230 Natural Histoi-y Society. 



Donations of Mammals and Birds from the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution. 113 species, 148 specimens of birds, and 22 species, 30 

 specimens of mammals. A portion from Mr. Bernard Ross, 

 Hudson's Bay Company. A report on this collection will be pre- 

 pared by Mr. Alfred Rimmer. 



A collection of Canadian Shells from the Geological Survey, to 

 be placed in the Museum subject to specified conditions. 



A pair of Snow-birds (JViphea hiemalis), from John J. Day, 

 Esq. 



A Shore Lark (Alauda alpestris)^ from Mr. Vennor. 



Sir William Logan read a paper illustrated with diagrams, on 

 the Quebec and Point Levi rocks. This paper is printed in the 

 present number. 



The next meeting of the Society to be held on the last Mon- 

 day of the month of May. The Rev. Mr. Kemp to read a paper 

 " On the Structure and Growth of ZygnemaP 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



1. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Man- 



chester, England. Second series, vol. 15, containing among 

 juany articles worthy of note, a paper " On the yellow 

 colouring matter obtained from the leaves of the Polygonum 

 fagopyru7n or common Buckwheat." At the conclusion it 

 recommends that " in countries where the plant is cultivated 

 it might be worth while to collect the leaves as a dyeing 

 material." 



2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 12, No. 1. 



3. The Geologist, vol. 4, Nos. 38. 39. 40. 41. 



4. Journal of the Frankhn Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, 



for the promotion of the Mechanic Arts. Third series, vol. 

 41, Nos. 2. and 6. 



6. Proceedings of the Boston Natural History Society, vol. Y, 

 pages 193 to 256, and pp. 41*7 to 448, with title page; also 

 vol. 8, pp. 1 to 32. 



6. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, 1859, pp. 32*7 to 356. 1860, pp. 1 to 324. 1861, pp. 

 1 to 96, with catalogue of the fishes of the eastern coast of 

 America, from Greenland to Georgia, by Theodore Gill. 

 Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New 



York. 



