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ture, including any individual modes of practice, statistics of 

 blood stock, <fec.,\vlnch may be of public interest and importance 

 within the limits of the society which he represents, and report 

 the same to the Board at the next annual meeting. 



Voted, That a committee of three be appointed by the chair 

 to lay out the work and make arrangements for the meeting of 

 the Board at Concord, December 11. 



This committee was constituted by the appointment of Messrs. 

 Loring, Bull, Huntington and the Secretary. 



Voted, That the Committee on Meetings be authorized to 

 complete any unfinished business. 



Voted, That the next annual meeting be held at the office of 

 <the Secretary, commencing on Thursday, January 31, 1867. 



Adjourned. . 



THE STATE CABINET. 



The public interest in the State Cabinet continues unabated, 

 and it is now recognized as one of the practical educational 

 institutions of the State. The visitors throughout the year 

 average from eighty to ninety per day, and an attendance of 

 from one hundred to one hundred and fifty is by no means 

 uncommon. It is often visited by scientific men from abroad for 

 purposes of reference, and all express themselves pleased at the 

 evident value of the union of practical and scientific groups that 

 is here exhibited. 



The donations through the past year have not been as exten- 

 sive as in some others, but many specimens have been added 

 that were new to the collection. 



IN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Henry A. Purdie presented a fine male specimen of the Golden- 

 winged Warbler, Helminliopliaga chrysoptera. (Baird.) 



Edward A. Samuels donated a specimen of the Mourning Warbler, 

 Geothlypis pMladelphia, (Baird.) and a fine male Black-throated Blue 

 Warbler, Dendroica canadensis, (Baird.) Also a male Quail, or Vii'- 

 ginia Partridge, Ortyx virginiamis. 



Mr. George M. Dexter, of Brookline, donated a splendid pair 



