1866.] 71 [Jackson. 



ages, and the whole head was shoved upon one side ; he had 

 a similar skull from this vicinity. 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson stated that such appearances were not 

 uncommonly found in Switzerland, among skulls of persons 

 affected by the goitre. 



Mr. Brigham stated that the teeth of the Hawaiians of the 

 present day were very seldom decayed ; but he had found 

 among some ancient skulls one which had two of the lower 

 incisors decayed around the gum in front ; the teeth of the 

 natives at present are very strong. 



A suite of specimens of Gnaphalium leontopodium, ex- 

 hibiting the changes which the plant underwent in a series 

 of three years, on transportation from its natural habitat, a 

 height of six thousand feet in the Tyrolese Alps, to one of 

 two thousand feet in the mountains of Saxony, was j^re- 

 sented by Mr. S. H. Scudder. 



The Custodian stated that while, previous to the opening 

 of the Lafresnaye Collection of Birds, the average number 

 of visitors on public days was fi'om one to three hundred, 

 it was now from five to nine hundred ; two hundred persons 

 had been counted upon the Hall floor at one time. 



Professor Steenstrup of Copenhagen, and Professor Sie- 

 bold of Munich, were elected Honorary Members ; and Dr. 

 Loew of Meseritz, Prussia, and Mr. Andrew Murray of Lon- 

 don, Corresj^onding Members. 



Dr. Edward P. Colby and Messrs. JosejDh R, Churchill and 

 R. C. Greenleaf, Jr., of Boston, were elected Resident Mem- 

 bers. 



November 7, 1866. 



The President in the chair. Fifty members present. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson exhibited a specimen of meteoric iron 

 which he had received fi-om Rev. Mr. Thompson of Colo- 



