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for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historic, 1866, '67, '68 '69, Svo. Oldnasdisk Ordlog af 

 Erik Jonsson, Svo, Kjobenhavn, 1803. 



DRESDEN, NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE GESELLSCHAFT "Isis." Sitzungs-Be- 

 richte, April, Mai, Jnni, Svo, Dresden, 1870. 



EMDEN, NATURFORSCHENDE GESELLSCHAFT. Jahresbericht, 1868, Svo. 



FRANKFURT, ZOOLOGISCHE GESELLSCHAFT. Der Zoologische Garten. Zeil- 

 schrift filr Beobachtung Pllege und Zucht der Thiere. Herausgegeben von Dr. 

 F. C. Noll, Juhrg. xi, 6 Nos. Svo, Frankfurt, A. M., 1870. 



LUNEBURG, NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHER VEREIN. Jahreshefte, 1868-9, Svo. 



MUCHEN, KONIGLICH BAIERISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN. Sit- 

 zungsberichte, 1869, 1870. 



Moscou SOCIETE IMPERIALS DBS NATURALISTES. Bulletin, Annee 1809, No. 4, 

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NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Proceedings of. Vol. ii, No. 2, Second 

 Series, 1870, Svo. 



QUEBEC LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Transactions, New Series, Part 

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PUBLISHERS. American Naturalist. Christian World. Essex Banner. Gar- 

 deners' Monthly. Gloucester Telegraph. Haverhill Gazette. Historical MagazinA 

 Lawrence American. Little Giant. Lynn Semi-Weekly Reporter. Medical and 

 Surgical Reporter. Nation. Nature. Peabody Press. Quaritch's Catalogue. Sa- 

 lem Observer. 



The following donations to the Historical Department were an- 

 nounced : 



DOWNIE, Mrs. E. A. An old Memorial Pitcher an engraving of the Boston 

 Massacre, March 5, 1770. 



FLOWERS, WILLIAM H. Fifty Dollar Bill of Confederate currency. 



HOBART, Mrs. -SARAH. Aii old Spinning Wheel for woolen yarn. 



TUCKER, JONATHAN. An Umbrella and a Parasol of the fashion of 1804. 



George F. Choate of Salem, Mary O. Hodges of Salem, and Mary 

 "W. Bemis of Chicopee, were elected members. 



Mr. F. \f*. PUTNAM made a few remarks on two specimens of in- 

 terest which had recently been added to the Museum of the Peabody 

 Academy of Science. One of them was a fish not before known in 

 Massachusetts waters. This specimen was a species of Hemiramphus, 

 a genus of tropical fishes belonging to the flying fish family. The 

 species represented by the specimen on the table was probably a 

 'West Indian fish that had strayed from its natural waters and fol- 

 lowed the Gulf Stream until it neared the Massachusetts coast had 

 entered our North river, and followed it up until it reached the mill- 

 pond at Danversport, where, in consequence of the water being too 

 fresh, it died and had been washed ashore. The specimen was found 

 on the shore of the millpond and given to SAMUEL P. FOWLER, Esq., 

 of Danvers, who presented it to the Academy. This was the first 

 instance of a species of the genus Hemiramphus having been found in 

 Essex County waters, and though a straggler, and hence not a regular 

 County fish, was still a most perfect and interesting addition to the 

 large ichthyological collection of the Academy. 



