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poisonous varieties. At the request of the leaders in Oiinthology, he 

 also spoke at some length upon some western birds which were repre- 

 sentative of eastern species. 



Mr. R. B. Whyte spoke upon general botany as leader of the 

 botanical section. One plant new to the locality, viz., Moaotropa hypo- 

 pitys had been found by Mr. T. J. MacLaughlin. 



Mr. H. M. Ami in speaking of the Laurentian rocks amongst 

 which the day had been spent, showed specimens which he had 

 collected during the excursion and mentioned the economic minerals 

 contained therein. 



Mr. Fletcher as leader in Entomology spoke of galls and in a 

 general way of the instinct of insects. 



The party reached home at 8 o'clock thoroughly satisfied with the 

 last outing of the most successful series of excursions ever held by the 

 club. 



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SUB-EXCURSIONS TO THE MUSEUM OE THE 

 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT. 



Through the kindness of the Director and officers of the Geological 

 Survey, the Excursion Committee of the club has been able to arrange 

 a series of sub-excursions to the Museum on Sussex street. These ex- 

 cursions will be held at 2:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays 

 in each month throughout the winter. 



Three of these meetings have already been held, and were most 

 successful. The first of them was of the Ornithological branch to the 

 bird room. 



They were met by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves, Palaeontologist and Zoo- 

 logist to the Survey, who delivered an instructive address upon the 

 habits and noteworthy peculiarities of the birds exhibited as mounted 

 specimens in the cases. Prof. Macoun also assisted in showing the 

 specimens to the visitors, and afterwards took the party to the *' long 

 room," where he had arranged a large series of skins of western birds 

 with their eastern representatives, he pointed out the gradual variation 



