invited to attend. There seems to have been no lack of zeal or interest among its members ; yet the heavy expense attending the formation of a cabinet, and the attempt to establish a scientific journal, when natural history was not so pop- ular as now, weighed heavily upon the Association. From its birth it was burdened with a debt which could not be shaken off, notwithstanding a five years’ subsidy of three hundred dollars per annum granted by the State in 1835. Not until 1841 was the Treasury re- ported solvent. The Society was indebted for its first permanent endowment to the generosity of Mr. Ambrose S. Cour- tis, a merchant, comparatively little known among scientific men, who by diligence and prudence had been enabled to retire early in life with a competence. While in Europe in 1834, he first evinced his regard for the Society by the donation of a solar microscope, with an achromatic lens, made by Dolland, of London. Soon afterwards he forwarded a copy of his will, by which he bequeathed to the Society several sums for specific purposes — amounting in all to fifteen thousand dollars — and an order for the immediate payment of a 33 part, lest his intentions should be defeated. Two thou- sand dollars were received by the Society; but the money was unfortunately lost, by the failure of the bank in which it was deposited, before it became available. Mr. Courtis died while abroad, in 1838. In his last will he not only confirmed his previous bequests to the Society, but made it his residuary legatee. The legacies, however, were accompanied by embarrassing conditions, which forbade their direct application to the use of the Society for a long period of years. Permis- sion was therefore obtained from the Legislature of the State, to which the legacies reverted in case they were not accepted, to compromise with the heirs at law, and in 1840, ten thousand dollars were received by the Soci- ety for its immediate and unconditional use. In the same year, Mr. Simon E. Greene, a former treasurer of the Society, bequeathed a small collection of books and specimens, and five hundred dollars in money. Other members of the Society have shown an equal interest in its success, if not by the gift or bequest of large sums of money, at least by their personal, unremitted and unrequited service, in times when the pecuniary condition of the Society forbade the em- ployment even of unskilled labor for the ordinary drudgery of a museum. In its later days of increased prosperity, the Society will not forget the names nor the services of Drs. S. L. Abbot, W. O. Ayres, John Bacon, Amos Binney, T. M. Brewer, H. Bryant, W. I. Burnett, 3 34 S. Cabot, Martin Gay, A. A. Gould, T. W. Harris, A. A. Hayes, E. Howe, C. T. Jackson, J. B. S. Jackson, S. Kneeland, W. Lems, 1ST. B. Shurtleff, William Stimpson, D. H. Storer, H. R. Storer, J. C. Warren, J. C. White and Jeffries Wyman, of Messrs. F. Alger, T. T. Bouve, C. K. Dillaway, G. B. Emerson, C. J. Sprague and J. E. Teschemacher, nor of others whose names, un- known to scientific fame, are frequently seen in its records, and through whose efficient aid the public interest in the Society was not suffered to fail. In 1847, the Society was forced to remove again, hav- ing outgrown its apartments on Tremont Street. The importance of possessing a building exclusively de- voted to its use was so great, and the claims of the Association were so generally acknowledged, that a sub- scription fund was started and nearly thirty thousand dollars obtained ; with this sum the old Medical College in Mason Street was purchased and fitted up, and the first meeting held there January 5th, 1848. From this time the Society increased rapidly in numbers and influence, although it received no important bequests for nearly fifteen years. In 1861, ten thousand dollars were received through the bequest of Mr. Jonathan Phillips, and at about the same time Dr. William J. Walker commenced his series of gifts, which culminated in the munificent bequest which now forms the permanent strength of the Society. The collec- tions had again spread beyond their limits, and the 35 Society was taking active steps for a new appeal to the public, when this assistance secured to it the build- ing fund that was needed, and a share in the public inter- est that has never been withdrawn. Dr. Walker offered twenty thousand dollars (provided the Society would raise an equal amount), and presented a large dwelling house, where meetings could be held and the library and collections temporarily stored. Already the new land which the State was adding to the western part of the city had suggested itself as a suitable location wherein to centralize the institutions which fostered the sciences and arts. These institutions were associated through a committee of public spirited citizens, who had memorialized the Legislature for grants of land in the new district, but without success ; not dis- heartened, they matured their plans more fully, and by the aid of a public interest, which they themselves cre- ated, and by an enthusiastic perseverance, which forced its way through every obstacle, they finally obtained, with certain objectionable provisions, a grant of land occupying a complete square, one-third of which was to be devoted to the uses of the Society, and two-thirds to those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The objectionable provisions were subsequently an- nulled. For the success of this undertaking the two institutions are especially indebted to the energetic labors of Professor William B. Rogers, Dr. Samuel Kneeland and Mr. M. D. Ross, although many others, 36 most of whom were not active members of the Society, contributed largely to it. The sum of money required by the gift of Dr. W alker was raised, the old museum sold to the city for a school- house, and, with the funds thus obtained, the building now occupied by the Society was erected on the State grant of land. Before it was completed, Dr. Walker offered to establish a fund of twenty thousand dollars for the maintenance of the collections, provided other friends would raise an equal sum for the same pur- pose. As the expenses of building during the early years of the war had absorbed nearly all the funds of the In- stitution, nothing could have been more gratifying than this gift or the generosity with which the friends of the Society responded to Dr. Walker’s call. The building was publicly dedicated on the 2d of June, 1864. On the 2d of April of the following year Dr. Walker died, leav- ing most of his property in equal parts to four public institutions, 1 besides making them his residuary legatees. The Society has already received over one hundred and twenty thousand dollars of this bequest, but owing to litigation,— the result of which is still undecided — the remainder of the property is retained by the exec- utors to cover every possible demand. Other friends have recently shown their appreciation of the influence of the Society. In 1863, Dr. B. D. 1 The Boston Society of Natural History, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, Amherst College and Tufts College. 37 Greene, the first acting President, bequeathed to it his library and the sum of nine thousand dollars for building purposes. In 1865, the Society received a library fund of five thousand dollars as a memorial of Mr. Huntington Frothingham Wolcott, who had died after a short mem- bership, but with a deep interest in the Society. In 1867, Miss Sarah P. Pratt bequeathed ten thousand dollars for the maintenance and increase of the concho- logical department in the museum and library. Still more recently the treasury has been enriched by legacies of twenty thousand dollars from Mr. P. P. Pope and of five thousand dollars from Mr. Henry Harris. The Society has attempted to excite and foster a taste for Natural History in four ways : by the free exhi- bition of its collections tastefully and scientifically arranged ; by placing upon its shelves a library of refer- ence in natural history and kindred sciences ; by giving public lectures upon the same subjects ; and by publish- ing the results of the scientific studies of its members. It is unquestionably by the increase of its cabinet that the Society has grown hitherto. This has been its most expensive burden, the chief cause of its repeated removals to larger halls, the object of the greatest popular inter- est and the grand incitement to patronage. It was to this that the attention of the young naturalists forming the Society was first turned, and a collection was made with a rapidity proportioned to their zeal. The nucleus of the cabinet consisted of about one thousand species of 38 shells deposited (and afterwards presented) by Dr. Amos Binney, and the geological and mineralogical collection of Dr. C. T. Jackson, at that time one of the most com- plete in America. Around these clustered from time to time other collections of more or less importance, to a few of which only allusion can be made. The Lafresnaye collection of Birds, purchased and presented by Dr. Henry Bryant in 1865, contains nearly nine thousand mounted specimens, and is especially rich in typical specimens from tropical America. The Insect collection of Prof. N. M.. Hentz, consisting of thirty thousand speci- mens of about four thousand species, was purchased by private subscription in 1836, but was long since entirely destroyed. Dr. T. W. Harris’s collection of about thir- teen thousand native insects, especially valuable from the number of types which it contained, was presented by several gentlemen in 1860 ; this, with the later bequest of Mr. C. A. Shurtleff, has made our collection of Amer- ican species quite important. In the early days of the Society, through the interest of Drs. Amos Binney, A. A. Gould, Messrs. J. P. Couthouy, J. W. Mighels and H. T. Parker, constant additions were made to the conch ological department ; recently, the choice and val- uable bequest of Miss Sarah P. Pratt has given it an unusual value. The extensive and well preserved her- barium of Dr. B. D. Greene, presented to us shortly before his death, places the botanical department upon a very substantial basis, as it contains the fruit of 39 twenty-live years’ constant intercourse and exchange with botanists all over the world, and is very rich in special collections. Mention must be made of the important collection of Algae bequeathed by Prof. J. W. Bailey and of Fungi given by Mr. C. J. Sprague ; Professor Bailey’s bequest also included his microscop- ical preparations of Diatoms, and of vegetable and ani- mal tissues. Conspicuous in the museum are the series of casts of fossils from the Sivalik Hills, presented by the East India Company, through the solicitation of the Hon. Abbott Lawrence, then American Minister to the Court of St. James, and the cast of the Megatherium, received from the late Mr. Joshua Bates of London. But as it is impossible to specify all of the most valua- ble gifts, the names only of a few of the remaining donors will be added : — The Rev. Messrs. F. Mason of Burmah, J. S. C. Greene and F. W. P. Greenwood, Mrs. Henry Bryant, Drs. F. W. Cragin of Surinam, T. W. Harris, J. B. S. Jackson, Samuel Kneeland, Winslow Lewis, N. B. Shurtleff, D. H. Storer, John C. Warren and C. F. Winslow, Messrs. Francis Alger, James ^M. Barnard, W. T. Brigham, Martin Brimmer, George B. Emerson, S. E. Greene, C. S. Hale, J. N. Reynolds and C. A. Shurtleff, the Government Museum at Melbourne and the Smithsonian Institution. The museum has always been freely open to the public; at first on Wednesdays only from twelve to two o’clock, now on Wednesdays and Saturdays from ten 40 until five. It is also open to all members on Thurs- days, during the same hours, and to others bring- ing the cards of admission obtainable of patrons and life members. On other days not only is the museum closed but the cases are darkened, rendering an attempt to see the collections generally futile and always unsatis- factory. The Custodian is the only salaried officer of the Institution, but assistance is regularly employed in the library and museum, as well as occasional aid for special purposes. The arrangement of the collections in general is voluntarily performed by the officers in charge of each department, assisted oftentimes by some of the younger members of the Society. When the Society was organized, the great obstacle to the study of natural history was the want of any large collection of books. This was so strongly felt, that many who possessed a few volumes on subjects to which they had given their particular attention presented them to the Society. Many more books were purchased by private subscription, and in 1842 the library contained about one thousand volumes. Among these early ac- cessions were both editions of Audubon’s Birds of America — the larger given by the Hon. Thomas H. Perkins. Another copy of the folio edition, previously obtained by subscription, was afterwards sold, and other books purchased with the money received. In 1840, one-third of the income from the Courtis fund was as- 41 signed to the library; and this small sum (about two hundred dollars), was the only appropriation for the purchase of scientific books until the reception of the Wolcott fund of five thousand dollars. In 1849, an agreement was made between the Society and “A Republican Institution,” by which the latter granted over twenty-five hundred dollars for the purchase of books to be permanently deposited in the library. One half of the sum was expended by the Society for books on natural history; the other half by the Institution for works on history, geography, biography, politics, and finance. Ever since that time the Institution has annually deposited a few volumes on the same subjects, besides others on popular sci- ence and travel. In consideration of these valuable gifts, the members of this Institution are allowed the same privileges in the use of the Society’s library, as the members of the Society. In 1855, Mr. James Brown bequeathed a number of costly illustrated works on birds and mammals, and, in the succeeding year, Mrs. Binney deposited with the Society a great portion of the library of Dr. Amos Binney, a former President of the Society, numbering over one thousand volumes. In 1857, Prof. J. W. Bailey, in addition to the legacies already mentioned, bequeathed his choice microscopical library and manu- scripts, and, in 1860, the library of the late Dr. T. W. Harris, composed exclusively of entomological and agri- 42 cultural works, was purchased and presented to the Society by Mr. J. P. Cushing. The largest addition ever made to the library was in 1863, when it received, from the bequest of Dr. B. D. Greene, fifteen hundred volumes, almost exclusively botanical, and many of them costly, illustrated works. Exchanges with foreign scientific Academies, which of late years have multiplied with extraordinary rapid- ity, constitute the chief source of regular increase in the library. In 1861, the Society corresponded with forty of these institutions; in 1866, the number had reached two hundred and seventy-one. Nearly one-third of the library now consists of these publications alone. The library is open daily (Sundays excepted) from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., and from 2 to 5 P. M. Periodicals and Society publications of recent date and new books, are placed on tables or in cases by themselves, and mem- bers are requested to furnish the names of any works they may desire to have purchased. Books can be re- tained without renewal for one month, and by successive renewals for three consecutive months. In the early days of the Society, lectures on various subjects connected with natural history were given by its members; other courses on miscellaneous subjects sprang up so rapidly in different parts of the city that every evening of the week was soon occupied. It was therefore deemed expedient to discontinue the lectures on natural history, but they were renewed at different 43 times and became occasionally a source of profit to the Society. In 1867, on the completion of the new lecture hall, courses were again commenced and will be regu- larly continued from year to year. They are given at irregular intervals, and announced by advertisements in the newspapers and by placards upon the bulletin board at the museum ; a small admission fee is charged, not for the sake of profit — for when the hall is filled, the expenses exceed the receipts — but to secure the attendance of persons interested in natural science. For many years the Boston Journal of Natural His- tory, an illustrated publication, was issued by the Soci- ety ; it contained the more important papers read at its meetings, and appeared, at first, with remarkable regu- larity — afterward, at more distant intervals. It continued through seven octavo volumes of four parts each, from 1834 until 1864, when it was replaced by a quarto series, also published in parts, entitled Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. As this series contained no account of the scientific discussions and business transactions of the Society, ex- tracts from the records of the meetings were published for several years in “Silliman’s American Journal of Science but in 1841 the Society commenced a series of its own, under the title of Proceedings, which also em- braced short papers and abstracts of longer ones given in full in the Journal. The series is still continued and distributed in sheets, and, of late years, the Annual 44 Reports of the officers, extracted from the Proceed- ings, have been published separately. Formerly the Proceedings were distributed gratuitously to all mem- bers, but since the great accession to their numbers, this plan has been discontinued. The official Reports and the Annual will, however, be furnished to every Resident Member and Patron who will keep the Secretary in- formed of his address. It is proposed to add another series to those already established, under the title of Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History ; it will consist of separate works printed in octavo, with or without illustrations. Most of the type-setting is done in the Society’s building. It should be mentioned, that the Natural History Survey of the State was proposed, urged and finally carried into execution by the members of the Society. It was the first thing of the kind ever fully completed in this country; and the valuable reports which followed, some of which were first published in the Society’s J ournal, served as models for future works of the kind. The survey formed an era in the progress of natural history in the United States, the effect of which is not likely to cease. As it is not a requisite for membership 1 that a person should be directly interested in the study of Natural History, the number of immediate members greatly ex- » 1 For the conditions of membership see the first article of the By-Laws on page 17. 45 ceeds that of the working men of the Society. The priv- ileges of members are, free access to the museum on Thursdays, as well as on the public days, the use of the library, and admission to the meetings of the Society. Resident Members are subject to an annual assessment of five dollars, but may become Life Members, exempt from future assessments, by the single payment of one hundred dollars for that purpose. The same sum given in one payment constitutes any one a Patron. Except during a portion of July, August and Sep- tember, the meetings of the Society are held on the first and third Wednesdays of every month; scientific communications are heard, donations are received and the incidental business of the Society is transacted. Most of the business, especially that relating to finance, is confided to the Council, or board of officers, which also holds meetings twice a month. In addition, the meetings of the Section of Microscopy, founded in 1857 and re- organized in 1864, are held on the second Wednesday, and those of the Section of Entomology, established in 1866, on the fourth Wednesday of the month. The general meetings of the Society are held in the lecture hall ; those of the Sections in the library of the museum. At the quarterly meetings of the Society in January, April, July and October, elections of members are held. At the Annual meeting in May the Society chooses offi- cers for the ensuing year, the Custodian reports on the condition and doings of the Institution, the Treasurer and 46 Trustees on its finances, and the Walker Prize Com- mittee announces the successful competitors for the past year and the subjects of the prizes for the next two years. The Council chooses annually a publishing com- mittee of five, a library committee of three, a committee of three to audit the financial reports, and a prize com- mittee to select questions for prizes and determine to whom the awards shall be made. The regular income of the Society is derived from the following sources : — 1. The General Fund. This consists mainly of Dr. Walker’s bequest, invested in manufacturing stocks, city and railroad bonds, etc., and is estimated at a value of more than one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. It is available for any purposes of the Society. 2. The Working and Prize Fund. This is invested in notes receivable, secured by mortgage, and amounts to more than forty thousand dollars. One half of the fund (representing the miscellaneous subscriptions) is held for the support of the museum in general; the income from the other half (representing the gift of Dr. Walker) is used for the payment of prizes, 1 for the preservation and exhibition of objects in the museum, and for repairs on the building ; it cannot be applied to the construction of cases, nor to the purchase and prepa- ration of specimens. 3. The Building Fund, the proceeds of the sale of the 1 See page 126. 47 Bulfinch Street estate, the gift of Dr. Walker. This is invested partly in notes secured by mortgage and partly in U. S. bonds. The sum originally amounted to over twenty thousand dollars, and is kept, together with the interest accruing thereon, as an accumulating fund, to be used at some future time in the extension of the building. 4. The Courtis Fund, which amounts to ten thousand dollars, invested in St. Louis City Bonds. This fund is applicable to general purposes. 5. The Sarah P. Pratt Fund of ten thousand dollars, invested in railroad bonds. The interest is applied to the care and increase , of the collection of shells and to the conchological portion of the library. 6. The H. F. Wolcott fund of five thousand dollars, invested in U. S. Treasury notes. The interest is used for the purchase of books. 7. The annual assessments, amounting to over one thousand dollars, and the initiation fees, to about one hundred and fifty dollars, both of which are expended for general purposes. 8. The sale of the Society’s publications, amounting to about eight hundred dollars annually, and the rent of the printing office (one hundred and twenty-five dollars), which help to defray the cost of the publications. Although these sources of income may, at first sight, seem sufficient for the proper maintenance of the Soci- ety, a little consideration will show the necessity for a 48 much larger endowment. The income of fifty thousand dollars of the property is applied to special purposes, abridging, thereby, the means for general use. The in- terior of the building is not yet entirely completed, and its extension is contemplated at an early day ; the ex- penses attendant upon the rearrangment of the collec- tions have only begun to be felt, and a much greater amount of skilled labor is requisite to make the col- lections as instructive as they should be. The library is extremely deficient in many important works, and the money annually devoted to it is insufficient to buy the most valuable recent standard works on natural history. Strict economy must be practised in the illustration of scientific papers presented for publication, although on this depends much of the value of original research in natural history. At the same time, specimens in all the various departments are multiplying so rapidly as to call for a corresponding increase of expenditure for their preparation and preservation. Unless public interest shall contribute yet further to these growing necessities, the Society will be abridged of its means to carry on to full fruition the objects for which it was established. PAST OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. PRESIDENTS. Elected. Retired • Thomas Nuttall, May, 13, 1830. Aug. 9, 1830. Benjamin D. Greene, Aug. 9, 1830. May 3, 1837. George B. Emerson, May 3, 1837. May 17, 1843. Amos Binney, May 17, 1843. May 5, 1847. John Collins .Warren, May 5, 1847. May 4, 1856. l Jeffries Wyman , June 18, 1856. - George Hayward, FIRST VICE PRESIDENTS. May 13, 1830. May 12, 1832. John Ware, May 12, 1832. May 4, 1836. F. W. P. Greenwood, May 4, 1836. May 5, 1841. Amos Binney, May 5, 1841. May 17, 1843. Charles T. Jackson, May 17, 1843. John Ware, SECOND VICE PRESIDENTS. May 13, 1830. May 12, 1832. Francis C. Gray, May 12, 1832. May 7, 1834. F. W. P. Greenwood, May 7, 1834. May 4, 1836. Walter Channing, May 4, 1836. May 3, 1837. 4 1 By death. 50 Elected. Retired. Amos Binney, May 3, 1837. May 5, 1841. C. T. Jackson, May 5, 1841. May 17, 1843. D. Humphreys Storer, May 17, 1843. May 2, 1860. Augustus A. Gould, May 2, 1860. Sept. 15, 1866. i Thomas T. Bouvet, No v. 21, 1866. CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. Gamaliel Bradford, May 13, 1830. May 7, 1834. Amos Binney, May 7, 1834. May 3, 1837. Epes S. Dixwell, May 3, 1837. May 17, 1843. Augustus A. Gould, May 17, 1843. May 1, 1850. J. Elliot Cabot, May 1, 1850. June 1, 1853. S. L. Abbot, Nov. 2, 1853. RECORDING SECRETARIES. Theophilus Parsons, May 13, 1830. Sept. 2, 1830. D. Humphreys Storer, Sept. 2, 1830. May 4, 1836. Martin Gay, May 4, 1836. May 2, 1838. Augustus A. Gould, May 2, 1838. May 15, 1839. Jeffries Wyman, May 15, 1839. Mar. 17, 1841. Frederick A. Eddy, May 5, 1841. April 20, 1842 T. Bulfinch, May 4, 1842. May 3, 1848. S. L. Abbot, May 3, 1848. Oct. 19, 1853. Benjamin S. Shaw, Nov. 2, 1853. June 2, 1858. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., June 16, 1858. May 7, 1862. Samuel IJ. Scudder, May 7, 1862. TREASURERS. Simon E. Greene, May 13, 1830. May 2, 1832. Amos Binney, May 2, 1832. May 7, 18C4. 1 B) 7 death. i A Elected. Retired. Epes S. Dixwell, May 7, 1834. Dec. 7, 1836. Ezra Weston, Jr., Dec. 7, 1836. May 1, 1839. John James Dixwell, May 1, 1839. May 14, 1845. Patrick T. Jackson, Jr., May 14, 1845. May 1, 1850. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, May 1, 1850. May 5, 1858. Amos Binney, May 5, 1858. Sept. 4, 1861. Thomas T. Bouve, Edward Pickering, Sept. 4, 1861. May 3, 1865. LIBRARIANS. May 3, 1865. Seth Bass, May 13, 1830. May 2, 1832. Charles Amory, May 2, 1832. May 1, 1833. Charles K. D ilia way, Samuel H. Scudder, May 1, 1833. , May 4, 1864. CABINET-KEEPERS. May 4, 1864. Estes Howe, May 7, 1834. May 20, 1835. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, May 20, 1835. May 3, 1837. T. M. Brewer, May 3, 1837. May 2, 1838. Jeffries Wyman, May 2, 1838. May 1, 1839. Samuel Cabot, Jr., May 1, 1839. Oct. 2, 1839. William I. Bowditch, Oct. 2, 1839. Nov. 5, 1839. Samuel L. Abbot, Nov. 5, 1839. Dec. 30,1840. Henry J. Bigelow, Dec. 30, 1840. Mar. 17, 1841. Thomas T. Bouv£. May 5, 1841. May 4, 1842. Henry Bryant, May 4, 1842. Oct. 4, 1843. Henry J. Bigelow, Nov. 1, 1843. May 5, 1847. Samuel Rneeland, Jr., May 5, 1847. May 2, 1849. C. C. Sheafe, May 2, 1849. May 5, 1852. Charles Stodder, This May 5, 1852. office was abolished in 1864. May 4, 1864. 52 Samuel H. Scudder, Samuel H. Scudder, CUSTODIANS. Elected . May 4, 1864. Oct. 3, 1866. Retired . May 3, 1865. CURATORS. Benjamin D. Greene, May Francis C. Gray, May Walter Channing, May Edward Brooks, May Amos Binney, May Jos. W. McKean, May George B. Emerson, May Francis Alger, May J. S. Copley Greene, Sept Joshua B. Flint, May Augustus A. Gould, . May Winslow Lewis, Jr., May William B. Fowle, May Clement Durgin, May G. W. Otis, May Charles T. Jackson, May John B. S. Jackson, May Thaddeus W. Harris, May J. E. Teschemaclier, May Martin Gay, May D. Humphreys Storer, May N. B. Shurtleff, May The curatorships were assigned time in 1838. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. 13, 1830. . 2, 1830. 4, 1831. 4, 1831. 2, 1832. 2, 1832. 2, 1832. 2, 1832. 1, 1833. 7, 1834. 20, 1835. 20, 1835. 4, 1836. 3, 1837. to special Sept. 2, 1830. May 2, 1832. May 4, 1831. May 4, 1831. May 2, 1832. May 20, 1835. May 3, 1837. May 7, 1834. May 2, 1832. May 2, 1832. May 2, 1838. May 2, 1838. May 20, 1835. May 1, 1833. May 20, 1835. May 2, 1838. May 2, 1838. May 2, 1838. May 2, 1838. May 4, 1836. May 2, 1838. May 2, 1838. departments for the first CURATOR OF ETHNOLOGY. Charles Pickering, Feb. 5, 1862. May 1, 1867. The Curatorsliip* of Ethnology was abolished in 1867. 53 Winslow Lewis, Jeffries Wyman, CURATORS OF MAMMALS. Elected. May 2, 1838. May 1, 1839. Retired. May 1, 1839. May 6, 1840 CURATOR OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, May 2, 1838. May 6, 1840. CURATORS OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND MAMMALS. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Samuel Kneeland, Jr., Jeffries Wyman, John Green, James C. White, The Curatorsliips of united in 1840. May 6, 1840. May 2, 1849. June 7, 1854. May 6, 1857. Dec. 1 , 1858. May 2, 1849. June 7, 1854. May 6, 1857. Nov. 17, 1858. May 6, 1868. Mammals and of Comparative Anatomy were CURATORS OF BIRDS. Thomas M. Brewer, Marshall S. Scudder, S. L. Abbot, Samuel Cabot, Jr., Henry Bryant, J. Eiliot Cabot, May 2, 1838. May 6, 1840. Dec. 16, 1840. May 1 , 1844. May 3, 1854. May 1 , 1867. May 6, 1840. Dec. 16, 1840. May 1, 1844. May 3, 1854. Feb. 2, 1867. 1 curator of birds (nests and eggs). Thomas M. Brewer, July 2, 1851. CURATORS OF REPTILES AND FISH. D. Humphreys Storer, May 2, 1838. May 17, 1843. Jeffries Wyman, May 17, 1848. May 3, 1848. The Curatorship was separated into two divisions in 1848. 2 By death. 54 CURATORS OF REPTILES. Elected. Retired. Jeffries Wyman, May 3, 1848. May 7, 1851. Horatio R. Storer, May 7, 1851. Dec. 21, 1853. Jeffries Wyman, Jan. 4, 1854. June 7, 1854. J. Nelson Borland, Dec. 6, 1854. May 2, 1860. Samuel A. Green, May 2, 1860. May 1, 1861. Francis If. Brown, May 1, 1861. Oct. 4, 1865. Burt G. Wilder, Oct. 18, 1865. CURATORS OF FISHES. W. 0. Ayres, May 3, 1848. July 16, 1851. Silas Durkee, July 16, 1851. May 21, 1856. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., May 21, 1856. Sept. 3, 1856. N. E. Atwood, Dec. 17, 1856. May 5, 1858. Samuel Kneeland, Jr., May 5, 1858. May 4, 1859. F. W. Putnam, May 4, 1859. CURATORS OF INSECTS. T. William Harris, May 2, 1838. May^, 1848. Waldo I. Burnett, May 3, 1848. July 1, 1854. 1 Henry K. Oliver, Jr., May 2, 1855. Sept. 5, 1855. Silas Durkee, May 21, 1856. May 5, 1858. Alex. E. R. Agassiz, May 5, 1858. Mar. 2, 1859. Samuel H. Scudder, Mar. 16, 1859. CURATORS OF MOLLUSKS. T. J. Whittemore, June 5, 1839. May 5, 1841. Augustus A. Gould, May 5, 1841. May 17, 1843. A. E. Belknap, May 17, 1843. May 1, 1844. Augustus A. Gould, May 1, 1844. May 14, 1845. Edward Tuckerman, May 14, 1845. May 6, 1846. 1 By death. 55 John Bacon, Jr., William Read, William Stimpson, T. J. Whittemore, Arthur T. Lyman, Nathan Farrand, Alpheus Hyatt, Edward S. Morse, Elected. May 6, 1846. May 3, 1848. Dec. 4, 1850. May 18, 1853. May 2, 1860. June 6, 1860. Oct. 21, 1863. May 1, 1867. Retired. May 3, 1848. Nov. 20, 1850. May 18, 1853. May 2, 1860. May 16, 1860. May 4, 1863. May 1, 1867. CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS AND RADIATES. Amos Binney, William 0. Ayres, J. B. S. Jackson, John P. Reynolds, Theodore Lyman, Feb. 3, 1841. July 16, 1851. May 18, 1853. May 2, 1855. May 6, 1857. May 5, 1841. May 18, 1853. May 2, 1855. May 6, 1857. Sept. 2, 1857. The Curatorship was separated into two division in 1857. CURATORS OF CRUSTACEANS. H. R. Storer, Albert Ordway, Alpheus S. Packard, Jr., Sept. 2, 1857. May 4, 1859. Dec. 2, 1863. May 4, 1859. Dec 18, 1861. Theodore Lyman, Addison E. Verrill, CURATORS OF RADIATES. Sept. 2, 1857. May 4, 1864. Mav 4 , 1864. J. E. Teschemacher, Charles James Sprague, Horace Mann, CURATORS OF BOTANY May 2, 1838. May 5, 1852. May 3, 1865. May 5, 1852. May 3, 1865. 56 Silas Durkee, B. Joy Jeffries, CURATORS OF MICROSCOPY. Elected. June 3, 1857. May 2, 1860. Retired. May 2, 1860. curators of minerals and geology (State collection). Charles T. Jackson, T. Buifinch, May 2, 1838. May 5, 1841. May 5, 1841. May 4, 1842. curator of minerals and geology (Society collection). Martin Gay, May 2, 1838. May 4, 1842. The State Collection was withdrawn from the Society’s Museum, and the Curatorship of Mineralogy and Geology divided, in 1842. Martin Gay, Francis Alger, John Bacon, William T. Brigham, Thomas T. Bouvd, curators of minerals. May 4, 1842. May 2, 1849. May 21, 1856. May 4, 1863. May 3, 1865. CURATORS OF GEOLOGY. May 2, 1849. May 21, 1856. May 4, 1863. May 3, 1865. Thomas T. Bouve, William T. Brigham, May 4, 1863. May 4, 1842. Jan. 2, 1867. The department of Palaeontology was added to that of Geology in 1863, and raised to a separate department in 1^67. CURATOR OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY. Thomas T. Bouv<*, May 4, 1863. Jan. 2, 1867. CURATORS OF PALAEONTOLOGY. May 1, 1867. Thomas T. Bouv£, A’pheus Hyatt, Jan. 2, 1867. May 1, 1867. HONORARY MEMBERS Louis Agassiz, Cambridge. Joachim Barrande, Paris. Elie de Beaumont, Paris. Thomas Bell, London., Adolphe Brongniart, Paris. James D. Dana, New Haven. A. Daubrde, Strasbourg. J. W. Dawson, Mo ntreal. Robert Graham, Edinburgh. John Edward Gray, London. Edmund Griffith, London. William Haidinger, Vienna. Joseph Henry, Washington. Joseph Hyrtl, Vienna. Sir William Jardine, London. Leonard Jenyns, L. C. Kiener, 58 Isaac Lea, Sir Charles Lyell, Philadelphia London. C. F. P. von Martius, Carlo Matteucci, Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Munich. Turin. London. Richard Owen, London. William B. Rogers, Boston. Michael Sars, C. U. Shepard, C. T. E. Von Siebold, Edward Spach, J. J. S. Steenstrup, Christiania. Amherst. Munich. * Paris. Copenhagen. John Torrey, * New York. J. 0. Westwood, Oxford. CORRESPONDING MEMBERS Dr. John L. -Alexander, Hubbardston, Mass. William Allen, Bridgewater, Mass. Sir James Anderson, Liverpool, Eng. Francis Archer, u u Capt. N. E. Atwood, Provincetown, Mass. Dr. J. B. Avequin, New Orleans, La. Dr. Wm. 0. Ayres, San Francisco, Cal. Rev. John Bachman, Charleston, S. C. Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Washington, D. C. Dr. A. S. Baldwin, Jacksonville, Fla. Dr. J. Barratt, Middletown, Ct. Rev. A. Constantine Barry, Racine, Wise. Dr. Hermann Behr, San Francisco, Cal. Dr. Bernstein, Gadok, Java. W. G. Binney, Burlington, N. J. N. H. Bishop, Mannahawkin, N. J. John R. Blake, Greensboro’, Ga. William P. BJake, San Francisco, Cal. Henry Blood, New Orleans, La. George A. Boardman, Milltown, Me. Hon. Judge Ignatius Bonayita, Charles Booth, Cardenas, Cuba. 60 Dr. Benjamin B. Brown, John Brown, Dr. Freeman J. Bumstead, St. Louis, Mo. Hamilton, Canada. New York. William Cairns, Dr. Theodore Cantor, Gen. J. H. Carleton, U. S. A., Samuel R. Carter, Richard I. Cay, Pres. Paul A. Chadbourne, Robert Chambers, Dr. A. W. Chapman, Robert Chisholm, Dr. David Christy, Prof. Henry James Clark, Samuel C. Clark, Dr. L. W. Clark, John A. Clay, Joseph A. Clay, Rev. Titus Coan, Timothy Abbot Conrad, Prof. E. D. Cope, Dr. Elliott Coues, U. S. A., Charles Cramer, Dr. John J. Craven, U. S. A., Ezra T. Cresson, Hillsboro’, N. B. Calcutta. Paris Hill, Me. Matanzas, Cuba. Madison, Wise. Edinburgh. Apalachicola, Fla. Beaufort, S. C. Cincinnati, Ohio. Agricultural Coll., Pa. Chicago, 111. Clifton, Lake Superior. Philadelphia, Pa. ti u, Hilo, Hawaiian Isis. Philadelphia, Pa. West Haverford, Pa. Columbia, S. C. St. Petersburg, Russia. Philadelphia, Pa. i Dr. Henry G. Dalton, Edward Daniels, Dr. Rajendra Dutt, Henry Davis, Rev. William Dean, Dr. W. E. Deering, Edward Desor, Demerara, S. A. Wisconsin. Calcutta. McGregor, Iowa. Bangkok, Siam. Augusta, Ga. Neufchatel, Switzerland. 61 Dr. W. W. Dickinson, Sanford B. Dole, Paul B. DuChaillu, Thomas W. Dupree, John Milton Earle, Norman Easton, Arthur M. Edwards, W. H. Edwards, D. G. Elliott, Charles F. Eschweiler, Theodor Eulenstein, Boswell Field, J. G. Forshey, Dr. James B. Forsyth, Robert Foulis, Gen. J. C. Fremont, C. C. Frost, William M. Gabb, James E. Gattiff, Dr. Joseph Gene, Dr. George Duncan Gibb, Dr. J. W. Gibbes, Dr. Lewis R. Gibbes, Dr. Theodore Gill, Townend Glover, Dr. George L. Goodale, Rev. P. H. Greenleaf, Augustus R. Grote, John T. Gulick, Dr. L. H. Gulick, Dr. Juan Gundlach, Natchez, Miss. Honolulu, Hawaiian Isis. New York. Panama. Worcester, Mass. Fall River, Mass. New York. Coalburgh, W. Va. New York. Boston. Stuttgart. Gill, Mass. Yidalia, La. Martha’s Vineyard, Mass St. John, N. B. New York. Brattleboro’, Vt. San Francisco, Cal. Buenos Ayres. Turin. London. Charleston, S. C. u u Washington, I). C. u u Brunswick, Me. Madison, Ind. New York. Kalgan, China. Honolulu, Hawaiian Isis. Havana, Cuba. 62 Prof. S. Stehman Haldeman, Prof. James Hall, Prof. Charles E. Hamlin, Edwin Harrison, Dr. F. V. Hayden, John L. Hayes, Hon. Richard Hill, Prof. H. Y. Hind, Charles IJ. Hitchcock, Bernard A. Hoopes, Prof. Albert Hopkins, Prof. William Hopkins, Prof. Oliver P. Hubbard, Samuel Hubbard, Prof. T. Sterry Hunt, Louis Janin, Jr., Dr. J. C. Jay, Prof. Christopher Johnson, Auguste de Jolis, Dr. Jones, John King, Prof. J. P. Kirtland, Dr. Christopher Koliock, Thure Kumlien, George N. Lawrence, Dr. J. L. LeConte, Stephen P. Leeds, Dr. Joseph Leidy, Juart Lembeye, Leo Lesquereux, Dr. F. W. Lewis, Dr. James Lewis, Columbia, Pa. Albany, N. Y. Waterville, Me. St. Louis, Mo. Philadelphia, Pa. Cambridge, Mass. Spanish Town, Jamaica. Toronto, Canada. New 'York. Philadelphia, Pa. Williamstown, Mass. Auburn, N. Y. N. Haven, Ct. San Francisco, Cal. Montreal, Canada. Virginia City, Nev. Rye, N. Y. Baltimore, Md. Cherbourg, France. Athens, Ga. Elgin, 111. East Rockport, Ohio. Cheraw, S. C. Bussyville, Wise. New York. Philadelphia, Pa. Brooklyn, N. Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Cardenas, Cuba. Columbus, Ohio. Philadelphia, Pa. Mohawk, N. Y. ea Dr. Hermann Loew, Russell Loring, Rev. R. T. Lowe, Dr. Christian F. Liitken, Meseritz, Prussia. Valparaiso, Chili. Madeira. Copenhagen. fy, D. S. Macaulay, Thomas MacFarlane, Chevalier Magnetto, Prof. Jules Marcou, Prof. Oliver Marcy, Prof. 0. C. Marsh, Rev. Francis Mason, Capt. Chas. H. Mathews, John McClelland, Joseph B. Meader, F. B. Meek, Frederic Miller, Prof. E. Mitchell, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Andrew Murray, Tripoli. Acton Vale, Canada. Gibraltar. Paris. Evanston, 111. New Haven, Ct. Toungoo, Burmah. Sault Ste. Marie, L. Superior. Calcutta. Stockton, Cal. Washington, I). C, New Bedford, Mass. Chapel Hill, N. C. Philadelphia, Pa. * London. Dr. John S. Newberry, Edward Norton, Dr. J. G. Norwood, Dr. Josiah C. Nott, New York. Farmington, Ct, Colnmbia, Mo. Baltimore, Md. C. H. Olmsted, East Hartford, Ct. Baron R. von Osten Sacken, New York. Richard Pamel, James C. Parkinson, Dr. George A. Perkins, Dr. H. C. Perkins, Prof. Victor Petchioli. Edw. E. Phelps, Burlington, N. J. Salem, Mass. Newburyport. Pisa. Windsor, Vt, 6,4 f J. S. Phillips, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. A. Snowden Piggott, Baltimore, Md. Dr. J. T. Plummer, Richmond, Ind. Prof. Felipe Poey, Havana, Cuba, Count Francis de Pourtales, Washington, D. C. Temple Prime, New York. Leander Ransom, San Francisco, Cal. Dr. Edmund Ravenel, Charleston, S. C. Dr. Isaac Ray, Philadelphia, Pa. Stephen Reed, Pittsfield, Mass. Sir Thomas Reid, Tunis. Dr. Jose C. Reinhardt, Sorocaba, Brazil. Eugene M. Riotte, Austin, Nev. J. J. Robertson, D.D., Constantinople. Dr. James Robbins, N. Chester, Mass. Coleman T. Robinson, New York. William F. Robinson, Ceres, Pa. Prof. Robert E. Rogers, Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. John L. Russell, Salem, Mass. Winthrop Sargent, Natchez, Miss. James Osgood Savage, Cuba. Dr. Thomas S. Savage, Pass Christian, La. William Sharswood, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. B. F. Shumard, St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Carl SiedhofF, Newton, ^Mass. Prof. Benjamin Silliman, New Haven, Ct. Dr. J. H. Slack, Philadelphia, Pa. James H. Slawson, Houghton, Mich. Dr. David S. C. H. Smith, Providence, R. I. Prof. Hamilton L. Smith, Gambier, Ohio. Increase S. Smith, Hingham, Mass. Dr. J. Lawrence Smith, Louisville, Ky. C. A. Spencer, Canastota, N. Y. 65 Isaac Sprague, Benjamin A. Stannard, W. H. Stevens, Dr. William Stimpson, Hon. Sir John Stoddart, Dr. George Suckley, Prof. G. C. Swallow, Rev. Joshua A. Swan, Richard Henry Sweet, Rev. P. Tocque, Dr. James B. Toldney, Dr. James Trudeau, George W. Tryon, Prof. Edward Tuckerman, Dr. Charles M. Tuttle, Philip R. Uhler, William S. Yaux, Prof. A. E. Verrill, B. C. W. Wailes, Benjamin D. Walsh, Prof. Henry A. Ward, Dr. H. A. Warriner, Dr. J. P. Wetherill, Dr. Henry Wheatland, Dr. William T. White, Prof. J. D. Whitney, T. J. Whittemore, Col. Chas. Whittlesey, Admiral Charles Wilkes, Prof. J. R. Willis, Prof. Daniel Wilson, 5 Hingham, Mass. Cleveland, Ohio. Clifton, L. Superior. Chicago, 111. Malta. New York. Columbia, Mo. Kennebunk, Me. Paris. Fredericton, N. B. N. Orleans, La. Philadelphia, Pa. Amherst, Mass. N. Bedford, Mass. Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, Pa. New Haven, Ct. Washington, D. C. Rock Island, 111. Rochester, N. Y. New York. Bethlehem, Pa. Salem, Mass. New York. Northampton, Mass. New York. Cleveland, Ohio. Washington, D. C. Halifax, N. S. Toronto, Canada. 66 Prof. Alexander Winchell, William W. Wood, Prof. L. P. Yandell, Charles Zimmerman, Ann Arbor, Mich. Manila. Louisville, Ky. Columbia, S. C. PATRONS OF THE SOCIETY. J. R. Adan. Francis Alger. Holmes Am midown. Charles Amory. Charles H. Appleton. F. H. Appleton. Nathan Appleton. Samuel Appleton. T. G. Appleton. William Appleton. William Appleton. Samuel Austin, Jr. Prof. Loring W. Bailey. W. W. Bailey. James M. Barnard. S. Batchelder. B. E. Bates. James M. Beebe. Jacob Bigelow, M.D. Miss Mary G. P. Binney. Miss Emeline Binney. * John A. Binney. John A. Blanchard. H. I. Bowditch, M.D. Mrs. N. I. Bowditch. Uriah A. Boyden. Gardner Brewer. Martin Brimmer. * Peter C. Brooks. * James Brown. * Henry Bryant, M.D. * John Bryant. W. S. Bullard. J. C. Burrage. * Henry Cabot. * Samuel Cabot. George R. Carter. i Isaac H. Cary. * J. Chickering. Joseph W. Clark. * Henry Codman. I. C. Cooper. 68 B. E. Cotting, M.D. * Ambrose S. Courtis. * John P. Cushing. Henry Cross. Theron Dale. * P. R. Dalton. E. W. Dana. S. T. Dana. James Davis, Jr. J. J. Dixwell. J. W. Edmands. * S. A. Eliot. Jonathan Ellis. * Edward Everett. Albert Fearing. Richard Fletcher. J. M. Forbes. Samuel Frothingham. C. W. Galloupe. John L. Gardner. P. E. Gay. W. W. Goddard. * Ozias Goodwin. S. H. Gookin. * B. A. Gould. Michael Grant. * F. C. Gray. Horace Gray. John C. Gray. * Benjamin D. Greene, M.D. Mrs. Benjamin D. Greene. Rev. J. S. Copley Greene. R. C. Greenleaf. Henry Grew. Andrew T. Hall. * Henry Harris. Franklin Haven. Mrs. Dr. George Hayward * George Hayward, M.D. Augustine Heard. John T. Heard. Mrs. Augustus Hemmenway. R. W. Hooper, M.D. Samuel Hooper. P. T. Homer. George 0. Hovey. George Howe. * Charles Jackson. * P. T. Jackson. P. T. Jackson, Jr., * Miss A. P. Jones. E. D. Jordan. * Abbott Lawrence. Abbott Lawrence. * Amos Lawrence. James Lawrence. * William Lawrence. * Henry Lee. H. P. Kidder. J. G. Kidder. W. H. Knight. George H. Kuhn. 69 * Thomas Lee. James L. Little. Giles H. Lodge, M.D. * Benjamin Loring. F. C. Loring. F. C. Lowell. John A. Lowell. George W. Lyman. * Theodore Lyman. Theodore Lyman. Nathan Matthews. John J. May. Samuel May. Charles H. Mills. * James K. Mills. William Munroe. N. C. Munson. * John Parker. * T. H. Perkins. William Perkins. * Edward D. Peters. * Edward B. Phillips. * Jonathan Phillips. Carlos Pierce. * Paschal P. Pope. * Mrs. William Pratt. * Miss Sarah P. Pratt. * George Pratt. Josiah Quincy, Jr. George C. Richardson. * E. H. Robbins. Henry B. Rogers. William Ropes. Ignatius Sargent. Henry Sayles. Mrs. M. F. Sayles. * Willard Sayles. David Sears. * George C. Shattuck. Mrs. G. H. Shaw. * Robert G. Shaw. Philo S. Shelton. * William Shimmin. M. H. Simpson. * Francis Skinner. C. J. Sprague. W. W. Stone. D. H. Storer, M.D. H. R. Sturgis. * William Sturgis. * J. E. Thayer. Nathaniel Thayer. E. S. Tobey. * Miss Mary P. Townsend. * Frederic Tudor. * Josiah Vose. Miss Mary Anne Wales. * T. B. Wales. * William J. Walker. Charles E. Ware, M.D. George W. Warren. * John C. Warren, M.D. 70 * J. Mason Warren, M.D. Robert Waterston. * John Wells. Mrs. A. Wigglesworth. Misses Wigglesworth. *' Edward Wigglesworth. Thomas Wigglesworth. * John D. Williams. * H. F. Wolcott. J. H. Wolcott. Edward Wyman. A Friend. * ORIGINAL MEMBERS. * Francis Alger. * Samuel Barrett. * Seth Bass. * Amos Binney, Jr., M.D. * Gamaliel Bradford, M.D. Edward Brooks. Walter Channing, M.D. Charles Choate, M.D. * Henry Codman. Joseph Coolidge. * John Davis, LL.D. Henry Dyer, M.D. George B. Emerson. * John D. Fisher, M.D. * Joshua B. Flint, M.D. * Martin Gay, M.D. * A. A. Gould, M.D. * Francis C. Gray. * Benjamin D. Greene. Rev. J. S. Copley Greene. * Simon E. Greene. * William Grigg, M.D. * Enoch Hale, M.D. * George Hayward, M.D. * John Homans, M.D. * John C. Howard, M.D. Winslow Lewis, Jr., M.D. * Joseph W. McKean, M.D. * Solomon P. Miles. * Thomas Nuttall. George W. Otis, M.D. Theophilus Parsons. Sampson Reed. Edward Reynolds, M.D, J. V. C. Smith, M.D. * J. G. Stevenson, M.D. D. Humphreys Storer, M.D. * John Ware, M.D. * Deceased. LIST OF RESIDENT MEMBERS. [Names of Life Members are prefixed by a t.] H. W. Abbot, 19 Central St. S. L. Abbot, M.D., 90 Mount Vernon St. J. F. A. Adams, M.D., Boston. Z. B. Adams, M.D., Framingham. Alexander E. R. Agassiz, Cambridge. f Henry Freeman Allen, Jamaica Plains. J. A. Allen, Cambridge. Joseph H. Allen, 119 Washington St. Nathaniel F. Allen, West Newton. f Oliver Ames, South Easton. Copley Amory, 24 Congress Sq. Robert Amory, M.D., Brookline. Milton Andros, 20 State St. John G. Anthony, Cambridge. - Nathan Appleton, 39 Beacon St. William Appleton, 76 Beacon St. t William S. Appleton, 39 Beacon St. George J. Arnold, M.D., Roxbury. t Elisha Atkins, 26 India Whf. E. P. Atkinson, Cambridge. E. S. Atwood, 92 State St. Rev. Adams Ayer, Roxbury. 72 James F. Babcock, t John Bacon, M.D., t Lucas Baker, f William E. Baker, f A. C. Baldwin, f James M. Barnard, Henry Bartlett, M.D., G. L. D. Barton, John M. Batchelder, Samuel A. Bemis, George A. Bethune, M.D., John M. Bethune, f James Beck, A. S. Bickmore, E. Bicknell, f Erastus B. Bigelow,. Horatio Bigelow, Henry J. Bigelow, M.D., W. Sturgis Bigelow, H. P. Binney, J. Birnstell, M.D., t George B. Blake, Henry N. Blake, John H. Blake, John A. Blanchard, W. E. Boardman, f J. Nelson Borland, M.D, M. Woolsey Borland, Edward T. Bouve, Thomas T. Bouvd, Henry I. Bowditch, M.D., H. P. Bowditch, J. Ingersoll Bowditch, William I. Bowditch, 8 Boylston St. 15 Somerset St. 1039 Washington St. 34 Summer St. Union Club. 26 Merchants Row. Roxbury. 130 Tremont St. 31 Kilby St. Hart’s Location, N. H. 166 Tremont St. II it u 102 State St. Cambridge. Salem. 8 Commonwealth Ave. 42 City Exchange. 52 Beacon St. u a u 228 Washington St. Newton. 28 State St. Chelsea. 27 Tremont Row. 130 State St. 204 Springfield St. 69 Mt. Vernon St. Boston. 37 Charles. St. 130 State St. 113 Boylston St. West Roxbury. Merchant’s Bank Building. 8 Railroad Exchange. Stephen W. Bowles, M.D. N. J. Bradlee, Joseph Breck, t F. W. Brewer, Thomas M. Brewer, M.D., f Willard S. Brewer, Charles G. Brewster, Edward A. Brigham, E. D. Brigham, William T. Brigham, f Francis Brooks, Henry C. Brooks, f Peter C. Brooks, Augustus Brown, Francis H. Brown, M.D., t C. Allen Browne, E. J. Browne, t John Bryant, Stuart M. Buck, N. Willis Bumstead, Edward Burgess, C. G. Bush, t Edward C. Cabot, James Elliot Cabot, Louis Cabot, Samuel Cabot, Jr., M.D., George B. Cary, B. F. Campbell, Horace F. Carpenter, f Charles Carruth, Samuel N. Chamberlin, Abner Chapman, W. S. Chase, Isaac Y. Chubbuck, 199 Shawmut Ave. 18 Pemberton Sq. 52 N. Market St. 144 Tremont St. 131 Washington St. 144 Tremont St. 16 Tremont St. 96 Devonshire St. 13K Faneuil Hall Sq. 35 Court St. 214 Beacon St. 24 Commercial Whf. 10 Court St. 99 Milk St. 97 Waltham St. 34 Commercial St. 16 Court St. 64 Beacon St. 7 Somerset St. 293 Washington St. 62 Beacon St. 65 Albion St. 2 Pemberton Sq. Brookline. Brookline. 11 Park Sq. 46 Central Whf. 39 Bromfield St. Pawtucket, R. I. 25 Broad St. 15 Shoe and Leather St. 7 Bowdoin Sq. Nat Bank of Commerce. Roxbury. 74 Stillman E. Chubbuck, Jr., Jos. R. Churchill, J. H. Clapp, Randolph M. Clark, Thomas W. Clarke, William C. Cleveland, f Arthur Codman, f Edward W. Codman, W. W. Codman, M.D.* Edward R. Cogswell, M.D., Edward P. Colby, M.D., Joshua P. Converse, Algernon Coolidge, M.D., f Isaac C. Cooper, William M. Courtis, Phineas M. Crane, M.D., Samuel W. Creech, Jr., C. F. Crehore, M.D., N. Cressy, M.D., W. P. Cross, M.D., Rev. W. H. Cudworth, John Cummings, Jr., f Nathaniel Cummings, Thomas Cushing, f Edmund F. Cutter, f Eben Dale, William H. Dale, William H. Dali, Bennet F. Davenpc^t, G. Hubbard Davis, Jr., James Davis, t John Dean, M.D., B. L. Delano, M.D., Roxbury. Milton Lower Mills. 84 Washington St. 28 Milk St. 1 Kingston St. Cambridge. 323 Washington St. 35 Charles St. 53 Marlborough St. Cambridgeport. 13 Tremont St. 81 Washington St. 65 Marlborough St. 104 Pembroke St. Andover. East Boston. 30 Court St. Newton Lower Falls. Cambridge. 235 Broadway. East Boston. 93 Pearl St. 144 Tyler St. 115 Boylston St. 69 Franklin St. 61 and 63 Franklin St. 54 State St. Boston. Cambridge. 272 Washington St. 97 State St. Boston. 13 Merchants’ Exchange. 75 f Henry G. Denny, 37 Court Sqr. Reuben S. Denny, Clapp ville. William Denton, Wellesley. f George M. Dexter, 5 State St. George J. Dickinson, 97 State St. f Charles K. Dillaway, Roxbury. W. R. Dimmock, 5 West Cedar St. C. P. Dillaway, Roxbury. E. W. Dimond, Cambridge. John H. Dix, M.D., Hotel Pelham. Epes S. Dixwell, 20 Boylston PI. J. J. Dixwell, 66 State St. Chrysostom P. Donahoe, 124 Boylston St. Jonathan Dorr, 32 Pearl St. C. F. Dunbar, Court St. Henry D. Dupee, 54 City Exchange. f James A. Dupee, 54 City Exchange. f Henry F. Durant, 77 Mt. Vernon St. Silas Durkee, M.D., 50 Howard St. Edward P. Dutton, 135 Washington St. Thomas Dwight, Jr., M.D., 70 Beacon St. R. T. Edes, M.D., Hingham. Rev. E. B. Eddy, Providence, R. I. f Henry Edwards, 14 Kilby St. Charles W. Elliot, 86 Charles St. L. A. Elliott, 322 Washington St. f Calvin Ellis, M.D., 114 Boylston ^t. W. F. Ellston, Cambridge. George B. Emerson, 3 Pemberton Sq. S. F. Emmons, 30 Kilby St. Henry Endicott, 33 Summer St. f William Endicott, Jr., 11 <( u Percival Lowell Everett, 28 State St. 76 f Isaac D. Farnsworth, Nathan Farrand, Charles E. Faxon, George N. Faxon, Walter Faxon, Henry H. Fay, t J. S. Fay, f Joseph S. Fay. Jr., R. S. Fay, Jr., t Albert Fearing, J. B. Fenno, George J. Fisher, Horace N. Fisher, f Frank S. Fiske, t Augustus Flagg, Robert Fletcher, f Charles L. Flint, John Flint, M.D., Waldo Flint, Charles W. Folsom, Daniel V. Folts, M.D., t John Foster, James B. Francis, J. F. Frisbie, M.D., f Donald McL. Frothingham, f Frederic G. Frothingham, f Samuel Frothingham, Jr., Thomas Gaffield, t Charles W. Galloupe, Frank C. Garbutt, f J. P. Gardner, t Phineas E. Gay, f N. B. Gibbs, 8 Kilby St. 136 Pearl St. Jamaica Plain. 25 Somerset St. Cambridge. 88 Mt. Vernon St. 10 R. R. Exchange. 88 Mt. Vernon St. 69 Federal St. 25 Commercial St. 19 City Whf. 1 Commerce St. Brookline. 40 State St. 110 Washington St. 11 Charlestown St. State House. 1 Union Park. 16 Kilby St. Cambridge. 28 and 37 Maverick Sq., E. B. 115 Broad St. Lowell. Boston. 59 Franklin St. u u << a u u 10 Merchants’ Row. 76 State St. Cambridge. 22 Congress St. 126 Harrison Ave. 55 Merchants’ Exchange. 77 Paul M. Gidney, f B. W. Gilbert, Edward Gilchrist, M. D., f Thomas A. Goddard, f Samuel H. Gookin, Francis Gorham, W. M. Gorham, B. A. Gould, Asa Gray, S. A. Green, M.D., Rev. J. S. Copley Greene, R. C. Greenleaf, R. C. Greenleaf, Jr,, David S. Greenough, Jr., Herrmann Hagen, M.D., J. D. Hague, Rev. E. E. Hale, Josiah L. Hale, Jr., William F. Hall, Ivory Harmon, Edward Doubleday Harris, George J. Harris, Daniel Harwood, M.D., John C. Hayden, M.D., Andrew Hayes, Augustus A. Hayes. M.D., Charles D. Head, John T. Heard, J. B. Henck, John Andrew Henshaw, Charles A. Hewins, George Higginson, Thomas Hill, D.D., 36 Winter St. 28 State St. Naval Hospital, Chelsea. 36 Central Whf. 27 Doane St. 15 Congress St. 130 State St. 9 Merchants’ Row. Cambridge. 19 Kneeland St. Brookline. 33 Summer St. 9 Commonwealth Ave. Jamaica Plain. Cambridge. 5 Newton St. 67 Worcester St. 65 Hancock St. City Hall. Roxbury. 41 Tremont St. 14 Lincoln St. 21 Summer St. Cambridge. Roxbury. 20 State St. 32 City Exchange. 4 Louisburg Sq. 41 State St. 61£ City Exchange. W. Roxbury. 174 Beacon St. Cambridge. 78 Luther Hills, W. S. Hills, Thomas B. Hitchcock, M.D., f John Hogg, William Holden, Thomas Hollis, Oliver W. Holmes, M.D., f Charles D. Homans, M.D., George H. Homans, t John Homans, M.D., Nathaniel L. Hooper, f R. W. Hooper, M.D., f Gardiner G. Hubbard, Charles T. Hubbard, George P. Huntington, Alpheus Hyatt, North Wrentham. 114 Harrison Ave. 169 Tremont St. 299 Washington St. Charlestown. 23 Union St. 21 Charles St. 4 Temple PI. 26 City Exchange. 31 Boylston St. 45 Bowdoin St. 114 Beacon St. 39 State St. 2 Louisburg Sq. 76 Boylston St. Salem. t Herman Brimmer Inches, M.D., Martin B. Inches, William Ingalls, M D., 1 Russia Wharf. 72 Boylston St. 2 Dover St. Charles Jackson, Jr., Charles T. Jackson, M.D., f John C. Jackson, J. B. S. Jackson, M.D., P. T. Jackson, George Jacques, William James, f Benjamin Joy Jeffries, M.D., f Edward P. Jeffries, f John Jeffries, Jr., Daniel W. Job, Amos H. Johnson, M.D., t C. Berkeley Johnson, 39 Milk St. 41 Somerset St. U a a 89 Charles St. 39 Milk St. Somerville. 13 Ashburton Place. 15 Chestnut St. a a a 17 City Exchange. 39 India Whf. Salem. 16 South Market St. t Samuel Johnson, Jr., W. 0. Johnson, M.D., f N. C. Keep, M.D., Chas. Park Kemp, M.D., B. F. Kendall, t Charles S. Kendall, George G. Kennedy, Barker B. Kent, Jr., t H. P. Kidder, Jerome G. Kidder, Rev. E. N. Kirk, Samuel Kneeland, M.D., Rev. C. F. Knight, John E. Knight,/ W. Putnam Kuhn, f Henry F. Lambert, Samuel W. Langmaid, M. D., J. H. Lathrop, t Amos A. Lawrence, James Lawrence, t Thomas J. Lee, Marcus B. Leonard, M.D., F. W. Lincoln, t C. C. Little, James L. Little, Jr., Samuel Lockwood, Jr., J. S. Lombard, M.D., Caleb W. Loring, \ John A. Loring, Rev. Samuel K. Lothrop, Augustus Lowell, Arthur T. Lyman, Theodore Lyman, 33 Summer St. 4 Beacon St. 74 Boylston St. 26 S. Russell St. New York. 42 Water St. Roxbury. 339 Broadway, S. B. 40 State St. 42 India St. 5 Staniford St. Mass. Institute of Technology. 6 St. James St. Boston. 26 Union Building. 10 Merchants’ Row. 1 Park Sq. Dedham. 17 Milk St. 82 Milk St. 60 State St. 7 Meridian St., E. B. 126 Commercial St. 110 Washington St. 2 Commonwealth Ave. Roxbury. 11 St. James St. 39 Court St. 5 Tremont St. 12 Chestnut St. 60 State St. 16 Mount Vernon St. 1 Joy St. 80 Benjamin P. Mann, Horace Mann, George H. Marden, G. F. H. Markoe, John P. Marshall, John S. Martin, Lyman Mason, F. W. G. May, f Thomas McHayes, Martin McKenzie, James S. Melvin, William H. Mendell, James C. Merrill, Jr., Theodore Metcalf, George T. Moffat, M.D., f Hugh Montgomery. Alexander Moore, W. W. Morland, M.D., Thomas D. Morris, Edward S. Morse, Henry D. Moise, t William Munroa f N. C. Munson, f Albert L. Murdock Jeremiah L. Newton f Lyman Nichols, Franklin Nickerson, Joshua G. Nickerson, f Sereno D. Nickerson W. H. Niles, f Otis Norcross, Jacob Norton, Cambridge. u Haymarket Sq. 292 Washington St. College Hill. 12 Hawley St. 20 Court St. 1 Broad St. 19 Merchants’ Bank Building 299 and 301 Washington St. 325 Washington St. 16 Ashland PI. 8 Pemberton Sq. 39 Tremont St. 4 Hamilton PI. 181 State St. 21 Franklin St. 90 Charles St. 143 Broad St. Salem. 240 Washington St. 22 Franklin St. 13 Studio Building. 15 Causeway St. 27 Tremont Row. 61 State St. Lowell. 91 Fulton St. 76 State St. Cambridge. 10 McLean St. 9 Elm St. 81 John T. Ogden, W. M. Ogden, M.D., Michael C. O’Shae, A. S. Packard, Jr., M.D., Calvin B. Page, M.D., f Charles H. Parker, D. M. Parker, M.D., t Leonard M. Parker, William L. Parker, Theophilus Parsons, William Parsons, F. H. Peabody, Oliver W. Peabody, f William Perkins, Rev. John B. Perry, John D. Philbrick, Charles Pickering, M.D., Edward Pickering, Edward C. Pickering, Octavius Pickering, Benjamin M. Pierce, Johnson T. Platt, t Avery Plumer, C. B. Porter, M.D., Lieut. Samuel W. Powell, George H. Powers, M.D., Joseph Pratt, f Jonathan Preston, Joshua P. Preston, f William G. Preston, Henry A. Purdie, Charles G. Putnam, M.D., 6 146 Federal St. 278 Shawmut Ave. I Berlin St. Salem. 69 Myrtle St. 82 Milk Street. II Summer St. 1277 Washington St* Cambridge. 56 State St. 40 State St. 8 Union Building. 49 Commercial Whf. Cambridge. City Hall. 11 Beacon St. 8 Merchants’ Exchange. 84 Mt. Vernon St. 41 Bowdoin St. Cambridge. Redding Ridge, Conn. 173 State St. 104 Boylston St. U. S. Marine Corps. 200 Shawmut Ave. 116 Boylston St. 57 Purchase St. 6 Joy’s Building. State House. 24 Marlborough St. 82 C. P. Putnam, Frederic W. Putnam, James J. Putnam, Henry P. Quincy, f Edward S. Band, John W. Randall, f John P. Reynolds, M.D., Henry J5. Rice, George H. Richards, f Horace Richardson, M.D., f Jeffrey Richardson, James Bailey Richardson, William L. Richardson, Edward S. Ritchie, John Ritchie, Thomas P. Ritchie, f George H. Rogers, f Wm. B. Rogers, F. C. Ropes, M.D., f M. D. Ross, Arthur Rotch, f Benjamin S. Rotch, t S. P. Ruggles, J. D. Runkle, George Russell, f Le Baron Russell, M.D., Emanuel Samuels, f Francis G. Sanborn, Samuel H. Savage, H. M. Saville, M.D., t Henry Sayles, 24 Marlborough St. Salem. 24 Marlborough St. 3 Mt. Vernon St. 30 Court St. 107 Harrison Ave. 170 Tremont St. American House. 39 Court St. Boston. 2 Central Whf. 20 Court St. 159 Tremont St. 313 Washington St. u u u u u u Salem. 1 Temple PI. 104 Mt. Vernon St. 7 Liberty Sq. 3 Commonwealth Ave. It U ll 152 Washington St. Mass. Institute of Technology. 14 Lynde St. 164 Tremont St. ' ’ • . ... ..f v b Boston. 187 Warren Ave. 26 India Whf. 41 Union Park. 22 State St. 83 Marshall S. Scudder, t Samuel H. Scudder, Nathaniel S. Shaler, 1 J. C. Sharp, M.D., B. S. Shaw, M.D., Lemuel Shaw, Chas. C. Sheafe, W. E. Sheldon, Augustine Shurtleff, M.D., A. M. Shurtleff, Hiram S. "Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M.D., James G. Shute, f John Simmons, f A. D. Sinclair, M.D., George D. Smith, t S. G. Snelling, S. T. Snow, f A. W. Spencer, Chas. Jas. Sprague, Francis P. Sprague, M.D., Philip S. Sprague, Charles A. Stearns, John Steams, M.D., Joseph B. Stearns, f Joshua Stetson, Charles K. Stevens, J. H. Stickney, M.D., Charles Stoddard, Charles Stodder, L. B. Stone, D. Humphreys Storer, M.D., F. H. Storer, Horatio R. Storer, M.D., 18 Devonshire St. Cambridge. Cambridge. 40 Commonwealth Ave. Mass. Gen’l. Hospital. 27 State St. 123 Boylston St. W. Newton. Brookline. 13 Tremont St. 2 Beacon St. u n u Woburn. 47 Congress St. Chesnut Hill. 162 Washington St. 4 Liberty Sq. 97 State St. 13 Congress St. 40 State St. 57 Hancock St. 141 Broadway, S. B. City Hall. Boston. 21 Court Sq. 45 Summer St. Boston. 55 Temple St. 4 Milk St. 75 Kilby St. 27 Tremont St. 132 Tremont St. u u u Hotel Pelham. 84 Franklin H. Story, William Stowe, George Sceva, Edward A. Strong, F. R. Sturgis, E. Lewis Sturtevant, M.D. Austin Sumner, Charles W. Swan, M.D., t Isaac Sweetzer, G. W. Swett, f J. Brooks Taft, J. T. Talbot, David Thaxter, L. Lincoln Thaxter, Levi L. Thaxter, t Nathaniel Thayer, t William Thomas, t N. A. Thompson, Edward S. Tobey, Frank I. Tolman, t James Tolman, James 0. Treat, L. Trouvelot, Alanson Tucker, Joshua Tucker, M.D., William Tudor, C. A. Tufts, C. W. Tuttle, John E. Tyler, M.D., A. E. Verrill, t Joseph Vila, Jr., George L. Vose, 60 State St. 43 Commercial St. Mansfield. 99 Pearl St. New York. Framingham. 85 Boylston St. 1039 Washington St. 25 Broad St. Suffolk Bank. 18 Batterymarch St. 31 Mt. Vernon St. 16 Court St. 13 Tremont St. Newtonville. 40 State St. 10 Marlborough St. Old State House. 103 State St. 8 Boylston PI. Ill Washington St. Lawrence. E. Medford. 34 Franklin St. 4 Hamilton PI. Joy, cor. of Beacon St. Dover, N. H. 47 Court St. Somerville. New Haven, Ct. 13 Congress St. Paris Hill, Me. 85 0. F. Wadsworth, M.D. 84 Charles St. f George W. Wales, 142 Beacon St. r T. B. Wales, 50 Central Whf. Charles H. Walker, M.D., Chelsea. James E. Walker, M.D., 1554 Washington St. Henry Artemas Ward, M.D., 228 Tremont St. Charles E. Ware, M.D., 39 West St. Frederic Ware, Cambridge. Geo. Wash. Warren, 42 Court St. Joseph H. Warren, M.D., 903 Washington St. Thomas Waterman, Jr., 14 Parker St. Rev. R. C. Waterston, 71 Chester Sq. S. G. Webber, M.D., 73 Brookline St. J. R. Webster, M.D., Milton. Moses W. Weld, M.D., 23 Worcester St. William F. Weld, 42 Central Whf. Henry M.‘ Wellington, 13 Pemberton Sq. John Wetherbee, Jr., 11 Phoenix Building. Leander Wetherell, 15 Winter St. Jeremiah Whipple, Boston. C. T. White, 64 Fulton St. James C. White, M.D., 10 Park Sq. C. J. Whitmore, 1 Central Whf. J. P. Whitney, 19 Lindall St. Charles Whittier, 39 Bromfield St. W. Wickersham, 13 Pemberton Sq. Edward Wigglesworth, 16 India Whf. Thomas Wigglesworth, u it it Joseph M. Wightman, 13 Doane St. Burt G. Wilder, M.D., Cambridge. Marshall P. Wilder, 4 Winthrop Sq. Benjamin B. Williams, 3 Louisburg Sq. Henry W. Williams, M.D., 15 Arlington St. E. T. Wilson, M.D., 167 Tremont St. 86 Henry W. Wilson, Samuel S. Wilson, Charles H. Wing, C. F. Winslow, M.D., Edward Winslow, Alexander M. Wood, M.D., Samuel D. Woodward, Charles W. Wrightington, Jeffries Wyman, M.D., Joseph H. York, M.D., Dorchester, off Seventh St., S* B. 11 Monument Ave., Charlestown. 5 Liberty Sq. Boston. 80 State St. 60 Beverly St. Newport, R. I. 51 Commercial St. Cambridge. Boston. Honorary Members Corresponding Members Patrons, living Patrons, deceased Original Members Resident Members, Paying . Resident Members, Life 31 . 228 . 112 . 66 178 178 38 . 370 . 122 492 492 PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUNDS 1840. Ambrose S. Courtis, $10,000 1845. John Parker, 2,000 1847. Amos Lawrence, Building Fund 5,000 it Abbott Lawrence, u 1,000 Li John A. Lowell, it 1,000 ll Nathan Appleton, ii 1,000 It William Appleton, it 1,000 ll Samuel Appleton, it 1,000 Peter C. Brooks, ii 1,000 It John C. Warren, it 1,000 (( Mrs. Amos Binney, ti 1,000 1849. Jonathan Phillips, 2,000 1854. T. H. Perkins, 1,000 1861. Miss Mary P. Townsend, 3,000 it Jonathan Phillips, 10,000 u Wm. J. Walker, Estate afterwards sold for 20,550 1862. Wm. J. Walker, Building Fund 20,000 (t Thomas Lee, ii 1,000 n John L. Gardner, tt 1,000 ti Benjamin D. Greene, ii 1,000 it Nathaniel Thayer, it 1,000 u Henry B. Bogers, ii 1,000 it A Friend, it 1,000 1863. Benjamin D. Greene, it 9,000 1864. Wm. J. Walker, Working Fund 20,000 88 1864. Nathaniel Thayer, 1865. Wm. J. Walker, “ Huntington F. Wolcott, 1867. Miss Sarah P. Pratt, “ Paschal P. Pope, “ Henry Harris, Working Fund $1,500 120,000 5,000 10,000 20,000 5,000 LIST or INSTITUTIONS IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE SOCIETY. Albany, Albany Institute. “ New York State Agricultural Society. “ New York State Library. Alnwick, Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club. Altenburg, Naturforschende Gesellschaft des Osterlandes. Amsterdam, Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra. “ Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. A n s p a c h , Historischer Verein in Mittelfranken. Anvers, Cercle Artistique, Litt^raire et Scientifique d’ Anvers. “ Soci4t6 Pateontologique de Belgique. Augsburg, Naturhistorischer Yerein. Bamberg, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Basel, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Batavia, Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. “ Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch Indie. Beauvais, Soci£t4 Acad&nique d’Archdologie, Sciences et Arts du D^partement de l’Oise. Belfast, Natural History and Philosophical Society. Bergen, Bergens Museum. Berlin, Akklimatisations-Verein. “ Archiv fur Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin. 90 Berlin, Archiv fur Naturgeschichte. 44 Deutsche geologische Gesellschaft. 44 Entomologischer Verein. 44 Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde. 44 Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde. 44 Koniglich-Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften. 44 Yerein fur Beforderung des Gartenbaues. Bern, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Besan^on, Soci£t£ d’Emulation du Doubs. Blankenberg, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein des Harzes. Bologna, Imperial Regio Istituto Geologico. 44 Reale Accademia delle Scienze. Bombay, Bombay Geographical Society. 44 Royal Asiatic Society. Bonn, Naturhistorischer Verein des Preussischen Rheinlandes. 44 Verein von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande. Bordeaux, Academie Impdriale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts* “ Soci^t4 des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles. 44 Soci^t^ Linn^enne. Boston, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 44 Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. 44 Horticultural Society. 44 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * 4 Massachusetts Historical Society. 44 Public Library. 44 State Board of Agriculture. B r e g e n z , Vorarlberger Museums-Verein. Bremen, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein. Breslau, Schlesische Gesellschaft fur vaterlandische Cultur. B r ii n n , Kon. Kais. Maehrisch-Schlesische Gesellschaft zur Beforderung des Ackerbaues, der Natur- und Landeskunde. 44 Naturforschender Verein. 44 Werner- Verein zur geologischen Durchforschung von Mahren und Schlesien. 91 <» Bruxelles, Acattemie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts. “ Socidtd Botanique de Belgique. “ Socidte Entomologique de Belgique. “ Socidtd Malacologique de Belgique. “ Soci4t<§ Royale Linndenne. Buenos Aires, Museo Publico de Buenos Aires. Buffalo, Buffalo Society of Natural Science. Caen, Academie Royale des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres. “ Socidte Linn4enne de Normandie. Calcutta, Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India. “ Asiatic Society of Bengal. “ Geological Survey of India. Cambridge, Eng., Cambridge Philosophical Society. U U Journal of Anatomy and Physiology. « Mass., Harvard Natural History Society. a “ Museum of Comparative Zoology. C a s s e 1 , Journal fur Omithologie. Catania, Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. Cherbourg, Soctetd Imp&iale des Sciences Naturelles. Charleston, Elliott Society of Natural History. Chicago, Chicago Academy of Sciences. Christiania, Kongelige Norske Frederiks Universitet. “ Videnskabs Selskab i Christiania. Chur, Naturforschende Gesellschaft Graubiindens. Colmar, Soctetd d’Histoire Naturelle de Colmar. Danzig, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Darmstadt, Mittelrheinischer geologischer Verein. Dessau, Naturhistorischer Verein. D i j on, Academie Imp&riale des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres. D o r p a t , Archiv fur die Naturkunde, Liv- Ehst- und Kurlands. “ Gelehrte Estnische Gesellschaft. Dresden, Gesellschaft fur Natur- und Heilkunde. “ Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde. 92 Dresden, Kais. Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher. “ Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Isis. Dublin, Dublin Botanical Society. “ Dublin Quarterly Journal of Science. “ Natural History Society. “ Royal Dublin Society. “ Royal Geological Society of Ireland. “ Royal Irish Academy. Edinburgh, Botanical Society. “ Royal Physical Society. “ Royal Scottish Society of Arts. “ Royal Society of Edinburgh. “ Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Emden, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Erfurt, Kon. Akademie gemeinnutziger Wissenschaften. Frankfurt a. M., Senckenbergische naturforschende Gesellschaft. “ Zoologische Gesellschaft. Freiburg, Naturforschende Gesellschaft. Geneve, Association Zoologique du L^man. “ Institut National Genevois. “ Socidtd de Physique et d’ Histoire Naturelle. Genova, Societa Ligure di Storia Patria. Germany, Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Arzte. Giessen, Oberhessische Gesellschaft. Glasgow, Geological Society. “ Glasgow Philosophical Society. G o r li tz , Naturforschende Gesellschaft. “ Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Gotheborg, Kongliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhalle. Gottingen, Konigliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Graz, Verein der Aerzte in Steiermark. Great Britain, British Association for the Advancement of Sc Groningue, Soci^td des Sciences Naturelles. > 93 Haarlem, Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen. “ Institution Teyl^rienne. H a b a n a , Real Sociedad Economica de Amigos del Pais. “ Repertorio Fisico-Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Halifax, Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. Halle, Linnsea, ein Journal fur die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange “ Naturforschende Gesellschaft. “ Naturwissenschaftlicher Yerein fur Sachsen und Thiiringen. Hamburg, Naturwissenchaftliche Gesellschaft. “ Naturwissenschaftlicher Yerein. H a n a u , Wetterauer Gesellschaft fur die gesammte Naturkunde. Hannover, Naturhistorische Gesellschaft. Heidelberg, Naturhistorisch-medicinischer Verein. Helsingfors, Finska Lakare-Sallskapet. “ Finska Vetenskaps Societeten. Hermannstadt, Siebenburgischer Verein fur Naturwissenschaften. “ Verein fur Siebenburgische Landeskunde. Hertogenbosch, Provinciaal Genootschap van Kunsten en Wet- enschappen. Hobarttown, Tasmania Royal Society. Hong Kong, Asiatic Society of China. Honolulu, Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, nnsbruck, Ferdinandeum. Jena, Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. Kazan, Imper. Kazanskii Universitat. Kingston, C. W., Botanical Society of Canada. “ W. I., Jamaica Society of Arts. Kj obenhavn, Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab. “ Naturhistoriske Forening. “ Naturhistoriske Tidsskrift. Klagenfurt, Naturhistorisches Landesmuseum von Kaernten. Konigsberg, Kon. Physikalisch-Okonomische Gesellschaft. Kronstadt, Obshtshestvo Morskaia Wratchei. 94 La H a y e , Socidte Entomologique des Pays-Bas. Leeds, Geological and Polytechnic Society of the West Riding of Yorkshire. “ Philosophical and Literary Society. Leyden, Academia Lugduno-Batava. Leipzig, Koniglich Saechsische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. ■“ Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie. L e Mans, Soctete d’ Agriculture, Sciences et Arts de la Sarthe. L e P u y , Society d’ Agriculture, Sciences, Arts et Commerce. L i 4 g e , Soctetd Royale des Sciences. Lille, Soci£t£ des Sciences, d’ Agriculture et des Arts. Lisboa, Academia Real das Sciencias. Liverpool, Derby Museum. “ Geological Society. “ Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. 11 Literary and Philosophical Society. u Liverpool Royal Institution. Linz, Museum Francisco-Carolinum. London, Anthropological Society. “ Annals and Magazine of Natural History. “ Entomological Society. “ Ethnological Journal. “ Geological Magazine. “ Geological Society. u India Museum. “ Journal of Entomology. “ Journal of Travel and Natural History. “ Linnsean Society. “ London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine. “ Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey. “ Royal Agricultural Society of England. “ Royal Geographical Society. “ Royal Horticultural Society. 95 London, Royal Institution of Great Britian. 11 Royal Society. “ Zoological Society. Lund, Universitas Carolina Lundensis. Liineburg, Naturwissenschaftlicher Yerein. Luxembourg, Soci£t4 des Sciences Naturelles du Grand-Duchp de Luxembourg. Lyon, Acad^mie Imp^riale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts. “ Society d’ Agriculture, d’Histoire Naturelle et des Arts Utiles. “ Society Linn^enne. Madison, Wisconsin Natural History Society. Madras, Literary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic - Society. Madrid, Academia Real de Ciencias. Manchester, Literary and Philosophical Society. Mannheim, Mannheimer Verein fur Naturkunde. Marburg, Gesellschaft fur Beforderung der gesammten Naturwis- senschaften. Melbourne, Entomological Society of New South Wales. “ Philosophical Institution of Victoria. M e n d e , Soci£t4 d’ Agriculture, Industrie, Sciences et Arts du D^parte- ment de la Loz6re. Metz, Soctetd d’Histoire Naturelle du D^partement de la Moselle. Middelburg, Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen. Milano, Imperiale Regio Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. “ Museo dei Fratelli Villa. “ Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali. Modena, Societa Italiana delle Scienze. M o n s , Soctetd des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres du Hainaut. Montpellier, Acad^mie des Sciences et Lettres. Montreal, Canadian Naturalist and Geologist. “ Geological Survey of Canada. M o s c o u , Soci^td Imperiale d’ Agriculture. 96 Moscou, Socidtd Impdriale des Naturalistes. 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Dissection of two Adult Dromedaries, a Male and a Fe- male. By J. B. S. Jackson, M.D. II. Descriptions of the Fishes of the Ohio River and its Tributaries (continued). By Jared P. Kirtland, M.D. [Plates I— III.] III. Ob- servations on the genus Scalops (Shrew Moles), with De- scriptions of the Species found in North America. By J. Bachman, D.D. IV. On the Occurrence of the Phosphate of Uranium in the Tourmaline locality of Chesterfield. By J. E. Teschemacher. V. Descriptions of Twenty-four Species of the Shells of New England. By J. W. Mighels, M.D., and Prof. C. B. Adams. [Plate IV.] VI. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States. By N. M. Hentz. [Plate VII.] VII. Descriptions of two new Species of Fishes. By D. Humphreys Storer, M.D. [Plate V.] VIII. On a new Species of Rafflesia, from Manilla. By J. E. Teschemacher. [Plate VI.] IX. Remarks upon Coral Formations in the Pa- cific ; with Suggestions as to the Causes of their Absence in the same Parallels of Latitude, on the Coast of South America. 106 By Capt. Joseph P. Couthouy. X. Niagara Falls; their Physical Changes, and the Geology and Topography of the Surrounding Country. By James Hall. XI. Note to the Ed- itors respecting the Fossil Bones from Oregon. By Henry C. Perkins, M.D. XII. Remarks upon Coral Formations in the Pacific, etc. (continued). By Capt. J. P. Couthouy. Part II. 1843 • XIII. Description of some of the Species of Naked Air- breathing Mollusca, inhabiting the United States. By Amos Binney. XIV. Additional Descriptions of, and Observations on, the Fishes of Massachusetts. By D. Humphreys Storer, M.D. XV. An Inquiry into the Distinctive Characteristics of the Aboriginal Race of America. By Samuel G. Morton, M.D. XVI. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States (continued). By N. M. Hentz. [Plate VIII.] XVII. Descriptions of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River, and their Tributaries (continued). By J. P. Kirt- land, M.D. [Plates IX-XI.] XVIII. Description of a Species of Helix, newly observed in the United States. By Amos Binney, M.D. XIX. Observations on the Habits of the Python Natalensis. By Thomas S. Savage, M.D. XX. Observations on the Characters and Habits of the Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata Cuv). By Samuel Cabot, M.D. XXI. On the Existence of siliceous ( ?) Spiculse in the exte- rior Rays of Actinia; and Memoranda concerning the sEiceous Animalcules of Boston. By Prof. J . W. Bailey. XXII. Enumeration of the Fishes of Brookhaven, Long Island, with Remarks upon the Species observed. By William 0. Ayres. Part III. 1843 XXin. Enumeration of the Fishes of Brookhaven, etc. (continued). By William 0. Ayres [Plate XII.] XXIV. Descriptions of Four Species of Fishes from Brookhaven, L. I., all of which are believed to be new. By William 0. Ayres. [Plate XIII.] XXV. 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Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States (continued). By N. M. Hentz. [Plates XVII-XIX.] XXXn. Description of an African Beetle, allied to Scarab seus Polyphemus, with Remarks upon some other Insects of the same Group. By T. W. Harris, M.D. [Plate XXI.] XXXIII. On the Importance of Habit as a Guide to Accuracy in Systematical Arrangements ; illustrated in the instance of the Sylvia petechia of Wilson, and all subse- quent Writers. By Thomas McCulloch, Jr. XXXIV. On the Anatomy of Tebennophorus Carolinensis. By Jeffries Wyman, M.D. [Plate XXII.] XXXV. On the Anatomical Structure of Glandina truncata of Say. By Jeffries Wy- man, M.D. [Plate XXIII.] XXXVI. Beaumontite and Lin- colnite, identical with Heulandite. By Francis Alger. XXXVII. Probable Influence of Icebergs upon Drift. By J. L. Hayes. XXXVIII. Descriptions of Land Shells from the Province of Tavoy, in British Burmah. By Augustus A. Gould, M.D. [Plate XXIV.] XXXIX. Descriptions and $1.50 108 Habits of some of the Birds of Yucatan. By Samuel Cabot, Jr., M.D. XL. Enumeration of the recent Freshwater Mol- lusca, which are common to North America and Europe, with Observations on Species and their Distribution. By S. S. Haldeman. XLI. Descriptions and Notices of some of the Land Shells of Cuba. By Augustus A. Gould, M.D. XLII. Mineralogical Notices. By J. E. Teschemacher. XLIII. Analysis of Pink Scapolite, and of Cerium Ochre, from Bol- ton, Mass. By Charles T. Jackson. Yol. V. 1845-1847A Part. I. 1845. . . I. Nature of the Strata and Geographical Distribution of the Organic Remains in the Older Formations of the United States. By James Hall. II. Descriptions of the Fishes of the Ohio River and its Tributaries (continued). By Jared P. Kirt- land, M.D. [Plates VII-IX.] III. A Monography of the North American Histeroides. By John Le Conte, F. L. S., etc. [Plates I- VI.] IV. On the Occurrence of Uranium in the Beryl Locality at Ackworth, N. H. By J. E. Tes- chemacher. Y. Description of a new species of Sala- mander. By Lewis R. Gibbes. [Plate X.] YI. Further Accounts of some of the Birds of Yucatan. By Samuel Cabot, Jr., M.D. [Plate XII.] VII. A further Enum- eration of some Alpine and other Lichens of New England. By Edward Tuckerman, A. M. VIII. Characters of some new Genera and Species of Plants of the Natural Order Com- positse, from the Rocky Mountains and Upper California. By Asa G*ray, M.D. [Plate XIII.] IX. Descriptions of six North American Carices. By Francis Boott, M.D., F.R. and L S. X. An Attempt to Prove that Cottus cognatus of Richardson, Cottus viscosus of Haldeman, and Uranidea qui- iThe plates in this volume are inaccurately numbered; there are two plates each numbered XVI (one of which is referred to as XIV), XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV and none numbered XIV or XXXII. 109 escens of De Kay are one Species, and are identical with Cottus gobio of Linnaeus. By W. 0. Ayres. [Plate XI.] Part II. 1845. XI. Dissection of a Spermaceti Whale, and three other Cetaceans. By J. B. S. Jackson, M.D. [Plates XV-XVI.] XII. Musci of Eastern Massachusetts. By John Lewis Rus- sell, A. A. S. XIII. Descriptions and Figures of the Arane- ides of the United States (continued). By Nicholas Mar- cellus Hentz. [Plates XVI-XVII.] XIY. Description of some New and Interesting Insects Inhabiting the United States. By John L. Le Conte. [Plate XVIII.] XV. Plants Lindheimerianae ; an Enumeration of the Plants Collected in Texas and distributed to Subscribers, by F. Lindheimer, with Remarks and Descriptions of New Species, etc. By George Engelmann and Asa Gray. XVI. De- scription of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River and their Tributaries (continued). By Jared P. Kirtland, M.D. [Plates XIX-XXIL] XVII. Illustrations of Fossil Foot- marks. By James Deane, M.D. [Plate XXIII.] XVIII. Descriptions of some New Species of Marine Shells, Inhab- iting the Coast of the United States. By Henry C. Lea, Philadelphia. [Plate XXIV.] XIX. Descriptions of Shells from the Coast of Africa. By Augustus A. Gould, M.D., [Plate XXIV.] XX. Note on Melocactus viridescens, Nutt. (Echinocactus, Torr. and Gr.) By J. E. Teschemacher. XXI. Notice of Two Species of Linguatula. By Jeffries Wyman, M.D. Part III. 1846. XXII. Notices of New Localities of Rare Minerals, and Rea- sons for uniting several supposed Distinct Species. By Francis Alger. XXIII. An Account of Two Remarkable Trains of Angular Erratic Blocks, in Berkshire, Mass., with an Attempt at an Explanation of the Phenomena. By Prof. 110 Henry D. Rogers and Prof. William B. Rogers. [Plato XXV.] XXIV. Descriptions of the Fishes of Lake Erie, the Ohio River and their Tributaries (concluded). By Jared P. Kirtland, M.D. [Plates XXVI-XXIX.] XXV. Anatom- ical Description of the Anirmfl of Littorina angulifera Lam. By Joserh Leidy, M.D. [Plate XX.] XXVI. Notice of a New Genus of Plants of the Order Santalacese. By Asa Gray. XXVII. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States (continued). By Nicholas Marcel- lus Hentz. [Plates XXI-XXII.] XXVIII. On the Fossil Vegetation of America. By J. E. Teschemacher. [Plates XXXIII-XXXVL] XXIX. Notice of the Geological Position of the Cranium of the Castoroides Ohioensis. By James Hall, Esq. Also, an Anatomical Description of the Same. By Jeffries Wyman, M.D. [Plates XXXVII-XXXIX.] XXX. Polythalamia in Sand, from the Sahara Desert. By John Bacon, Jr., M.D., Plate XX.] XXXI. Chemical and Mineralogical Fragments. By C. T. Jackson, M.D. XXXII. On the Habits of Salmo fontinalis. From a letter addressed to Dr. Storer. By J. B. Forsyth, M.D. XXXIII. Descrip, tion of Pyranga roseo-gmlaris (Rose- throated Tanager.) By Samuel Cabot, Jr., M.D. Part IV. 1847. XXXIV. Notice of the External Characters and Habits of Troglodytes Gorilla, a New Species of Orang, from the Gaboon River. By Thomas S. Savage, M.D. Osteology of the same. By Jeffries Wyman, M.D. [Plates XL-XLIH.] XXXV. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States (continued). By Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. [Plates XXIII-XXIV, XXX-XXXI.] XXXVI. Dissection of Scymnus brevipinna Lesueur. By S. Knee- land, Jr., M.D. XXXVII. Description and Analysis of Three Minerals from Lake Superior. By J. D. Whitney. Ill XXXVIII. The Dodo (Didus ineptus) a Rasorial and not a Rapacious Bird. By Samuel Cabot, M.D. Vol. VI. 1850-1857 Pakt I. 1850 I. On the Embryology of Nemertes, with an Appendix on the Embryonic Development of Polynoe; and Remarks upon the Embryology^' of Marine Worms in General. By E. Desor. [Plates I— II.] II. Descriptions and Figures^of the Araneides of the United States. By Nicholas Marcellus Hentz. [Plates III-IV.] HI. Chemical Examination of some Amer- ican Minerals. By J. D. Whitley. IV. Examination of Three New Mineralogical Species, proposed by Prof. C. U. Shepard. By J. D. Whitney. V. Observations on some of the Habits of Salmo fontinalis. By Samuel L. Bigelow, M.D. VI. Description of a New Genus of Fishes, Malacosteus. By W. 0. Ayres. [Plate V.] VII. On the Pselaphidai of the United States. By John L. Le Conte, M.D. VIII. Dissec- tion of Crocodilus lucius. By Samuel Kneeland, Jr., M.D. IX. Chemical Examination of Algerite, a New Mineral Spe- cies: by T. S. Hunt, of the Geological Commission of Canada; including a Description of the Mineral. By F. Alger. X. Examination of a Mineral from Cherokee County, Georgia. $ 6.00 1.75 By Francis Alger. XI. On the Cancellated Structure of some of the Bones of the Human Body. By Jeffries Wy- man, M.D. Part II. 1850. ... XII. Plantse Lindheimerianse, Part II. An Account of a Collection of Plants made by F. Lindheimer in the Western part of Texas, in the years 1845-6 and 1847-8, with Critical Remarks, Descriptions of New Species, etc. By Asa Gray, M.D. XIII. Description of a New Species of Polypterus from West Africa. By W. O. Ayres. [Plate VI.] XIV. Ob- servations on the Fishes of Nova Scotia and Labrador, 112 with Descriptions of New Species. By Horatio Robinson Stores. [Plates VII- VIII.] XV. Descriptions and Figures of the Araneides of the United States (concluded). By Nich- olas Marcellus Hentz. [Plates IX-X.] Part III. 1853 XVI. A few Ornithological facts, gathered in a hasty Trip through P ortions of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, in June 1850. By T. M. Brewer, M.D. XVII. Notice of the egg of Thalassidroma Leachii, with Descriptions of the Eggs of Pro- cellaria Bulwerii, Procellaria obscura and Puffinus major. By T. M. Brewer, M.D. XVIII. Description of Five New Species of Birds, and other Ornithological Notes of Cuban Species. By John Gundlach. XIX. The Organic Relations of some of the Infusoria, including Investigations concerning the Structure and Nature of the Genus Bodo (Ehr.). By W. I. Burnett, M.D. XX. 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Additional notes on the Odonata of the Isle of Pines and the White Mountains of New Hamp- shire. J. C. Merrill, Jr. Notice of the occurrence of Pieris rapae in Vermont. October 2 , 1867 . Dr. J. Wyman. Remarks on a collection of flint imple- ments from Norway and the Island of Riigen. E. S. Morse. Remarks on the probable age of the shell- heaps of Casco Bay. October 9 , 1867 . C. Stodder. Description of Navicula carassius Ehr. 121 October 16 , 1867 . Dr. J. Wyman. On the former occurrence of the great auk in Maine. Dr. J. Wyman. Notice of a visit to the Dighton Dock. Prof. L. Agassiz. Remarks upon the antiquity of man. Dr. B. G. Wilder. Remarks on the so-called gorilla and “what is it” in Barnum’s Museum. October 23 , 1867 . S. H. Scudder. Notes on the stridulation of some New England Orthoptera. November 6 , 1867 . Dr. B. G. Wilder. Remarks upon the want of perfect symmetry in the leaves of elms and hop-hornbeams. Prof. L. Agassiz. Remarks upon the preceding paper. Prof. L. Agassiz. Comparison of the aurochs of Europe with the bison of America. S. H. Scudder. Remarks on the stridulation of Orthop- tera. Dr. D. H. Storer. Notice of his history of the fishes of Massachusetts. November 20 , 1867 . Dr. S. Kneeland. On the relation of the plumage of birds to their modes of nidification. W. T. Brigham. Remarks on the form of volcanic cra- ters. Prof. L. Agassiz. Remarks on the age of certain rocks in Scotland, formerly referred to the Old Red Sand- stone. Dr. J. Wyman. On the position of the foramen magnum in the different races of men. 122 November 27, 1867. Dr. H. Hagen. Remarks on a species of Chelifer found attached to the legs of a fly. S. H. Scudder. Notice of a curious specimen of Dia- pheromera. F. G. Sanborn. Remarks on some interesting insects. Dr. E. P. Colby. Notice of the capture of Coccinella similis Rand. December 4, 1867. A. S. Bickmore. Some notes of a short journey on the Island of Yesso, and remarks on the Ainos. Dr. J. Wyman. Resume of observations on the shell- heaps of New England. December 11, 1867. C. Stodder. Remarks upon the resolution of Nobert’s test lines. December 18, 1867. Rev. J. B. Perry. Queries on the Red Sandstone of Ver- mont, and its relations to other rocks. Prof. L. Agassiz. Remarks upon the preceding paper. Prof. L. Agassiz. Observations upon the classification of the Siluroid Fishes. January 3, 1868. E. D. Harris. Remarks upon the character and habits of various breeds of domesticated pigeons. G. L. Vose. On the distortion of pebbles in conglomer- ates; with illustrations from Rangely Lake, in Maine. T. Lyman. Remarks on the artificial reproduction of the shad. 128 January 8, 1868. A. M. Edwards. Note on a point in the habits of Dia- tomacese and Desmidiaceae. January 22, 1868. Dk. A. S. Packard, Jr. On the development of a species of Diplax. S. H. Scudder. Remarks on the preceding paper. Dr. H. Hagen. Lachlania abnormis, a new genus and species of Ephemerina from Cuba. Dr. H. Hagen. Remarks on some American species of Psocus. S. H. Scudder. Considerations drawn from the study of mole-crickets. S. H. Scudder. Supplement to a list of the butterflies of New England. Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr. Remarks on insects which live during their earlier stages in brine or salt water. February 5, 1868. Dr. T. M. Brewer. Defence of the house sparrow from the destructive habits attributed to it. S. H. Scudder. On the rank of the families of Or- thoptera. February 19, 1868. Theodore Lyman. On methods used in hatching the spawn of the shad. A. S. Bickmore. Sketch of a journey through the interior of China from Canton to Haukow. Dr. E. Lewis Sturtevant. Note on the occurrence of Pinus strobi in a peat bog in Framingham, Mass. 124 Dr. C. T. Jackson. Analysis of fossil guano from the neighborhood of Charleston, S. C. February 26 , 1868 . Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr. On the structure of the oviposi- tor and homologous- parts in the male insect. Dr. H. Hagen. Description of an apterous Termes from Japan. S. H. Scudder. Notice of some new butterflies from Iowa. S. H. Scudder. Remarks on two new fossil insects from the Carboniferous formation in America. March 4 , 1868 . Albert S. Bickmore. On the Ainos, or hairy men, of Yesso, Saghalien and the Kurile Islands. Edward S. Morse. On the mode of growth of a new entomostracous crustacean. March 18 , 1868 . Dr. B. Joy Jeffries. On the deceptive appearance which lines present when they meet at certain angles. Dr. Jeffries Wyman. On the after-impression of ob- jects. John L. Hayes. The Angora goat; its origin, culture and products. Dr. H. Hagen. Concerning a meteor seen in Prussia; extracted from newspapers and private letters. March 25 , 1868 . Dr. H. Hagen. Notice of an orthopterous insect which deposits its. eggs in the stems of the cotton plant. S. H. Scudder. On the same. Dr. H. Hagen. On the pseudoscorpions of America. 125 I S. H. Scudder. Description of anew species of butterfly, Thecla Juanita. Dr. G. Lincecum. Notice of the destructive grasshoppers of Texas. L. Trouvelot. On some parasites of the common rabbit. April 1, 1868. Prof. Gamgee. On the use of carbonic oxide gas for the preservation of meat in large quantities. April 8, 1868. C. Stodder. On soundings made off the coast of Maine, * near Mt. Desert Island. April 15, 1868. Dr. J. Wyman. Observations upon human crania. Dr. C. T. Jackson. Recent methods for the preservation and coloration of wood. * WALKER PRIZES. Annual Prizes. — By the provisions of the late Dr. William J. Walker’s foundation two prizes are annually offered for the best memoirs, written in the English language, on subjects pro- posed by a Committee appointed by the Council. For the best memoir presented, a prize of sixty dollars may be awarded; if, however, the memoir be one of marked merit, the amount may be increased at the discretion of the Committee to one hundred dollars. 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