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On motion of Mr. G. A. Ward, a committee, consisting 

 of Messrs. G-. A. Ward, R. S. Rantoul, George Perkins, 

 E. N. Walton, T. M. Stimpson, Charles Davis, G. D. Wildes, 

 S. P. Fowler, and W. P. Upham, was appointed to present 

 the claims of the Institute upon the public for a more lib- 

 eral patronage, so that it may be better enabled to 

 accomplish the objects of its organization. 



On motion of Mr. S. P. Fowler a committee was ap- 

 pointed to make a collection of card photographs of the 

 members of the Institute. Messrs. S. P. Fowler, John 

 Robinson, and D. W. Bowdoin were placed on this com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. S. P. Fowler was requested to prepare a paper on 

 the Ornithologists of America, for publication in the Pro- 

 ceedings. 



THURSDAY, JUNE 9th. Ordinary Meeting. 



J. G. Waters in the chair. 



The following persons, having been nominated at a 

 previous meeting, were duly elected Resident Members : 

 William B. Parker, James S. Kimball, Edward H. Payson, 

 S. W. Davis, Edward L. Perkins, George P. Farrington, 

 Mrs. John Clark, J. Ford Smith, A. G. Cornelius, Charles 

 Roundy, James F. Hale, E. F. Roberts, J. W. Roberts, 

 David Perkins, Jeremiah Page, Henry Morton, Benj. M. 

 Chamberlain, A. P. Amidon, all of Salem. 



Additions to the Museum and Library during April, May 

 and June, 1864. 



TO THE NATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. 



BROOKHOUSE Jr., ROBERT. Specimens of Glyptemys insculpta from Salem. 

 BURT, D. W. Male and female Attacus cecropia. 



CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES. Eggs of a Mollusk and an Echinus from Beverly 

 Bar. 



CHIPMAN, R. M. Attacus luna from Salem. 



