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ensuing year. Mr. Belknap and Mr. Abbot having declined 

 a reelection as Curators, the following gentlemen were 

 unanimously chosen. 



President. 

 Amos Binney. 



Vice Presidents. 

 Charles T. Jackson, 

 D. Humphreys Storer. 

 Corresponding Secretary. 

 Augustus A. Gould. 

 Recording Secretary. 

 Thomas Bulfinch. 



Treasurer. 

 John James Dixwell. 

 Curators. 

 Botany. — J. E. Teschemacher. 

 Entomology. — T. W. Harris. 

 Ichthyology and Herpetology. — Jeffreys Wyman. 

 Conchology. — Augustus A. Gould. 

 Mineralogy. — Martin Gay. 

 Comparative Anatomy. — N. B. Shurtleff. 

 Geology. — Thomas T. Bouve. 

 Ornithology. — Samuel Cabot, Jr. 

 Librarian. 

 Charles K. Dillaway. 



Cabinet Keeper. 

 Henry J. Bigelow. 



On motion of Dr. C. T. Jackson, it was voted, that the 

 thanks of the Society be presented to Dr. Abbot for his 

 efficient and valuable services for two years past as Curator 

 of Ornithology. 



The meeting was then adjourned. 



ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., No. 83, for March, 1844. Lon- 

 don. Courtis Fund. 



