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Smith of Worcester, Mrs. P. A. Haiiaford of Beverly, S. D. 

 Bell of Manchester, N. H., C. M. Tracy and F. E. Oliver of 

 Lynn, relating to business matters, 



The Secretary read some extracts from the Records of two 

 Aqueduct Corporations, which, though limited in their opera- 

 tions, are interesting as relating to the history of the introduction 

 of water into this city. (See Historical Collections, VI, No. I.) 



F. W. Putnam exhibited the Pea lien recently presented by 

 F. Peabody and mounted by S. Jillson. This Hen had been 

 kept on the grounds of Col. Peabody for seventeen years: about 

 two years since she commenced to assume the plumage charac- 

 teristic of the male, and had so far accomplished this object that 

 at the time of her death she had attained the ''train" and the bril- 

 liant colors of the male. Mr. Putnam stated that Latham, in his 

 Synopsis of Birds, mentioned two such instances that had come 

 under his observation. He also said that similar cases had 

 been noticed among other birds, and was quite common in the 

 English Pheasant. Similar changes in the external appearance 

 were known to take place in some species of fishes. 



A. C. Goodell Jr. read a portion of an account, presented by 

 George B. Loring, of the houses on Essex street in 1793, writ- 

 ten by Col. Pickman who died in 1819. 



Thomas Morong of Gloucester, was elected a Resident Mem- 

 ber. Jeremiah L. Hanaford of Watertown, and Benj. F. Mudge 

 of Quindaro, Kansas, were elected Corresponding Members. 



MONDAY, MARCH 21. Evening meeting. 

 Vice President, A*. C. Goodell Jr., in the chair. 

 Donations to the Library were announced. 

 Letters were read, from the Trustees of the New York State 

 Library, giving notice of the transmission of books : from 

 Trustees of the Boston Public Library, acknowledging the re- 

 ceipt of publications : from Wm. A. Smith of Worcester, in 

 relation to publications. 



Mr. Goodell concluded the reading of Mr. Pickman's account 



