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and neatly bound in cloth. It is a work which cannot be too highly- 

 recommended to the students desiring to have an accurate general 

 knowledge of the animal kingdom, and the appearance of the next 

 volume will be awaited with great interest. Dr. Sharp has pointed out 

 that in Fig. 333, p. 490, /is called a division of the metanotum, whereas 

 it belongs to the mesonotum. This error in writing the description of the 

 figure will be corrected in the next volume; which will commence with 

 the aculeate hymenoptera. W Hague Harrington. 



LECTURE COURSE. 



Judging by the attendance at the lectures this winter the Councils 

 of both societies have reason to congratulate themselves. Owing to 

 circumstances over which the Societies had no control the lecture which 

 was to have been delivered by the Hon. Dr. Montague, M. P. &c. was 

 indefinitely postponed. 



Extinct Monsters. On the 23rd of January Dr. H. M. Ami 

 of the Geological Survey Department gave a very interesting and 

 instructive lecture on " Extinct Monsters." The material with which 

 Dr. Ami illustrated his lecture consisted of a series of very carefully 

 prepared lantern slides which he had obtained in Europe last summer, 

 together with others specially prepared for himself in Ottawa from 

 works bearing on the subject. Upwards of sixty magnificent lantern 

 slides were thrown on the SGreen by means of an excellent oxy-hydrogen 

 lantern, skilfully handled by Mr. Dunn of the Inland Revenue Depart- 

 ment. Ottawa. These views illustrated the works of Cuvier, Sir Richard 

 Owen Marsh, Cope, Huxley and Others. 



The most interesting and best known Amphibia, Reptilia, 

 Dinosauria, extinct birds, Mammalia (including fossil elephants and 

 horses), the sea-cow, and a large number of the most recently discovered 

 specimens were described and shown to a large and appreciative 

 audience. 



Labrador. On the 30th. of January Mr. A. P. Low of the same 

 department gave t a most graphic and charming description of his 

 explorations in the Labrador peninsula. The various routes traversed, 

 the character of the country, the trees, the inhabitants, the mineral 

 resources of that region were all presented in such a manner as to elicit 

 profound attention and frequent applause. Mr. Low's lecture was 

 illustrated with numerous views of that little kn )wn yet very interesting 

 Peninsula. 



A very animated discussion followed the reading of this paper in 

 which Dr. Selwyn, Dr. Thoiburn. Prof. Macoun, Dr. Sandford Fleming, 

 Mr. Tyrrell, Dr. Wicksteed and Mr. Anthony McGill took part. 



Announcement. The lectures for February under the joint 

 auspices of the Club and of the Ottawa Literary and Scientific Society will 

 be held in the Normal School as follows. 



February 6th. Dr. T. J. W. Burgess, of the Royal Society 

 ida, Montreal, will lecture on : " How to study Botany." 



February 20th. Dr. 1. I >. Adams of McGill University, Montreal, 

 will illustrate and describe " Pompeii." Dr. Adams has with himavery 

 interesting >l lantern slides to illustrate that ancient city where 



such elaborate excavations have been carried on in recent years. 



