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ranged in celluloid mounts, for convenience in handling) ; 

 valuable shells ; native spiders, with photographs of webs ; 

 series of rock specimens, and rare R. I. minerals ; exhibits 

 of beetles, moths and butterflies, inculding a series of the 

 gypsy moth in all stages ; and the publications of several 

 scientific societies. These publications showed the strong 

 educational trend of many of the societies, and the work 

 they were doing for children and in the schools. 



All of the scientific societies in Providence were opened 

 to members of the Federation, as well as the laobratories 

 of Brown University, the college and city libraries, and 

 Roger Williams Park. 



On Friday evening, at the Zoological Laboratory of 

 Brown University Prof. A. D. Mead exhibiter the Zeiss 

 Epidiascope lately presented to the laboratory, which pro- 

 jects upon the wall opaque as well as transparent objects of 

 all sizes. There were also exhibited in the laboratory large 

 series of clams, oysters and scollops, illustrating their 

 habits and rate of growth. 



Saturday afternoon the members of the Federation 

 visited Warwick Pond, and the site of an old camping 

 ground of the Narragansett Indians. 



The meeting closed on Saturday evening with an il- 

 lustrated lecture by Mr. Charles Storer, on "Orchids and 

 Other Rare Plants." 



THE FIFTH ANNUAL FIELD MEETING. 



The fifth annual field meeting was held at Mt. Mans- 

 field July 4th and 5th 1906. On the night of the 3rd the 

 members of the two clubs assembled at Stowe. The in- 

 clemency of the weather on the next day prevented some- 

 what the carrying out of previously laid plans. The summit 

 was reached in the afternoon and business meeting was 

 held in the evening. It was voted to hold the winter meet- 

 ing at St. Johnsbury in January, 1907. Miss Isabel M. 

 Paddock, Miss Emily Clark, and Mrs. T. C. Fletcher were 

 appointed a local committee on arrangements. It was 

 voted to join the New England Federation of Natural 

 History Societies. 



THE SIXTH ANNUAL WINTER MEETING. 



The sixth annual winter meeting of the Vermont Bird 



