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The following: is a list of donations to the museum durino- the 

 year with the names of donors : 



Pine Grosbeak Pinacola Canadensis^ Car. By F. B. Caulfield, Esq. 

 Western Meadow Lark, (Manitoba) Sturnella Magna. By A. D. 



Ross, Esq. 

 Pigeon Hawk (Manitoba), Falco Columbarius Var. By A. D. Ross, 



Esq. 

 Canadian Sponge. By Prof. Fowler. 



Two bottles of insects, Scorpions, &c. By R. Hohvell, Esq, King- 

 ton, Jamaca, AV. I. 

 Case British Game Birds, by A. A. Jowett, Esq., Sheffield, England, 

 contains the following : 



Common Partridge, Perdix cinereus^ male and female. 

 Red-legged Partridge, Caccahis rufa " " " 



Migratory Quail, Coturnix communis, 

 Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, 

 Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix, 

 Red Grouse Lagopus scoticus, 

 Common Ptarmigan Lagopus vulgaris, 

 Specimens Pyroxene from near Calumet. By .John Thornton. 

 18 Specimens Graptolites. By Principal Dawson. 

 37 Specimens, various Minerals. By a lady friend. 



3. Report of the Library Committee. — During the year one 

 hundred and ninety-three volumes of perodicals and pamphlets 

 have been bound and placed in the Library. 



A large number of works have been received during the year, 

 list of which will be published in a future issue of the Society's 

 journal. 



jNIr. J. T, Donald submitted the 



REPORT OF EDITOR OF " CANADIAN NATURALIST." 



During the year now closing four parts of the Naturalist have 

 been published and a fifth will be issued as soon as the proceed- 

 ings of the annual meeting are available for publication. The 

 Editor has attended to the mailing of the Journal to exchanges 

 and delivery of same to members with satisfactory results as 

 there are now no complaints that the Naturalist is not received 

 by those entitled to it. 



In view (tf the publication of a Journal to take the place of 

 the Naturalist w^hich will not appear after the issue of the part 

 now in press, it is respectfully suggested that a Committee be 

 appointed to revise the exchange list, and tltat the Editor be 

 empowered to take the oversight of mailing and delivery of the 



