CONTENTS. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, January 1, 1877, . . . 1 



On the Commemorations of the Centennial Year; especially the Cen- 

 tennial International Exhibition. Remarks by the President, 1; 

 Hon. George B. Loring, 3; Rev. E. S. Atvvood, 12; Rev. E. C. 

 Bolles, 15. . 



Tuesday, January 9, 1877, . 19 



Lecture by Major J. W. Powell, On the North American Indians, 19. 



Monday, January 15, 1877, . . . . . . . . 19 



Lecture by Major J. W. Powell, On the Canons of the Colorado, 19. 



Monday, January 29, 1877, .20 



Lecture by Prof. Henry Carmichael, On Flame, 20. 

 Regula* Meeting, Monday, February 5, 1877, .... 21 



Meeting, Monday, February 12, 1877, 21 



Lecture by Prof. A. G. Bell, On the Telephone, 21. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, February 19, 1877, . . . . 28 



A Communication, by Mr. John McNeil, of Winchester, On Artificial , 

 Fish Breedii p. 28; Mr. F. W. Putnam, Observations on the Lam- 

 prey Eel, 29; Resolutions in reference to Prof. Bell's lecture on tel- 

 ephone, 30. 



Notes upon the Birds observed in Southern Illinois, between 



July 17, and September 4, 1875, by E. W. Nelson, . " . 32 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 5, 1877, 67 



Mr. James H. Emerton, Communication on Cobwebs, 67; Mr. F. W. 

 Putnam, On a Piece of Mexican Sculpture f j..nd near Acapulco, 69. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, March 19, 1877, . ..'.' . 71 



Mr. John Robinson's Lecture on the Fertilization of Flowers by Wind 

 and by Insects, 71; Announcement of the death- of Mr. E. Bickuell 

 at Lynn, 72. 



Notes on the Hirudinei observed in Michigan, by A. Sager, . 73 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 2, 1877, . . . . 76 



Resolutions on Mr. E. Bicknell, 7(>; Mr. F. W. Putnam, Remarks on 

 % the Development of the Ceramic Art and Ornamentation among the 

 American Nations, 77. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, April 16, 1877, 77 



Dr. A. S. Packard, Remarks on Grasshoppers' Egsrs taken from Prai- 

 rie Soil in Iowa; Lecture by Mr. J. S. Kmgsley, On Crustacea, 78. 



Regular Meeting, Monday, May 7, 1877, ..... 79 



Lecture by Rev. H. W. Foote, of Boston, On the Church and State 

 uuder Andros, 79. 



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