Annual Meeting.] 350 [May 2, 



Swift, and William Brewster, with a number obtained by purchase. 

 Two birds of great rarity have also been discovered in the general 

 collection, and placed in the New England room. These are a fine 

 immature male Labrador Duck (Camptolaemus labradoricus), and 

 an immature black-throated Diver (Colymbus arcticus). The orig- 

 inal labels of these specimens bear no record of locality, but both 

 have been recognized by their donor, the Hon. Theodore Lyman, 

 as specimens which came into his possession, in the flesh, in the 

 year 1850. He distinctly remembers that the duck was received in 

 the flesh with a lot of Eiders, from a gunner who shot them in or 

 near Boston Harbor ; while the Diver was purchased in the Boston 

 Market. Hence there would seem to be no reasonable doubt that 

 both are veritable Massachusetts specimens. It may be added that 

 the Labrador Duck is now supposed to be extinct, while the Diver is 

 the first authentic example known to have occurred in Massachu- 

 setts. 



An important addition to the general collection has been received 

 from Mrs. Henry Greenough, who has presented 37 mounted 

 birds collected in the Philippine Islands by her son, the late 

 Henry Greenough, Jr. 



Mammals. 



The collection contains now about thirty-five species and 

 seventy specimens. Mr. Brewster has very kindly taken an inter- 

 est in this department also, and we owe most of our opportunities 

 for obtaining specimens to his efforts. 



There are said to be fifty-seven species of Mammalia in New 

 England, exclusive of the Cetacea, and we have, therefore, still 

 many species to obtain. 1 



Teachers' School of Science. 



The liberality of the Trustees of the Lowell Fund in permitting 

 the Teachers' School of Science the use of Huntington Hall, has 

 enabled the Society to extend the benefit of its labor in this de- 

 partment to teachers living in the neighboring towns, as well as in 

 Boston itself. Agents were obtained by correspondence, and 

 through the kindness of Mr. Dickinson, Secretary of the State 

 Board of Education, in forty-four of the neighboring towns. All of 



1 The collections do not remain in the same condition as when last referred to in the 

 preceding annual reports. - . 



