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VOL. 8. SALEM, MASS., DEC., 1876. Nos. 9-12. 



REGULAR MEETING, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1876. 



MEETING this evening. The PRESIDENT in the chair. 

 Records of preceding meeting rend. 



The SECRETARY announced the following correspon- 

 dence : 



From J. A. Allen, Cambridge, Nov."; Belfast Naturalist Field Club, Sept. 7; 

 Charle.s A. Bemis, Marlborough, N. H., Aug. 3; George B. Blbdgette, Rowley, Nov. 

 20; S. L. Boardman, Augusta, Me., Nov. 17, 27; Henry Breed, Lynn, Nov. 18; Cher- 

 bourg, Societe Nationale des Sciences Naturelles, Oct. 13; C. Cusliing, Boston, Nov. 

 16; C. W. Eaton, Wakcfleld, Nov. 27, Dec. 2; Cliarles Wyllys Elliott, Cambridge, 

 Nov. I; Grace A. Elli?, Boston, Nov. 18; Emden, Naturforschende Gescllschail, 

 Sept. 1; Frank M. Etting, Philadelphia, Nov. 20; A. W. Footc, Boston, Nov. 0; A. 

 C. Goodell, Jr., Nov. 25; A. F. Gray, Danversport, Nov. 18; Kjobenhavn, Det K. 

 Danske videnskaberncs Selskab, O^t. 17; F. LeBaron, Boston, Nov. 18; J. D. Mil- 

 ler, Cross River, N. Y., Nov. 14; W. S. Nevins, Nov. 22; S. C. Oliver, Philadelphia, 

 Nov. 21 ; Page Belting Co., Concord, N. H., Nov. 17; J. S. Pierson, New York, Nov. 

 15, 17, 2:5, 24; H. Reed, Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 15; Abby S. Richardson, Boston, Nov 

 18; T. S. Robert?, Minneapolis. Nov. Hi; C. Saltonstall, Nov. 25; Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, July 2fi; U. S. Bureau of Education, Nov. 10; J. A. Vintou, Winchester, 

 Nov. 24; Zurich, Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Aug. 



Dean Dudley of Wakefield, was elected a correspond- 

 ing member. 



Vice President F. W. PUTNAM presented to the soci- 



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