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botanical collecting cases and Trowels of Messrs. H. Meadows & Co. 



Before leaving for home the President requested Prof. Macoun 

 to speak about some of the spring birds. This he did, making this 

 always inleresting topic more charming by the manner in which he 

 described the liabits of some of the specimens he had collected. He 

 urged the members never to kill one they did not actually require for 

 study, and pointed out how much pleasure and knowledge might be 

 acquired without this destruction, although occasionally it was essen- 

 tially necessary for scientific accuracy. 



No. 3 (19th May). Only a few members appeared at the Post 

 Office on this occasion, as the weather was excessively hot. The 

 botanists, led by Mr. Whyte, and entomologists, led by Mr. MacLaughlin, 

 visited the north shore of the Ottawa west of Hull, Que., and obtained 

 some interesting specimens. The geological party, led by Mr. Ami, 

 went to the " Siphonotreta bed," opposite the Ridean Rifle Range, and 

 interesting forms were obtained. 



No. 4, May 26th (Geological Section). The geological measures 



which crop out at and below the mouth of the Rideau River along the 



Ottawa River front, forming so conscpicuous a physical feature in the 



delineation of the shores of that river were examined as far as the 



Lower Gatineau ferry. Two great dislocations were noticed ; the first 



and westerly one affecting the measures of the Trenton, bringing what 



appear to be the lower beds of that formation iu contact with the 



uppermost strata of the same. The second and more easterly, a fault 

 of more importance, which causes the Chazy formation to abut against 

 the lower Trenton beds last mentioned. The district visited was 

 particularly interesting, and fossils were collected at all the localities. 

 Specimens of Itusichnites (Dawson) were detected in the lowei' measures 

 of the Chazy near the ferry wharf, and fine specimens of Alodiolopsis 

 joarviuscula (Billings) obtained in a calcai-eous band in the upper beds 

 exposed along with lihyncJionella jdena (Hall), &c. Notes on the leading 

 stratigraphical and pala^ontological features observed were taken for 

 future use and reference by one of the leaders. 



(Botanical Section.) A small party led by the President visited 

 Rockcliffe. The plants specially studied were the Liliacese. The 

 threatening apj)earance of the weather made it advisable to return 

 home sooner than would otherwise have been the case ; but some col- 

 lections were made and the time of opening of many kinds of flowers 

 was recorded. t^\i^ 



