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of the Fall River Society of Natural History, in the Young Men's 

 Christian Association building. The local arrangements were made 

 by Mr. Norman S. Easton, Mr. Walter I. Nichols, Mr. S. N. F. 

 Sanford, Mrs. B. J. Handy and other members of the Fall River 

 Society, and there was a large exhibition of the plants, ani- 

 mals and minerals of the neighborhood. The attendance was 

 unusually large, probably five hundred persons visiting the rooms 

 during the two days of the meeting. Members of societies in 

 other cities attended, from Providence in considerable numbers, and 

 fiom Newport, Taunton, Marlboro, Worcester and Boston. Mr. 

 A. C. Bent showed his collection of birds, including many large 

 series of skins showing variations, and a large collection of 

 photographs of birds, nests and eggs. Afterwards the party went 

 to the rooms of the Bristol County Academy of Science, in the old 

 Taunton Academy Building, where tea was served. The Academy 

 has lately occupied these rooms. A good local collection of birds 

 and mammals is mounted in glass cases and a large collection of 

 minerals is being arranged. 



