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PROCEEDINGS 



BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY 



TAKEN FROM THE SOCIETY'S RECORDS. 



January 6, 1864. 

 The President in the chair. 



Present, fifty-five members. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam stated that since the last mcotins: the 

 Society had lost a valued member in the death of Dr. Rich- 

 ard H. Wheatland of Salem. Dr. Wheatland had always 

 taken an active interest in the operations of the Society, and 

 while connected with the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 

 was a constant attendant at its meetings ; though, owing to 

 his retiring disposition, he seldom took an active part in their 

 proceedings. By the decease of our member, science has 

 lost an honest and enthusiastic laborer. 



Dr. Wheatland's investigations were principally devoted to the 

 Keptiles, and his special study was the development of our native Ba- 

 trachians. For this purpose he visited all the ponds and ditches in 

 the vicinity of Salem and Cambridge, collected the eggs of our Frogs 

 and Toads, and carefully raised the young in order to observe the 

 changes which they undergo in their development. The collection 

 thus made was placed in the Museum at Cambridge and the Essex 

 Institute at Salem. 



PROCEEDINGS B. S. N. H.— VOL. X. 1 8EPTEMBEE, 1865. 



