No. 1.—PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL MEETING, 
MAY 2, 1906. 
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By order of the Library and publishing committee the following 
abstract of the proceedings of the annual meeting, May 2, 1906, is 
published. 
Abstract of Report by the Curator, Charles W. Johnson. 
The past year has been a very favorable one for the Society, and 
considerable progress has been made towards completing the arrange¬ 
ment of the New England collections. Two large eases for the moose, 
deer, and caribou, and two smaller ones for bird groups have been 
built. A fine pair of moose from Maine has been secured and placed 
in one of these cases. The cow moose was shot accidentally in Wash¬ 
ington County and was purchased from the State through the kindness 
of Mr. L. T. Carleton, chairman of the Commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game of Maine. A New York weasel was presented by 
Mr. V. D. Lowe, from Randolph, N. H. From a specimen of the 
common dolphin, taken off No Man’s Land, a model has been made 
and the skeleton preserved. On March 2, there came ashore at Wells 
Beach, Maine, a bottle-nosed whale (Hyperoodon ampullatum) 15 
feet long, and through the kindness of Mr. Robert W. Lord, on whose 
property it came ashore, the Society was able to obtain the skeleton 
,and a cast of the specimen. 
The collection of New England birds has been increased by 43 
specimens representing 33 species, and two groups including the black 
and white warbler and redstart, from the gift of Mr. Augustus Hemen- 
way. Mr. William A. Jeffries presented 13 species including the blue 
goose — the only Massachusetts record — Baird’s sandpiper, parasitic 
jaeger, Eskimo and Hudsonian curlews, and other interesting species; 
and from the collection of J. A. Jeffries 40 species including a hoary 
redpoll. Mr. D. Robinson presented an interesting variation of the 
black duck; Mr. F. H. Kennard nests and eggs of the barred and long- 
eared owls, broad-winged, sharp-shinned, and sparrow hawks, and 
the brown creeper. The nests being in situ, form six very attractive 
groups arranged in two new eases. Six species, including the prairie 
