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| Portland Society of Natural History.
Regular Scientific Meeting held June 18th
1866; President in the chair. Minutes OF las
meeting and report of Special Curator reat
and approved. .aa. -l.
The Constitution and Bylaws of the YORK
Institute, a new Scientific Society, located al
Soco, were laid before the meeting. Great
pleasure was expressed at this evidence of an
increasing taste tor the study of Natural His
tory. The following votes were passed:
Voted; That in the arrangement of the Cab
NETS, the Special Curator be requested to lay
aside such duplicate specimens as may be ol
value to the York Institute in the commence
ment of its Museum. n3 1.
| Voted; That the proceedings and Journal oil
| the T. s. N. III. be sent to the York Institute
| and that the Librarian be empowered to grant
any duplicate books or pamphlets as may seem
| good to him.. Nl..
| The Secretary read letter from Montreal
Society of Natural History relative to an ex-
change of specimens. 9go yfy- E.
A donation was announced of one hundred
dollars from Mrs. James Greenleaf- of Cam
bridge, Mass As it was felt that so noble a
gift from nonresident demanded especial
acknowledgment, the Secretary was desired
to prepare and forward to Mrs. Greenleaf a
letter expressing the gratitude of the Society
for this timely aid 's .l l.ly
The Special Curator called attention to a
collection of Maine insects, nicely pinned and
mounted, the gift of Mr.. Charles o. Hunt Of
Gorham, Me. This gift, he stated. would form
fine beginning for the local chronological
Cabinet In view of the great value of this
donation avote of thanks TO Mr.. Hunt was
passed, and the Secretary was instructed to
forward the same.
A collection Of reptiles from Penn. was re-
ferred to the Curator of Herpetology for re-
port at the next meeting. -" s
Inc business of the meeting having been
transacted the Society resolved itself in
to microscopical committee for the purpose
of examining under the lens the elytra &c. Of
a number of brilliant foreign insects, prepared
and presented by Mr.. Morse. In this beauti-
full study, an half hour was most agreeably
passed when the Society Adjourned
E c. BoLLEs, Rec. Sec.
Donations received since last meeting,
June A. ~ Ast he- l .ii} -
SO species Maine Shells from J. G. ANTHONY.
Cambridge, Mass. eLagl .,l'1'I LIZ -
25O species Insects (Maine) mounted, pre-
sented by Chas. o. Hunt, Gorham, Me.
Cuban Axe, from John II. Brazer.
Indian Chisel, from Mr.. Bailey, West New
bury, Mass. ei l latI slc' .fll117 u ~
Fossil Coral from CINCINNATI, o., from DIR.
: Pamphlets, minerals, echinus &C., from s.
b. Beckett. 1
One hundred dollars from Mrs. James
Greenleaf, Cambridge, Mass. GIu M
Miscellaneous collection of Insects, Reptiles.
and Mollusks, from Honduras, PENNSYLVANIA
and Connecticut from E. C. Bolles.
Coast Survey Reports 1S6O-61, from Prof. A.
ID. Bache. ~, s. go 7gs-'e-- =
Synopsis of Genera of American Plants.n
ls14-D. G. Colesworthy, Boston.
Essex Institute Proceedings, Vol w. No.
.. 10Th Anniversary Report Of Receipts of
state University of N. Y, from Prot. James
Plates Of Birds, fossils, &C., from John Bail
ey, Washington, ID. c. -
Ore with Gold, Arizona, from Capt. Daniel
Choate.