EXHIBIT INDEX


     EXHIBIT
     NUMBER    EXHIBIT

     2.1       Agreement  and  Plan  of  Merger, dated July 8, 1998, by and
               between Equity Residential Properties Trust and Merry Land &
               Investment Company, Inc. , as amended by the First Amendment
               to Agreement and Plan of Merger,  dated  as  of September 4,
               1998 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of EQR's Proxy
               Statement dated September 14, 1998 relating to  the  Special
               Meeting  of  Shareholders  of  EQR  held on October 15, 1998
               which was part of EQR's registration statement on Form S-4/A
               (SEC File No. 333-61449)).