1876.] 345 [Annual Report. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 

 LECTURES. 



Four courses of free Lectures, supported as usual by the 

 generosity of John A. Lowell, Esq., as Trustee of the Lowell 

 Institute, have been given during the winter, as follows : six 

 by Prof. E. S. Morse, entitled " Six New Engand Animals 

 and their nearest Allies " ; six' on "Botany," by Prof. G. L. 

 Goodale ; six on the "Ancient Rocks of North America," by 

 Prof. T. Sterry Hunt ; and two on "Mineral Veins and Ores," 

 by Mr. L. S. Barbank. The botanical course had the largest 

 attendance, averaging 192. 



LIBRARY. 



The additions during the past year number 1719, which 

 may be classified as follows : — 



8vo. 4to. folio. 



Volumes . . 275 

 Parts . . .807 

 Pamphlets . . 193 

 Maps and Charts . 



Tota 



52 



292 



24 



. 327 

 . 1108 

 . 217 

 . 67 



. 1719 



The more important additions include a nearly complete 

 set of Siebold and Kollicker's "Zeitschrift fur wissenschaft- 

 lichen Zoologie," the completion of the Zoological portion 

 of the "Annales des Sciences Naturelles" (from 1834), and 

 Dresser and Sharpe's " Birds of Europe." 



We are indebted especially to the following Societies for 

 large series of their earlier publications. 



K. Leopold. -Carol. Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Dresden. 



Societe d'Hist. Nat. du de"pt. de la Moselle. . . . Metz. 



Reale Accad. Lucchese di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti . . Lucca. 



Feuille des jeunes Naturalistes Paris. 



During the year the following new exchanges have been 

 arranged : — 



The Quarterly Journal of Conchology .... Leeds. 

 The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine .... London. 



