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present Spring (1849), I have obtained three or four specimens, 

 caught in Winooski river, in Burlington, and brought to me alive. 

 The fishes, which I have examined, vary from 3^ to 5 inches in 

 length. 



Dr. Storer presented, in the name of Capt. Atwood, of 

 Province town, a specimen of Hippocampus hudsonius, and 

 in the name of Dr. Dowse, of Clintonville, Mass., a speci- 

 men of the fish, considered by Mr. Ayres as Coitus gobio. 



Mr. Ayres mentioned that a specimen of Coitus variahi- 

 lis had been recently caught near Craigie's Bridge, in this 

 city ; it being the first specimen which has been taken north 

 of Cape Cod. 



Dr. Burnett presented two specimens of malformed But- 

 terflies, of the species Arctia virgimca and Clisiocampa 

 Americana. 



He stated that having frequently before noticed similar 

 malformations, he had, during the last season, tried some 

 experiments to ascertain whether they might not be due to 

 imperfect nutrition. Having placed in confinement some 

 of the larvae of the Cerura borealis, which feeds upon the 

 willow, he kept them on a scanty supply of food. They 

 went through their various transformations in due time and 

 came out many of them malformed butterflies, exhibiting 

 various modes of imperfect development. 



Mr. F. J. Bumstead deposited in the Society's Collection 

 the following mounted birds, namely : Fringilla spinus, 

 European Siskin ; F. montifringilla, Brambling Finch ; 

 Alauda arvensis, Skylark ; Tardus musicus, European Song 

 Thrush ; Lanius excubitor, European Butcher Bird ; L. col- 

 lurio, Red-backed Shrike, Sturnus vulgaris, European Stare, 

 male and female ; Otis tarda, Great Bustard, female ; Ar- 

 chibutco Sancii-Johannis, Rough-legged Falcon, adult; 

 Sterna nigra, European Black Tern, male and female; 

 Tringoides hypoleucus, Green Tatler, male and female. 



Mr. T. S. Hunt, of Montreal, was elected a Corresponds 

 ing member. 



