Wyman.] 68 



Mr. S. N. Chamberlain stated that he had found the spawn in eels 

 brought to market for about three weeks in October, to be mature, 

 but very small. 



The President exhibited a siDecimen of "Bull-dog Cod," 

 being a deformed mdividual of the common species of cod 

 and made some remarks upon the character of the malformar 

 tion of its head. 



Capt. Atwood stated that this monstrosity was found, so 

 far as he was aware, only in Labrador, and was not uncommon 

 there. 



Mr. Putnam said that Mr. Sceva had recently presented a 

 Cunner, Ctenolahrus cceruleus^ having this same malforma- 

 tion of the snout. Mr. Putnam had brought this summer 

 from the lakes in Maine, two specimens of trout similarly 

 distorted. 



Capt. Atwood presented two deformed claws of lobsters, 

 in which Prof. Wyman stated the same princiiDle prevailed as 

 in recorded cases of monstrosities in Vertebrates. 



Capt. Atwood remarked that the " larger claw " of the 

 lobster was found equally on either side. 



The following gentlemen were elected Resident Members : 

 Mr. David S. Greenough, of Jamaica Plain, and Mr. Copley 

 Amory, of Boston. 



N'ovember 2, 1864. 

 The President in the chair. 



Thirty-six members present. 



Dr. C. F. Winslow presented two skulls, together with two 

 stone pestles and a mortar, which he had obtained from a 

 sepulchral mound which covered a space of half an acre near 

 Stockton, California. The mound was nearly filled with im- 

 plements and with the skeletons, which were found lying in a 

 horizontal position. 



He also presented some fish, a sepia and some lizards, from 



