IV CONTENTS. 



Adjourned Meeting, Thursday, May 22, 101 



Notice of a Portfolio containing Plans of several of the Old Houses of 

 Salem by Samuel Mclntire, from H. K. Oliver, 102 ; of ''The First Book 

 of Records of the Proprietors of Common Lands of Salem Village," 

 from Miss Ruth Marsh, 102. 



Special Meeting, Monday, June 9, 103 



Notice of the death of Rev. J. L. Russell, and resolutions adopted, 103. 

 Field Meeting at Amesbury, Thursday, June 19, . . . . 104 

 Historical Notices of Ramble, 104. Remarks of the President, 107; of 

 Hon. A. W. Dodge, 110; of F. W. Putnam on Stone Implements, 111; 

 of J H. Emerton, 114; of Rev. W. H. Eaton, 115; of H. B. Crane, 

 115; of Dr. H. G. Leslie, 115; of Wm. Ashby, 115; of Rev. C. M. 

 Dinsmore, 116; of W. C. Binney, 116. 



Field Meeting at Lynnfleld, Wednesday, July 30, . . .117 

 Notice of the Excursions, 117. F. W. Putnam on Toads and Fishes, 124; 

 on an Indian Knife, 125. Communication from N. Cleaveland notic- 

 ing an Herbarium, and specimens in Mineralogy collected near Erz- 

 room in Asia Minor, 126. Rev. E. C. Bolles on shells, etc., found in 

 Humphrey's Pond, 127; J. Robinson on Wild Flowers and Ferns. 128; 

 Remarks of Rev. S. H. Taft, Gen. J. Newhall and N. A. Horton, 128. 



Field Meeting at Chebacco Pond, Tuesday, August 12, . . 129 

 Notices of the Excursion, 131 ; Geo. D. Phippen on early reminiscences, 

 133; A. W. Dodge, on the Rev. Dr. Cutler, 134. Remarks of Prof. A. 

 Gray, on the Peculiar Properties of the Leaves of the Pitcher Plant, 

 138; List of Plants collected during the Rambles by S. B. Buttrick, 

 139. Remarks of Prof. G. L. Goodale and J. J, H. Gregory? 140 ; of 

 F. W. Putnam on the Fishes in the Pond, 141. 



Field Meeting at Danvers Centre, Friday, September 5, . . 143 

 Notice of the Excursions, 143. F. W. Putnam on the Meeting of the 

 A. A. A. S.. at Portland, 151. On the Generic Affinities of the New 

 England Chitons, by P. P. Carpenter, 152. Remarks of J. Robinson 

 on Ferns, 155; of R'ev. E. C. Bolles, 156. Remarks by Rev. C. B. 

 Rice, 158; of D. Stiles on the Old Townsend Bishop House, 158; of 

 Dr. J. Spofford, 159; of A. Mudge, 159; of W. P. Upham on the Parris 

 House, 160; of Geo. Tapley on the Hon. Samuel Holton, 160. List of 

 Plants collected during the Excursion, by S. B. Buttrick, 161. 



Special Meeting, Thursday, September 11, 162 



Memorial Address upon the late Henry C. Perkins, M.D., by Rev. S. 

 J. Spalding, D.D., 162. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, October 6, 163 



Regular Meeting, Monday, October 20, 163 



Regular Meeting, Monday, November 3, ..... 165 

 C. J. Maynard on the Mechanism of the Flight of Birds,168. On the 

 Bird-Fauna of the Salt Lake Valley and the Adjacent Portions of the 

 Wahsatch Mountains, by Robert Ridgway, 168. On the Birds of Col- 

 orado, by Robert Ridgway, 174. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, November 17, 196 



On some New Forms of American Birds, by Robert Ridgway and S. F. 

 Baird, 197. 



Regular Meeting, Monday December 1, . 202 



Notice of the death of Benjamin F. Browne, 203. 

 Regular Meeting, Monday, December 15, 203 



Notice of the Death of Prof. Agassiz, 204. Resolutions, 204. Remarks 

 of A. S. Packard, 205; of F. W. Putnam, 205. 



Special Meeting, Tuesday, December 16, 208 



Remarks of Hon. James Kimball, 208; of A. C. Goodell, Jr., 210; of J. 

 Wingate Thornton, 211. 



