438 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Dec. 



TO THE MUSEUM. 



Pair of Eider Ducks, one Black-backed Gull, and one Red- 

 breasted Merganser, from Labrador. Presented by W. D. B. 

 Scott, Esq. Twenty-three species of Fossils from the United 

 States; from Principal Dawson. 



A series of seventeen specimens of English Game Birds ; from 

 A. Jewitt, Esq., of Manchester, England. 



Seven rare birds from British India; also a series of East 

 Indian woods, seeds, and miscellaneous objects. From Major G. 

 E. Bulger, F.L.S., F.K.G.S., &c. 



One Snowy Heron, one Raven, and one Buffon's Skua, also 

 an extensive series of North American birds; from the Smithsonian 

 Institute, Washington. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Mr. A. S. Ritchie read a paper entitled Aquaria Studies? 

 part 2nd, which will be found at pages 165-171 of the present 

 volume. 



Mr. Billings then made a communication on the bones of a 

 Whale lately discovered at Cornwall, Ont., of which the following 

 is an abstract kindly furnished by the author : 



" Several months ago, Mr. Charles Poole, of Cornwall, wrote to 

 the Secretary of the Society that a large skeleton, resembling that 

 of an Icthyosaurus, had been found in that neighborhood, by the 

 men engaged in excavating clay for brick. In another letter he 

 stated that Mr. T. S. Scott, architect, of this city, had procured 

 the lower jaws. On receipt of this information, Mr. Billings 

 called upon Mr. Scott, who very liberally presented the jaws to 

 the Geological Museum. Mr. Billings then went up to Cornwall, 

 and obtained from Mr. Poole the bones which were in his posses- 

 sion. These were discovered in the Post-pliocene clay about 

 sixteen feet below the surface. They are those of a small whale 

 closely allied to the White Whale, Beluga leucas, which lives in 

 the Northern seas, and at certain seasons abounds in the Gulf and 

 lower parts of the St. Lawrence. The lower jaws are nearly 

 perfect. The skull and upper jaws are much damaged and some 

 of the parts lost. Thirty-five of the vertebras, the two shoulder 

 blades, most of the ribs, and a number of small bones were collected. 

 The length of the animal was probably about fifteen feet. The 

 lower jaws have the sockets of eight teeth upon the right side and 

 of seven on the left. The number of teeth in the upper jaw 



