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PAGB. 



Article I.— -On the Cornus florida of the United States ; by George 



S. Blackie, A.M., M.D., 1 



n. — A popular Treatise on the Fur-bearing Animals of the 



Mackenzie River District ; by B. R. Ross, 5 



III.—Addenda to the Natural History of the Valley of the 



River Rouge ; by W. S. M. D'Urban, 36 



iV. — On the occurrence of Freshwater Shells in some of our 



Post-tertiary Deposits ; by Robert Bell, 42 



v.— Professor Guyot on the Physical Geography of the 



Appalachian Mountain System, 51 



VI. — On some points in American Geology ; by T. Sterry 



Hunt, F.R.S 81 



Vn. — Correspondence of Joachim Barrande, Sir William 



Logan and James Hall on the Taconic System 106 



VIII. — Catalogue of Plants collected in the Counties of Ar- 



genteuiland Ottawa, 1858 ; by W. S. M. D'Urban . 120 

 IX. — Notes on the Geology of Murray Bay, Lower St. Law- 

 rence ; by J. W. Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S 138 



X. — On the Pre-carboniferous Flora of New Brunswick, 

 Maine, and Eastern Canada ; by J. W. Dawson, 



LL.D., F.G.S 161 



XL — On the origin of some I\[agnesian and Aluminous 



Rocks ; by T. Sterry Hunt, F.R.S. 180 



XII. — On Canadian Caverns; by George D. Gibb, 184 



XIII.— Flint-drift and Human Remains ; Extracted from the 

 Duke of Argyll's opening address as President of the 



Royal Society of Edinburgh 190 



XIV. — Considerations relating to the Quebec Group, and the 

 Upper Copper-bearing rocks of Lake Superior; by 



Sir W. E. Logan, F.R.S 19^ 



XV.— Notes on the History of Petroleum or Rock Oil ; by 



T. Sterry Hunt, M.A., F.R.S 241 



XVI. — Remarks on some of the Birds that breed in the Gulf 



of St. Lawrence ; by Henry Bryant, M.D 255 



XVIL— List of Recent Land and Fresh-Water Shells collected 

 around Lakes Superior and Huron in 1859-60 ; by 



Mr. Robert Bell 268 



XVIII.— Catalogue of Birds collected and observed around 

 Lakes Superior and Huron in 1860 ; by Mr, Robert 



Bell 270 



XIX. — On the Flora of Hamilton and its vicinity ; by Judge 



Logic 276 



XX.— The Great Comet of 1861 278 



XXI. — What to observe in Canadian Lichens ; by W. Lauder 



Lindsay, M.D. , F.L.S 282 



XXII. — On the Mammals and Birds of the District of Montreal ; 



by Archibald Hall, M.D., L.R.C.S.E 284 



XXIII. — On some of the Rocks and Fossils occurring near 



Phillipsburg, Canada East; by E. Billings, F.G.S.. 310 

 XXIV. — Recollections of the Swans and Geese of Hudson's Bay ; 



by George Barnston, Esq ......? 337 



XXV. — On the occurrence of Graptolites in the base of the 



Lower Silurian ; by E. Billings, F.G.S 344 



XXVI. — A short review of the Sylviadae or Wood-Warblers 



found in the vicinity of Montreal ; by H. G. Vennor. 349 

 XXVII. — Additional notes on Aboriginal Antiquities found at 



Montreal ; by J. W. Dawson, LL.D 362 



XXVIII.— Mr. Barrande on the Primordial Zone in North Ame- 

 rica, and on the Taconic System of Emmons, by T. 

 Sterry Hunt, M.A., F.R.S 374 



