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organs folded flat. But more than likely, on its first halt, 

 the hare's natural timidity will not permit it either to squat 

 to steal quietly away. On the contrary it sits erect on 

 its haunches, intent to discover new alarm. The attitude 

 at such times is highly characteristic. One fore foot is 

 advanced a little before the other, and the ears are held 

 pointing in opposite directions. A hare in such an atti- 

 tude as this is always upon the watch, and the slightest 

 stimulation of its fears at such time is enough to start it 

 on its bounding course. It is a beautiful exhibition of 

 timid watchfulness. 



I have never seen this hare stand erect with its fore 

 paws off the ground, as some of its smaller relatives are 

 wont to do, and I doubt that it ever assumes this attitude 

 except perhaps momentarily. The position above de- 

 scribed, and the ordinary squatting in its form, are the 

 only motionless attitudes I have observed. On the few 

 occasions when I have seen it feeding quietly, unsuspicious 

 of danger, it moved about with alternate lengthening and 

 doubling of the body, like that of the common rabbit 

 under similar circumstances. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1875. 



MEETING this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The PRESIDENT ' 

 in the chair. 



W. P. UPHAM was elected secretary, pro tern. Records 

 of preceding meeting read. . 



The SECRETARY announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From N. J. Bartlett, Boston, Apr. 9; W. H. Whitmore, Boston, Apr. 9, 17; Dr. 

 J. Plason, Wien, Nov. 20, 1874; Daniel A. Rogers, Chicago, 111., Apr. 9; Brunn, 



