BULLETIN 



ESSE12C IH^STITTJTE. 



Vol. 8. Salem, Mass., Dec, 1876. Nos. 9-12. 



Eegular Meeting, Monday, December 4, 1876. 



Meeting this evening. The President in the chair. 

 Records of preceding meeting read. 



The Secretary announced the following correspon- 

 dence : — 



From J. A. Allen, Cambridge, Nov.; Belfast Naturalist Field Clnb, Sept. 7; 

 Cliarles A. Bemis, Marlborough, N. H., Aug. 3; George B. Blodgette, Rowley, Nov. 

 20; S. L. Boardman, Augusta, Me., Nov. 17, 27; Henry Breed, Lynn, Nov. IS; Cher- 

 bourg, Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles, Oct. 13; C. Cusliing, Boston, Nov. 

 16; C. W. Eaton, Wakefield, Nov. 27, Dec. 2; Charles Wyllys Elliott, Cambridge, 

 Nov. 1; Grace A. Ellis, Boston, Nov. 18; Eniden, Naturforschende Gesellschaft, 

 Sept. 1 ; Frank M. Etting, Philadelphia, Nov. 20; A. W. Foote, Boston, Nov. 9; A. 

 C. Goodell, Jr., Nov. 2.5; A. F. Gray, Danversport, Nov. 18; Kjobenhavu, Det K. 

 Danskc videnskabernes Selskab, Oct. 17; F. LeUaron, Boston, Nov. 18; J. D. Mil- 

 ler, Cross River, N. Y., Nov. U; W. S. Ncvins, Nov. 22; S. C. Oliver, Pliiladelphia, 

 Nov. 21 ; Page Belling Co., Concord, N. H., Nov. 17; J. S. Plerson, New York, Nov. 

 15, 17, 23, 24; IE Reed, Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 15; Abby S. Richardson, Boston, Nov , 

 18; T. S. Roberts, Minneapolis, Nov. Hi; C. Saltonstall, Nov. 25; Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, July 2(); U. S. Bureau of Education, Nov. 10; J. A. Vinton, Winchester, 

 Nov. 24; Zurich, Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Aug. 



Dean Dudley of Wakefield, was elected a correspond- 

 ing member. 



Vice President F. W. Putnam presented to the soci- 



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