CLXII 



Vice President A. C. GOODELL, JR., in the chair. 



The records of the preceding meeting were read. Do- 

 nations were announced to the Museum and Library. 



Letters were read from the following : 



S. H. Scudder, Sect. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.: H. A. Bellows. Con- 

 cord, N. H. ; A. W. Dodge, Hamilton; Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr., Boston; 

 C. G. Brewster, Boston ; H. A. Purdie, Boston ; Samuel Jillson, Felt- 

 onville, Mass. ; Prof. Joseph Henry, Sect. Smithsonian Institution ; 

 Prof. Theo. Gill, Smithsonian Institution ; B. Westermann & Co., New 

 York; Ezra Cleaves, Beverly; Mrs. K. N. Doggett, Chicago, 111. ; Hugh 

 Wilson, Salem; A. Lackey, Marblehead; Mrs. P. A. Hanaford, Reading; 

 I. P. Langworthy, Boston; Rev. Geo. D. Wildes, Salem; Paul J. Beck- 

 ford, Salisbury, relating to the forwarding of specimens and general 

 business : W. M. Hunting, Fairfield, N. Y. ; E. S. Morse, Gorham, Me. : 

 Prof. O. P. Hubbard, Dartmouth College; Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithso- 

 nian Institution; Dr. Julius Homberger, New York; Prof. E. A. Ver- 

 rill, Norway, Me.; Capt. Alpheus Hyatt, Gorham, Me.; H. B. Rice, 

 Boston; Surgeon B. G. Wilder, 55th Mass. Vols. ; N. S. Shaler, Cam- 

 bridge ; W. Bower, New York ; A. C. Goodell, Jr., Salem ; W. A. Smith, 

 Worcester, relating to the publications : James P. Kimball, New York, 

 accepting membership. 



Joseph P. Cloutman, of Salem, was elected a Resident 

 Member. 



Mr. F. W. Putnam, of Salem, was called on for an ac- 

 count of the forenoon ramble. The various specimens that 

 had been collected were displayed on the table, and Mr. 

 Putnam took them up in order. He first showed a fish 

 bone, and explained how from one bone, hair, tooth or 

 scale the character of the living animal could be determin- 

 ed, the analysis in the present case proving the specimen 

 to be part of the jaw of the monk fish (Lophius). He next 

 showed several specimens of sandlances (Ammodytes), 

 which bury themselves in the sand, when thrown up by 

 the waves, aud remain till the next tide allows them to re- 

 turn to their native element. These fishes often lie at the 

 bottom of the water, apparently dead, but on being dis- 

 turbed revive and become as active as ever. A bottle of 



