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Edwin Bichnell, microscopist, died at Lynn, Mar. 19, 

 1877, aged 47. Admitted a member Nov. 5, 1866. 



Ephraim Emmeyion, of Salem, sou of Jeremiah and 

 Elizabeth (Newhall) Emmerton, merchant, died. March 

 22, 1877, aged 85. Admitted a member 1834. 



Thomas Spencer, died at Bransby, England, Sept. 4, 

 1876, aged nearly 84 years. A resident of Salem from 

 1820 to 1839. 



NeliemioJi Cleaveland, son of Nehemiah Cleaveland of 

 Topsfield, died at Saugatuck, Conn., April 17, 1877, 

 aged 80. 



Short biographical notices of the above will be pre- 

 pared for the Historical Collections. 



Meetings. — During the summer, two Field Meetings 

 were held. First, at Beachmont, on the line of the Bos- 

 ton, Eevere Beach & Lynn Railroad, July 22, which was 

 attended by about one hundred persons. Messrs. E. S. 

 Morse of Salem, George Dixon of North Carolina, F. W. 

 Putnam of Salem, George A. Otis of Washington, D.C., 

 and D. M. Balch of Salem, addressed the meeting. Sec- 

 ond, at Manchester, August 10, 1876, about one hundred 

 and thirty present. This meeting proved to be of more 

 than usual interest. The following gentlemen took part 

 in the afternoon session : the President, F. W. Putnam, 

 John Eobinson, E. S. Morse, Rev. George Gleason of 

 Manchester, Rev. James F. Clarke, R. H. Dana, jr., and 

 Rev. C. Bartol of Boston. 



Regular Meetings, twenty-five, usually on the first and 

 third Monday evenings of each month. The following 

 communications received and lectures delivered may be 

 specified : — J. A. Allen, "List of Birds collected by Mr. 

 Charles Linden near Santarem, Brazil;" E. W. Nelson, 

 "Birds of North Eastern Illinois;" William P. Upham, 



