CONTENTS. 



Notes ol a visit to Scientific Schools and Museums in the United States; 



by Principal Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 1 



On the Geology ot South-western Ontario; by T. Stekry Hunt 11 



On the choice of a Microscope ; by J. Baker Edwards, Ph.D., F.C.S 20 



On the Coieoptera cf tne I,-land of Montreal ; by 'A. S. Ritchie 27 



On the Geology and Silver Ore of Wood's Location, Lake Superior. Part 



I. ; by Thos. Macfarlaxe 37 



On the Marine Mollusca of Eastern Canada: by J. F. Whiteavbs 48 



On Chemical fclxplosives; by J. B. Edwards. Ph.D., F.C.S 57 



On 1 he Great Snow Falls of 1869 : by C SiiALLWOOD, M. I '., LL.D 62 



On Modern Ideas of Derivation ; by Principal Dawson. LL-D., F.R.S 121 



On the Occurrence of Arctic and Western Plants in Continental Acadia; 



by G . F. Matthew, F.G.S I39 



On the Probable seat of Volcanic Action ; by Dr. T Sterry Hunt 166 



On the Toad as an Entomologist ; by A. S. Ritchie I74 



On Trichina spiralis : by Dr. .J. Baker Edwards. F.C.S 178 



On Remarkable Lunar Phenomenon; by C. Smallwood, M.D., LL.D 183 



On the DistributioN of Rain ; by C. Smallwood, M.D., LL.D 184 



On some f the Causes of the E.xcessive Mortality of Young Children in 



the City of Montreal; by Philip P. Carpenter. B.A., Ph.D 188 



On the Partial Eclipse of the Sun, Aug. 7th; by Dr. C. Smallwood 249 



On the Plants of the West Coast of Newfoundland ; by Dr. John Bell 256 



On Tadoussac Plarits ; by A. T. Drummoxd, B.A., LL.B 264 



On Hyponome Sarsii, a recent Cystidean ; by Dr. S. Loven 265 



On some results obtained by Dredging in Gaspe and ofl' Murray Bay; by 



J. F. Whiteaves, F.G.S 270 



On Microscopic Accessories; by J. Baker Edwards, Ph. D., F.C.S 274 



On the Structure of the Cystidea, and Blastoidea; by E. Billings, F.G.S 277 



On the Butterfly Fieris rapee : by A. S. Ritchie 293 



The introduced ai^d spreading plants of Ontario and Quebec ; by A. T. 



Drummoxd, B.A., LL.B 377 



Volcanoes and Earthquakes ; by Dr T. Sterry Hunt, 387 



Description of the Canadian species of Myosotis, with notes on other plants of 



the natural order Boraginaceas ; by G. Lawsox, Ph. D ., LL.D 298 



On the Kanunculacea; of the Dominion of Canada, and of adjacent parts of 



British America ; by G. H. Lawsox, Ph. D., LL.D 407 



Canadian Zoology 411 



On the structure of Cystidea and Blastoidea ; by E. Billixgs, F.G.S 426 



On souie Points in the Structure and Habits of the PalaBozoic Crinoidea ; by 



F. B. Mekk and A. H. Worthen 434 



On the Existence of Rocks containing Organic Substances in the Fundamental 



Gneiss of Sweden ; by Messrs. Iglelstrom, Nordexskiold and Ekmax.. 452 

 On the Geology and Silver Ore of Wood's Location, Thunder Cape, Lake 



Superior ; Part H ; by Thomas Macfarlane 459 



Obituary Notice 477 



Americax Association for the Advancement op Science :— 



Preliminary N otice of Meeting 248 



On Two New Genera of Extinct Cetaeea ; by Prof. Cope 320 



On the Early Stages of Brachiopods ; by Prof. E. S. Morse 321 



Vertebrate ivemains in Nebraska ; by Prof. 0. C. Marsh 322 



On tiie Geology of the Coast of Maine ; by Prof. S. W. Johxson 323 



Some Notes on the Chemistry of Copper ; by Dr. T. Sterry Hunt 324 



Coal and Iron in China ; by Prof. A. S. Bickmore 325 



The Mei amorphic Rocks of New Brunswick and Maine 326 



On the Geology of North-eastern America ; by Dr. i'. Sterry Hunt 328 



On Surface Changes in Maine ; by Dr. N. T. True 328 



Evidences of Antiquity in the Kjoekkenmcedden Deposits of N. England 329 



On the Rocky Mountain Flora 329 



On some ew Mososauroid Fossil Reptiles ; by Piof. Marsh 331 



The Natural History Society:— 



Monthly Meetings 64, 207, 463 



Somerville Lectures 66, 208, 228 



Conversazione 66 



President's Address 66 



Address to Sir John Young 69 



Annual Meeting 208 



