Bouve\] 26 [December 6, 



Dr. J. B. S. Jackson remarked that a specimen of the 

 pelican (JP. erythrorhynchus) liad been shot recently near 

 Cohasset, Mass., and inquired how frequently it was found in 

 the State. 



Dr. T. M. Brewer replied that this bird is now a rare visi- 

 tor, although breeding farther north in great numbers. Mr. 

 J. A. Allen remarked that the specimen referred to by Dr. 

 Jackson was the third shot in the State within late years, but 

 that the pelican was once a common bird here. 



In the name of Dr. G. A. Otis, of the U. S. Army Medical 

 Museum, Dr. Jackson presented a photograph of Dr. Jeffries 

 Wyman, from a picture taken a few months before his death. 

 Mr. F. W. Putnam also promised a smaller copy of the same 

 picture in Dr. Otis' name. The thanks of the Society were 

 voted to Dr. Otis for these valuable memorials of its late 

 President. 



A large collection of microscopical slides, prepared by the 

 late Wm. Glen, purchased for the Society by Mr. R. C. 

 Greenleaf and Dr. A. D. Sinclair, and carefully catalogued by 

 the former, was also presented. 



General Meeting. December 6, 1876. 



The President, Mr. T. T. Bouve, in the chair. Forty-three 

 persons present. 



After opening the meeting as usual, the President said : — 



The Society is again called upon to deplore the loss of a 

 valuable member and officer in the death of our late Treas- 

 urer, Mr. Edward Pickering. 



Previous to our last meeting Mr. Pickering had been 

 ill for a day or two from a trouble in his throat, affecting 

 the vocal organs, and making it painful for hirn to converse 

 freely, but he kept about his usual occupations until a few 

 hours before we met, when feeling unable to be with us, he 



