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Samuel Day, of Salem, born at Ipswich, March 30, 

 1798, died at Salem, Sunday, May 19, 1878. 



Jared Potter Kirtland, M. D., son of Turhand and 

 Mary (Potter) Kirtland, born at Wallingford, Conn., 

 Nov. 10, 1793, died at his residence in East Rochfort 

 (near Cleveland), Ohio, Dec. 10, 1877; a distinguished 

 naturalist. 



Charles Pickering, M. D., son of Timothy and Lurena 

 (Cole) Pickering, born at Starucca, Wayne Co., Penn., 

 Nov. 10, 1805, died at Boston, Sunday, March 17, 1878. 



Meetings. — During the summer, four Field Meetings 

 were held. First, at Boxford, June 26, where the objects 

 of the meeting were discussed by the President, Messrs. 

 W. P. Upham, E. C. Bolles, John Robinson, W. S. 

 Coggin, Ancil Dorman, J. H. Emerton, G. A. Perkins, 



F. Israel, Mrs. C. H. Dall and Mrs. Mary S, Blake. 

 Second, at Lanesville, Wednesday, July 18, Messrs. 

 James H. Emerton, Charles H. Sargent, F. Israel, Byron 



G. Russell, Granville P. Putnam, E. Hitchcock and D. P. 

 Hagar made remarks. Third, Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 

 Asbury Grove, Hamilton. The speakers were James H. 

 Emerton, J. P. Magee, George H. Dixon, G. D. Phip- 

 pen, E. C. Bolles, A. W. Dodge, J. F. Almy, George A. 

 Perkins. Fourth, at Marblehead Neck. J. H. Emerton, 

 G. H. Dixon, A. B. Hervey, J. J. H. Gregory, Joseph 

 Banvard, William D. Northend took part in the exer- 

 cises of the meeting. 



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

 third Monday evenings of each month. The following 

 communications received and lectures delivered may be 

 specified: — "An examination of Types of some recently 

 described Crustacea," by T. Hale Streets and E. S. 

 Kingsley ; "Additions to the Ferns of Essex County," by 



