No. 8.] NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 469 



"On the ot'cnsiou of the decease of George Barnston, Esq., 

 a member of this Society and a contributor of valuable papers to 

 its proceedings and specimens to the museum, aud a former Pre- 

 sident, the Societ}' desires to express its high estimate of his 

 character and services, and its sympathy with the members of his 

 family." 



Mr. F. B. Caulfield presented to the museum a specimen of the 

 male Grosbeak, and the President a series of graptolites. 



The last ordinary meeting for the session was held on the 30th 

 of April — the President occupied the chair. 



The first business was the announcement by Mr. E. Murphy, 

 of a very fine donation of stuifed birds from Mr. A. A. Jowett of 

 Sheffield. England. The collection, which includes all the irame 

 birds of Britain, was prepared by Webster, the London taxi- 

 dermist, and exhibited at the London Fisheries Exhibit, where 

 Mr. Jowett purchased it. and has forwarded it per S. S. Grecian 

 to Montreal, where it will form a very valuable addition to the 

 Museum of the Society. 



On motion of Eev. Dean Baldwin, the heartiest thanks of the 

 Society were tendered to Mr. Jowett for his very handsome don- 

 ation, and he was proposed as a corresponding member. 



Mr. E Murphy, then presented a paper on the microscopic 

 appearances of tlie mosquito. 



Mr. Muir followed, giving the exact microscopical measure- 

 ments of the organs of the tiny creatures under consideration, 

 and after viewing specimens prepared, the meeting adjourned. 



(The papers of Messrs. Murpliy and Muir may be found on 

 pages 1:63 to 466.) 



THE ANNUAL MEETING 



was held on the evening of May ISth ; the President in the chair. 



THE president's ADDRESS. 



In closing the Session of this Society, perhaps the first thing in 

 our thoughts will be the position of this old and useful body in 

 relation to the place which Montreal has taken as an entertainer 

 of those f>;reat popular scientific associations which have done so 

 much for the extension and diffusion of knowledge in the Mother 

 Country and in the United States. The first meeting of the Am- 



