Hunt.] 332 [March 4, 



GENERAL'S UMMARY. 



Found irrespective of season 77 



Found only in summer . . . . . . . .92 



" " winter 47 



" " spring and fall . 72 



Total number of species . . .288 



Number of species breeding, about 155 



Number of species wintering, about 155 



Second and final action was taken on the following change 

 in the Constitution, Art. VI, viz. : that after the words " ma- 

 jority of votes," the words "of members present" be inserted, 

 and the proposed chaoge was adopted. 



The thanks of the Society were voted to Mrs. J. J. Glover 

 for a collection of paleontological, ethnological, and other 

 specimens. 



March 4, 1874. 



The President in the chair. Forty persons present. 



Mr. Bouve introduced the subject of Dr. Genth's theory of 

 the metamorphism of corundum, which has lately been pub- 

 lished, and explained the meaning of the terms metamorphism 

 and pseudomorphism as used in mineralogy, and, in conclud- 

 ing, called upon Dr. Hunt for his views on the question. 



On Dr. Genth's Researches on Corundum and its Associ- 

 ated Minerals. By Dr. T. Sterry Hunt. 



The speaker, while praising the industry and chemical skill dis- 

 played in the paper of Dr. Genth, insisted upon the importance of 

 some clear definitions as to replacement, alteration and association 

 in the mineral kingdom, for the lack of which he conceived the 

 learned author, in common with many others, had fallen into errors, 

 and had been led to conclusions wholly untenable. The name of 



