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Shrike ; Corvus corone, European Crow ; Fringilla car- 

 duelisj European Goldfinch; Fring-illa cannabina, Com- 

 mon Linnet ; Emheriza miliaria^ Common Bunting ; Co- 

 lumba livia, Rock Dove ; Perdix cinerea, European Par- 

 tridge ; Glareola pratinicola^ Collared Pratincole ; Chara- 

 drius pluvialis^ Golden Plover ; Vanellus cristatus, Lap- 

 wing ; Platalea leucorodia, Spoonbill. 



The Curator of Comparative Anatomy presented the 

 skull of a wolf, from Florida, in the name of Dr. Bryant. 



Prof. Rogers gave notice that he had been informed by 

 Mr. Chesbrough, that the Cochituate Reservoir at Brook- 

 line would be drained in the course of the succeeding week, 

 and that Mr. Chesbrough would be glad to give assistance to 

 any members of the Society in collecting specimens. Prof. 

 Rogers had seen, at the draining of the Fairmount Reser- 

 voir, in the mud left after the flowing off of the water, 

 appearances similar to those exhibited by glacier action in 

 Switzerland. Prof. Forbes had made out this analogy on a 

 small scale, by means of soft solids conducted through 

 troughs, but here the experiment was seen upon a grand 

 scale, extending over an acre or more of ground. 



Mr. Charles Eliot, and Mr. E. S. Holden, of Boston, 

 were elected Resident Members. 



May 3, 1854. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The President in the Chair. 



The customary Annual Pvcports of the Treasurer, Libra- 

 rian, and Curators were received and read ; the following 

 are abstracts : 



