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edited in this city by some of our members. These may be classed 

 under seven different heads, numbering altogether about 35 orig- 

 inal papers, exclusive of Dr. Smallwood's valuable meteorological 

 tables ; viz : — Geology, 13 ; Zoology, 12 ; Botany, 5 ; Ethnology, 

 1 ; Meteorology, 1 ; Philology, 1 ; Chemistry, 2. 



List of original papers read before and presented to the Natural 

 History Society of Montreal, from May, 1861, to May, 1862 : — 

 On the Pre-carboniferous Flora of New Brunswick, Maine, and 



Eastern Canada. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S. 

 On the origin of some Magnesian and Aluminous Rocks. By T. 



Sterry Hunt, M.A., F.R.S. 

 Considerations relating to the Quebec Group, and the Upper 



Copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior. By Sir W. E. 



Logan, F.R.S. 

 Notes on the History of Petroleum or Rock Oil. By T. Sterry 



Hunt, M.A., F.R.S. 

 List of recent Land and Fresh-water Shells collected around Lakes 



Superior and Huron in 1859-60. By Mr. Robt. Bell. 

 Catalogue of Birds collected and observed around Lakes Superior 



and Huron in 1860. By Mr. Robert Bell. 

 On the Mammals and Birds of the District of Montreal. By 



Archibald Hall, M.D., L.R.C.S.E. (A paper for which a 



silver medal was awarded by the Society to its author :n 



1839, but never before printed; it is now in course of pub- 

 lication). 

 On some of the Rocks and Fossils occurring near Phillipsburgh, 



Canada East. By E. Billings, F.G.S. 

 Recollections of the Swans and Geese of Hudson's Bay. By Geo. 



Barnston, Esq. 

 On the occurrence of Graptolites in the base of the Lower Silu-^ 



rian. By E. Billings, F.G.S. 

 A short review of the Sylviadae or Wood-warblers found in the 



vicinity of Montreal. By H. G. Vennor. 

 Additional Notes on Aboriginal Antiquities found at Montreal. 



J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S. 

 Mr. Barrande on the Primordial Zone in North America, and on 



the Taconic System of Emmons. By T. Sterry Hunt, M.A., 



F.R.S. 

 List of Coleopterous Insects collected in the County of Lincoln, 



C. W. By D. W. Beadle. 



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