CONTENTS. 



PAGl!. 

 Article I.— On Fossil Plants from the Devonian Rocks of Canada. 1 

 II. — List of Plants found growing as indigenous in the 



neighbourhood of Prescott ; by B. Billings, 14 



III.— On the Tubicolous Marine Worms of the Gulf of St. 



Lawrence ; by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., &c., 24 



IV. — A Classified List of Marine Algae from the Lower St. 



Lawrence ; by the Rev. Alex. F. Kemp, 30 



V. — Unusual modes of Gestation in Batrachians and Fishes. 42 

 VI. — Description of some new species of Fossils from the 



Silurian Rocks of Canada ; by E.Billings, F.G.S.. 49 

 VII. — Description of a new Paleozoic Starfish of the genus 



Falceaster, from Nova Scotia ; by E. Billings, F.G.S. 69 

 VIII. — Observations on the Natural History of the valley of 



the River Rouge ; by W. S. M. D'Urban, 81 



IX. — Review of " Darwin on the Origin of Species by means 



of Natural Selection," 100 



X. — Abridged Sketch of the life of Mr, David Douglas,. . . 120 

 XI. — On the Silurian and Devonian Rocks of Nova Scotia. 132 

 XII. — Description of New Species of Fossils from the Silu- 

 rian Rocks of Nova Scotia ; by James Hall, 144 



XIII. — New Species of Fossils from the Lower Silurian Rocks 



of Canada ; by E. Billings, F.G.S 161 



XIV. — Notices of the Life of the late Professor George Wilson 



of Edinburgh, 177 



XV. — Notice of Tertiary Fossils from Labrador, Maine, &c ; 



by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S., 188 



XVI.— Abridged Sketch of the life of Mr. David Douglas, 200 



XVIL — A Systematic List of Lepidoptera collected in the 



vicinity of Montreal ; by W. S. M. D'Urban, 241 



XVIII.— Abridged Sketch of the life of Mr. David Douglas,. . . 267 

 XIX. — On the Track of an Animal lately found in the Pots- 

 dam Formation ; by Sir W. E. Logan, F.R.S., 279 



XX. — Notes on the Coal Fields of Pictou ; by H. Poole, Esq., 285 

 XXI. — On new Lo3alities of Fossiliferous Silurian Rocks in 



Eastern Nova Scotia ; by Rev. D. Honeyman, 293 



XXII. — Note on a specimen of Menobranchus lateralis^ taken 



at London, C. W. ; by W. Saunders, Esq., 299 



XXIII. — On some new species of Fossils from the Limestone 



near Point Levi ; by E. Billings, F.G.S 301 



XLIV.— Abridged Sketch of the life of Mr. David Douglas 329 



XLV. — A Holiday Visit to the Acton Copper Mines 349 



XLVI.— Notes on the Earthquake of October, 1860 363 



XLVII.— The Meteor of July 20, I860 ; by C. S. Lyman 372 



XLVllL— La Verrier's Report on the Solar Eclipse of July, 1860. 376 

 XLIX. — On certain Theories of the formation of Mountains, . . 409 

 L. — Description of a new Trilobite from the Potsdam Sand- 

 stone ; by Frank H. Bradley 420 



LI. — Notes on Birds wintering in and around Montreal ; by 



H, G. Vennor, junr., 425 



LII. — Notes on Aboriginal Antiquities recently discovered 



in the Island of Montreal, 430 



