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The following is a list of donations during the past year: 

 From F. W. Putnam, Merlangus carbonarius, Atberina no - 

 tata, Cottus groenlandicus (young & old) ; Charles J. Lee, 

 Labraxrufus, Pimelodus catus, Perca flavescens, Pomotis vulga- 

 ris, Leuciscus americanus ; P. D. Allen, Labrax lineatus, Labrax 

 rufus, Pomotis vulgaris, Catostomus bostoniensis, Morrhua 

 pruinosa ; Joseph True, Cottus virginianus, 10 specimens 

 of Syngnathus Peckianus ; S. F. Goldthwaite, Seriola zonata, 

 Temnodon saltator, Osmerus viridescens, Alosa sapidissima, 

 Phycis americana ; Jesse Potter, Syngnathus, (spec. ?), Gulf 

 Weed ; Wm. P. Goodhue, Prionotus lineatus ; Charles A. 

 Putnam, 2 specimens Palinurus perciformis, Tautoga ameri- 

 cana, (a very large specimen weighing 14 pounds) ; H. W. 

 Putnam, Palinurus perciformis; C. C. Osgood, Temnodon 

 saltator (young) ; A. Hideout, Hemitripterus americanus ; 

 B. Webb, jr., Sebastes norvegicus; John N. Martin, Prionotus; 

 N. C. Robbins, Malthea nasuta, from Apalachicola, Florida ; 

 S Jillson, Lamna punctata ; F. Winsor, Phycis americanus ; 

 L. R. Stone, Morrhua aeglefinus ; Charles Robbins, Scomber- 

 esox Storeri ; John Chadwick, do. do. ; Mrs. G. R. Mason, 

 Syngnathus, (spec. 7), West Coast of Africa; Wm. C. Barton, 

 Lepidosteus longirostris ; Eben Pickering, Centropristis varius, 

 weight 3 pounds, length 11 3-4 inches, rare North of Martha's 

 Vineyard ; Messrs. Webster, Ham & Newcomb, Lamna punc- 

 tata, a very large and beautiful specimen, measuring over 

 8 1-2 feet in length. 



Where no locality is mentioned, the specimens were from 

 the waters of Essex County. 



The Report on Mammalogy, by Dr. Frederick Winsor, was 

 read and accepted. It was as follows, viz : 



In the cabinet of the Essex Institute, there are now 48 

 specimens of the Mammalia, stuffed or in alcohol, exclusive of 

 duplicates. These have recently been examined, numbered and 

 catalogued. Their condition is pretty good. The catalogue 

 has been made in accordance with the most recent and approved 

 system and nomenclature, to which the examiner has had 

 access. Space has been left for the insertion of various genera 



