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5. F. W. Putnam, on Monday April 20, on " Fishes." 



6. Prof. W. B. Rogers, on Wednesday May 1-3, on " Ap- 

 plication of Science to the Arts." 



These lectures were well attend(;d and a desire has been, 

 expressed that other courses should be hereafter arranged. 



Publications. — One volume of the Historical Collections : 

 and the third part of vol. ii. of the Proceedings, have been 

 printed, which concludes that volume. 



Department of Natural History, continues to receive 

 a merited degree of attention. Forty-one donations have 

 been made in Zoology^ as follows : — Mammals, 5, Birds, 7, 

 Reptiles 8, Fishes 4, Mollusks 6, Articulates 7, Radiates 2, 

 Fossils 2, several of these donations comprise a large num- 

 ber of specimens and species, many of which were new to 

 the Cabinets. 



During the year much has been done in the arrangement 

 of the specimens : the Birds have been catalogued and num- 

 bered, and the North American species identified and la- 

 belled — those indigenous to the county of Essex have been 

 brought together and placed in separate cases. A visitor 

 to the rooms can now form a very good idea of the number 

 and appearance of the birds ol this County, for we have 

 representatives of nearly all the species found within its 

 limits. It is proposed to adopt this plan in the arrange- 

 ment of the other classes and endeavor to procure speci- 

 mens so that the Fauna of the County shall be fully repre- 

 sented in our collections. 



The Mammals have been catalogued and to a certain ex- 

 tent identified and labelled. That of Reptiles, Fishes and 

 Insects have been commenced. The Radiates, by the as- 

 sistance of Messrs. A. Agassiz and A. E. Verriil have been 

 fully identified, catalogued and labelled. 



