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John Robinson; "On the Exploration of the Merrimack 

 River, in 1638, by order of the General Court of Massa- 

 chusetts, with a plan of the same," by James Kimball ; 

 "Contributions to the Myology of Tachyglossa Hystrix, 

 Echidna Hystrix Auct" by J. W. Fewkes ; "An Account 

 of a recent visit to Japan," by E. S. Morse; "Remarks 

 on Liberia, particularly of the region about Cape Palmas," 

 by George A. Perkins ; "A List of the Birds of Massa- 

 chusetts, with Annotations," by J. A. Allen ; "Archreo- 

 logical Explorations in Tennessee," by F. TV. Putnam; 

 "On Salisbury and a day at Stonehenge," by E. C. Bolles ; 

 "On the Flora of Texas," by George D. Phippen. 



Lectures and Concerts. — A course of seven lectures 

 under the direction of the Lecture Committee were as 

 follows: 1st, Monday, Oct. 29, 1877, W. F. Bick, on 

 "India." 2d, Monday, Nov. 19, 1877, C. C. Carpenter, 

 on "The Moon." 3d, Monday, Dec. 17, 1877, Charles S. 

 Minot, on "The Scientific problem of Human Life." 

 4th, Monday, Jan. 21, 1878, Edward S. Morse, on 

 "Japan." 5th, Monday, Feb. 25, 1878, Leonard Waldo, 

 "Mean Time." 6th, Monday, March 11, 1878, Henry 

 Carmichael, on "Waves," 7th, Monday, March 25, 1878, 

 Isaac S. Osbun, on "Faraday and his works." 



Under the personal direction of the curator on Music, 

 five concerts have been given with much credit, to the 

 society as musical performances. 1st, Monday Nov. 18, 

 1877, Miss Lilian Bayley and the Schubert Quartette. 

 2d, Monday, Nov. 28, 1877, Wm. H. Sherwood and Miss 

 Fanny Kellogg. 3d, Dec. 10, 1877, Miss Ita AYelsh, 

 Mrs. G. A. Adams, Mr. William F. Winch, D. C. C. 

 Bullard. 4th, Monday, Jan. 14, 1878, Mrs. John Wes- 

 ton, Mr. Wulf Fries, Mr. H. G. Tucker, Mr. J. Phip- 

 pen, jr. 5th, Monday, Jan. 28, 1878, Mrs. E. Kemble, 



