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Assessment from three to five dollars, presented a report, 

 which was read and accepted. The Committee con- 

 cluded their report with the recommendation that the 

 Annual Assessment be five instead of three dollars. The 

 consideration of this recommendation was postponed to 

 the next meeting. 



The Chairman read a letter from Townend Glover, of 

 Washington, returning thanks to the Society for his elec- 

 tion as Corresponding Member, and accepting the same. 

 Mr. Glover likewise wrote that he intended soon to send 

 to the Society a number of plates of Insects Injurious to 

 Vegetation, which he was preparing for publication. 



Mr. T. J. Whittemore read a letter from a gentleman 

 in Germany, proposing to exchange a collection of Fossil 

 Shells of Austria for those of North America, or a rare 

 and costly work on fossils for the same. The letter was 

 referred to the Curator of Geology. 



Dr. S. Kneeland, Jr., read the following paper : — 



ON THE BIRDS OF KEWEENAW POINT, LAKE SUPERIOR. 

 BY S. KNEELAND, JR., M. D., BOSTON. 



Most of the birds mentioned in the following list were seen by 

 me during a residence of nearly a year at Portage Lake, from 

 August, 1856, to June, 1857. A few have been introduced on tlie 

 authority of competent eye-witnesses. When there is any doubt 

 concerning the occurrence of a bird, it is so indicated. In Ke- 

 weenaw Point, I include that portion of the Upper Peninsula of 

 Michigan which extends up into Lake Superior, embracing not 

 only the Point proper, but the western portion as far as Ontona- 

 gon, the region of Portage Lake and Entry, and the Anse of Ke- 

 weenaw Bay — all of which localities I have visited. 



This region lies between 47° and 48° north latitude, and be- 

 tween 88° and 90° longitude west from Greenwich, being the 

 so-called " Copper Region " of Lake Superior. 



It is probable that many birds, especially among the warblers 



