CONTENTS. 



Regular Meetinc:, Monday, January 1, 1877, .... 1 



On the Commemorations of the Centennial Year; especially the Cen- 

 tennial International Exhibition. Kemarlis by tlie President, 1; 

 Hon. George B. Loring, 3; Kev. E. S. Atwobd, 12; Rev. E. C. 

 Bolles, 15. 



Tuesday, January 9, 1877, . 19 



Lecture by Major J. \V. Powell, On the North American Indians, 19. 



Monday, January 15, 1877, 19 



Lecture by Major J. W. Powell, On the Canons of the Colorado, 19. 



Monday, January 29, 1877, 20 



Lecture by Prof. Henry Carniichael, On Flame, 20. 

 Regular Meeting, Monday, February 5, 1877, .... 21 



Meeting, Monday, February 12, 1877, 21 



Lecture by Prof. A. G. P.ell, On the Telephone. 21. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 19, 1877, .... 28 



A Communication, by Mr. .John McNeil, of Winchester, On Artificial 

 Fish Breedii g. 28;"Mr. F. W. Putnam, Observations on the Lam- 

 prey Eel, 29; Resolutions in relereuce to Prof. Bell's lecture on tel- 

 eplione, 30. 



Notes upon the Birds observed in Southern Illinois, between 



July 17, and September 4, 1875, by E, W. Nelson, . . 32 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 5, 1877, 67 



Mr. James H. Emerton, Communication on Cobwebs, 67; Mr. F. W. 

 Putnam, On a Piece of Me.\ican Sculpture f ., nd near Acapulco, 09. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 19, 1877, .... 71 



Mr. John Robinson's Lecture on the Fertilization of Flowers by Wind 

 and by Insects, 71; Announcement of the death of Mr. E. Bickuell 

 at Lynn, 72. 



Notes on the Hirudinei observed in Michigan, by A. Sager, . 73 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 2, 1877, 76 



Resolutions on Mr. E. Birknell, 70; Mr. F. \V. Putnam, Remarks on 

 the Development of the Ceramic Art and Oinamentatiou among the 

 American Nations, 77. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 16, 1877, 77 



Dr. A. S. Packard, Remarks on Grasslioppers' Egirs taken from Prai- 

 rie Soil in Iowa; Lecture by Mr. J. S. Kuigsley, On Crustacea, 78. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 7, 1877, 79 



Lecture by Rev. II. W. Foote, of Boston, On the Church and State 

 under Andros, 79. 



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