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PAL^ONTOLOGICAL NOTES. 

 The following is a brief ennumeration of the leading palae- 

 ontological notes and references bearing on Canada, and con- 

 tained in the '' Suiummy report of the Geological Purvey 

 depai'tuient for i8g8" by the Director, Dr. Dawson. 

 in) On mammoth and musk-ox remains from the "Saskatche- 

 wan " gold-bearing gravels of the Edmonton district, 

 Alberta, by Dr. G. M. Dawson, pp. 19 and 20. 

 {b) List of fossil organic remains from the " altered gray slates 

 with shaly bands " from six miles west of Canterbury 

 station along the St. Andrews and Woodstock branch of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway. Silurian species recognised by 

 Dr. H. M. Ami, p. 137. 

 if) Silurian fossils recorded from Burnt Island, Manitoulin Island, 

 Lake Huron the nearest outcrop of fossiliferous limestone to 

 the Duck Islands, by H. M. Ami, p. 179. 

 (^d) Notes on general results obtained from a pa!aeontological 

 survey of numerous outcrops in the counties of Colchester, 

 Cumberland, Pictou, Antigonish, Kings and Hants in Nova 

 Scotia, by H. M. Ami, pp. 180-182. 



ie) Reptilian remains from the Belly river rind Laramie 

 formations of the North West Territories of Canada, by 

 Mr. L. M. Lambe, pp. 184-190. 



H. M. AMI. 

 Ottawa June, 1899. 



CLUB EXCURSION. 

 The first general excursion of the club was to Chelsea on 

 June 3rd ; between 250 and 300 members and their friends were 

 in attendance. The leaders present were : Geology, Mr. W. J. 

 Wilson ; Botany, Mr. D. A. Campbell and Mr. J. M Macoun ; 

 Entomology, Dr. Jas. Fletcher ; Conchology, Mr F. R. Latch- 

 ford ; Ornithology, Miss Harmcr and Mr. W. T. Macoun ; 

 Zoology, Prof Macoun, Mr. A. Halkett and Mr. W. S. OdcH. 

 The president's prize — Miss Lounsberry's " A Guide to the 

 Wild Flowers "—for the largest collection of plants was won by 

 Miss Kingston, while Miss D. Fletcher secured the Club's prize 

 — Mrs. Parson's "How to Know Ferns"— for the greatest 

 number of named species. Addresses were delivered at the 

 close of the aftecfijoo by Prof. Macoun, Dr. Fletcher and Mr. 

 Halkett. 



