Meeting.] 106 [November 20, 
General Meeting. November 20, 1878. 
Vice President, Mr. 8. H. Scudder, in the chair. Twenty- 
eight persons present. 
The following candidates were elected Associate Members: 
Messrs. W. L. Allen, Geo. W. Hammond, Henry Edwards, 
Chas. S. Hull, H. G. Kittredge, A. J. Lewis, J. A. Osborn, 
and H. F. Walling. 
The following subjects were discussed: Darwinism and 
the Human Eye, by Dr. David Hunt, and Growth as a 
Function of Cells, by Dr. C. 8. Minot. 
A paper on Early Types of Insects, by Mr. 8. H. Scudder, 
was presented by title. (See the Society’s Memoirs 1, 1, 
no. 2.) 
The Custodian reported a gift of a specimen of Chimera 
monstrosa from Mr. Wm. Prior, Jr., to whom the thanks of 
Society were voted. 
The following donations to the collection of New England 
Birds were announced by Dr. T. M. Brewer. 
From Frank L. Tileston, Esq.: A fine specimen of the Winter 
Yellow-leg, Gambeita melanoleuca, a female, shot in Chatham, Cape 
Cod, Nov. 2, 1878. 
The Hudsonian Godwit in winter plumage, 2, same date. 
A very remarkable specimen, also ?, of JZacrorhamphus scolo- 
paceus, Lawrence, shot at the same time and place. 
Mr. George H. Mackay, Esq.: An immature specimen of the 
Purple Gallinule, Gallinula martinica, a semi-tropical species, of rare 
occurrence in New England. This specimen is said to have been 
shot in October 1872, near the north head of Hummock Pond, in 
Nantucket. 
Hyperborean Phalerope, Phalaropus hyperboreus, shot on the land, 
in Nantucket, Sept. 20, 1878. 
Stilt Sand-piper, shot in Nantucket, July 25, 1878. This is the 
