CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 A Catalojsrne of the Fishes of Essex County, including the Fauna 



of Massachusetts Bay and the contiguous deep waters; by G. 



Brown Goode and T. H. Bean, 1 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 6, 1879, . . . .89 



Ornithological Explorations of the Lesser Antilles; by Frederick 



A. Ober, 39 



A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands, with annotations; 



by Edgar A. Mearns {continued), 43 



The Solar Eclipse of 1878; a lecture before the Institute, by 



Winslovv Upton, 53 



Notes on the native and extensively introduced woody Plants of 



Essex County, Massachusetts; by John Robinson, ... 72 



Meeting, Tuesday, January 21, 1879, 107 



Meeting, Monday, February 3, 1879, 107 



Meeting, Friday, February 28, 1879 107 



A Paper upon the Old Merchants of Salem; by Nath'l Silsbee, 



Notice of, 107 



The Enharmonic- Key-board of Prof. Henry Ward Poole ; by Theo- 

 dore M. Osborne, 109 



Meeting, Monday, April 7, 1879, 123 



Meeting, Thursday, April 24, 1879, 123 



Meeting, Monday, May 5, 1879, 123 



Annual Meeting, Monday, May 19, 1819, 124 



Retros|iect ot tlie Year, 124 ; members, 124; meetinprs, 126; lectures and 

 conceits, 127; excnrsions. 129; musenm. 129; hoiticultural exliibiton, 

 lao; landing of John Endicott, l:!l ; publications, 181; library, 132; 

 financial. 140; election ol" officers, 142. 



Meeting, Monday, June 1, 1879, 143 



Field Meeting at South Ptabody, Friday, June 20, 1879, . . 143 

 Remarks by the President. Uev. Georg:e F. Wright of Andover, James 

 11. Emerton, Rev. (J. C. Carpenter, and otiiers. 



Field Meeting at Andover, Friday, June 27, 1879, . . . 145 



The excursion. 14.5. Remarks of Hev. George F. Wright, Pi of. W. H. 

 >>'iles; a chapter of tlie lorthcoming history of Andover. bv Miss 

 Siirah L. Bailey, read by Rev. F. H. Johnson, 14(). Remarks by Mr. 

 Goldsmith of Andover, J. M. Emerton, Rev. Selah Merrill, Rev. E. S. 

 Atwood and G. W. W. Dove. 



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