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[Annual Meeting. 
1891.] 
ranean and the south of England. These number a few over 100 
specimens and have been mounted and in part distributed among 
the general collection. Although they are known to have come 
from the three regions mentioned, most of them are without special 
labels and it requires considerable time and care to determine 
them. 
The death of Dr. H. E. Davidson has deprived us of an active 
friend in this department. Dr. Davidson had a room in this 
building for several years and during that time added a number 
of fishes to the collection, prepared by a method he had himself 
invented and in which he was very expert. Besides those noted 
above he had already prepared and mounted for us 32 species, 
represented by 45 specimens for the New England collection, 31 
species represented by 40 specimens for the General collection 
coming from Bermuda, Florida, New York and other localities. 
Birds. 
The card catalogue of the general collection of mounted birds 
has been completed by Miss Clark, under the direction of Mr. 
C. B. Cory, who has generously defrayed the expenses of this 
work. Under Mr. Cory’s supervision Mr. Henshaw has assorted 
about two thirds of the collection of skins into families. 
The accessions consist of a collection of Panama birds received 
from Mr. Nathan Appleton, a Golden Eagle shot at Rangeley 
Lakes, Me., from Mr. Thomas Swan, and the following birds 
purchased for the New England collection : Hooded Merganser, 
Lophodytes cucullatus, Yellow bellied Woodpecker, Sphyrapicus 
varius $ , White rurnped Shrike, Lanius excubitorides, and Lou- 
isiana Water Thrush, Seiurus motaoilla, $ 9. 
Teachers’ School of Science. 
The liberal action of the Trustee of the Lowell fund in defray- 
ing the expenses of the lessons and also in granting the use of 
Huntington Hall has enabled the Society to continue its efforts 
to extend the benefit of instruction in this School to teachers in 
all the neighboring towns as well as those living in Boston. The 
agents who acted in the adjoining towns and villages last year 
continued their kind offices, distributing and receiving applications 
and also tickets according to ihe plan which was described in a 
