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Publication Committee — John L. Russell, Henry Wheat- 

 land, George D. Phippen. 



Curators of the Historical Department — On Ethnology 

 William S. Messervy, Matthew A. Stickney, F. H. Lee. 

 On MSS.— Henry M. Brooks, L. R. Stone, S. B. Buttrick, 

 Gilbert L. Streeter. On Fine Arts — Francis Peal3ody, Jo- 

 seph G. Waters, A. Stone. 



Curators of Natural History — In Botany — John L. Rus- 

 sell. In Mammalogy — Frederick Windsor. In Ornithology 

 — Frederick W. Putnam. In Herpetology — Charles R. Wa- 

 ters, P. D. Allen. In Ichthyology — Richard H. Wheatland. 

 In Comparative Anatomy — Henry Wheatland. In Articula- 

 ta — Caleb Cooke. MoUusca Henry F. King. In Radiata 

 — George A. Perkins. In Mineralogy — Benj. F. Mudge. 

 In Geology — Henry F. Shepard. In Paloeontology — Henry 

 F. King. 



Curators of Horticulture. On Fruits and Vegetables — 

 James Upton, Robert Manning, John F. Allen, Richard S. 

 Rogers, George B. Loring, Charles F. Putnam. On Flowers 

 — John C. Lee, Francis Putnam, William Mack. On Garj 

 dens — John L. Russell, John C. Lee, John Bertram, Joseph 

 S. Cabot, Benjamin A. West. 



After the election of the officers, a singular constructed 

 nest of the Golden Robin or Baltimore oriole (Icterus Balti- 

 more Wilson,) was exhibited to the meeting by Mr. S. P. 

 Fowler. The materials were undoubtedly the sweepings 

 from some milliner's shop, and^consisted of, shreads of lace, 

 silk, thread, cotton, and a threaded needle, with other etcet- 

 era, culled from before the door. The whole was ingeniously 

 and wonderfully interwoven into a fantastic and elegant 

 cradle nest. The remarks which Mr. F. offered on the habits 

 of this superb native bird, led to a discussion of the habits 

 of the common robin or thrush, ( Turdus mig-ratorius, L.) as 

 to its value for destroying insects injurious to vegetation and 

 in regard to its fruit-eating propensities, with certain grave 



