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Section of Botany, January 10, 1877 75 



Dr. Asa Gray. On some remarkable specimens of Kalmia latifolia . 75 



General Meeting, January 17, 1877 76 



Election of Associate Members 76 



Dr. T. M. Brewer. Eggs of Molothrus bonariensis 76 



Resolutions on the death of Mr. F. B. Meek 76 



Change in the Constitution .77 



General Meeting, February 7, 1877 77 



Mr. Samuel H. Scudder. On the Phenomena of Circulation in Insects 77 



General Meeting, February 21, 1877 70 



Election of Treasurer • 79 



General Meeting, March 7, 1877. ........ «0 



Election of Associate Members . 80 



Mr. Samuel H. Scudder. The Florida Orthoptera collected by Mr. 



J. Henry Comstock 80 



Dr. W. J. Hoffman. List of Mammals found in the vicinity of 



Grand River, D. T 94 



Mr. Theodore LyMan. Mode of Forking among Astrophytons (Plates 



4-7) 102 



General Meeting^ March 21> 1877 109 



Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A. Notes on some of the Birds found 

 in Southeastern Oregon, particularly in the vicinity of Camp 



Harney, from November 1874 to January 1877 .... 109 



General Meeting, April 4, 1877 ■ 149 



Mr. W. B. Barrows. Catalogue of the Alcidae contained in the Museum 

 of the Society, with a Review and proposed Classification of the 



Family » 150 



Section of Botany, April 11, 1877j 165 



General Meeting, April 18, 1877 . . . . ■ . . .165 

 Mr. Charles S. Minot. On the Formation of the Germinal Layers, and 



the phenomena of Impregnation among Animals ■ . . 165 



Prof. JoHn McCrady. A Provisional Theory of Generation . . 171 



Annual Meeting, May 2, 1877 . 186 



Prof. A. Hyatt. Custodian's Report 186 



Mr. E. Burgess. Secretary's Report > 192 



Mr. C. W. Scudder. Treasurer's Report 195 



Election of Officers for 1877-78 196 



Election of Members 197 



Mr. S. W. Garman. On the Pelvis and External Sexual Organs of Se- 

 lachians, with especial references to the New Genera Potamotry- 



gon and Disceus 197 



Section of Botany, May 9, 1877 215 



Mr. Byron D. Halsted. Notes upon Vernation ..... 215 



General Meeting, May 16, 1877 216 



Mr. M. Edward Wadsworth. Notes on the Mineralogy and Petro- 

 graphy of Boston and Vicinity 217 



