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W. H. NiLES. Kemarks on the relations between the Tegeta- 

 tion and geological structure of the hills of Western Mas- 

 sachusetts. 



September 21, 1864. 



C. A. Shuetleff. The general Plan of Venation in the or- 

 der of Insects and its modifications in the different sub- 

 orders. 

 October 19, 1864. 



Capt. N. E. Atwood. Remarks on the habits of the Mackerel 

 and Menhaden, (^Scomber vernalis and Alosa menhaden). 



November 2, 1864. 



Dr. James C. White. Description of two human skulls re- 

 cently brought from Stockton, California, and presented to 

 the Society by Dr. C. F. Winslow. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson. Remarks on the manufacture of Peat. 



November 16, 1864. 



Dr. C. F. WixsLOW. On fossil bones from the Andes. 

 Dr. A. A. Gould. Remarks on the diverse signification of 

 descriptive terms among Conchologists. 



December 7, 1864. 



Prof. C. E. Hamlix. Remarks on some facts connected with 



the development of Frogs, observed at Waterville, Maine. 



On a Habit of Certhia americana, supposed to have been 



hitherto unnoticed by authors. 

 Capt. N. E. Atwood. Remarks on the habits of the Dog- 



Fish, (Mustelus canis). 



December 21, 1864. 



Dr. C. T. Jackson. Discovery of Emery in Chester, Mass. 



January 4, 1865. 



Profs. Alexander Winchell and Oliver IVIarcy. Enu- 

 meration of Fossils collected in the Niagara Limestone at 

 Chicago, Illinois, Vith descriptions of several new species. 



Dr. Henry Bryant. Remarks on the tj-pical specimen of 

 Buteo insignatus Cassin, in confirmation of previously ex- 

 pressed views of the author of the identity of several so- 

 called species of Buteo. An examination of the tongue of 

 Sphjrapicus varius in relation to its alleged habit of eat- 

 ing the inner bark of the aj^ple tree. 



January 18, 1865. 



Dr. B. Joy Jeffries. Anatomy and Physiology of accom- 

 modation in the human eye. 



