1880.] 
499 
Botany. 
JOHN CUMMINGS, 
CHARLHS J. SPRAGUE, 
J. AMORY LOWELL. 
Microscopy. 
SAMUEL WELLS, 
R. C. GREENLEAF, 
B. Joy JEFFRIES, M.D. 
Comparative Anatomy. 
THOMAS DwieutT, M.D., 
J.C. WuHiTH, M.D., 
W. F. WHITNEY, M.D. 
| Anniversary. 
Fishes and Reptiles. 
F. W. Putnam, 
THEODORE LYMAN, 
S. W. GARMAN. 
Birds. 
J. A. ALLEN, 
SAMUEL CaBoT, M.D. 
Mammals. 
J. A. ALLEN, 
E. L. MARK, 
Gro. L. GOODALE, M.D. 
Prof. Hyatt read a letter from the Boston Scientific Soci- 
ety, presenting models of the sun and earth in _propor- 
tionate size for hanging in the arches of the entrance hall 
of the Museum. The gift was gratefully accepted, and a vote 
of thanks passed for the same. 
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOCIETY’S FOUNDATION. 
APRIL 28, 1880. 
The Society celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary by a spe- 
cial meeting in its Museum April 28, 1880. Addresses were 
made by President T. T. Bouvé, Governor John D. Long, Dr. 
Samuel Eliot, President Charles W. Eliot, Mr. Alexander 
Agassiz and Rev. R. C. Waterston. An account of the cele- 
bration and the addresses in full are given in the Anniversary 
Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, pub- 
lished in celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the 
Society’s Foundation. 
