and by Mr. R. B. Whyte, First Vice-President of this Club. The third' 

 excursion was to Meach's Lake, four miles beyond Chelsea, on the 27tli 

 of July. The fourth was upon the 29 th August, to the Black Rapids, 

 upon the Rideau River, about eight miles from the city, a locality not 

 previously visited by the Club. 



The Council, in pursuance of a vote passed at the last annual 

 meeting, caused to be printed 500 copies of the Transactions (No. 2) of 

 the Club for the year 1880-81, the value of which was greatly increased 

 by a fine plate, lithographed by Mr. Grignard. The Transactions of th& 

 Club still continue to be welcomed by naturalists in other places, and 

 are frequently requested by scientific societies in exchange for their 

 publications. 



The following exchanges and donations have been received dui'ing; 

 the year : Report of the Department of the Interior for 1880, froia 

 Mr. R B. Symes ; Annual Report for 1880 of the Librarian and Com- 

 missioner of the Nova Scotia Provincial Library ; A List of Plauta 

 growing in Maiden and Medford, from the Middlesex Institute, Maiden^ 

 Mass. ; Parts IV and V of the Transactions of the Epping Forest and 

 County of Essex Naturalists' Field Club ; Entomological Report of the 

 Department of Agricidture, Washington, for 1880, from the Editor, 

 Prof. Comstock ; Part 3, Vol. V, of Proceedings and Transactions of the 

 Nova Scotia Institute of Natural Sciences ; Bulletin No. I of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, New York ; Epidermal 

 Organs of Plants, by Chas. F. Cox, F.R.M.S., from the author ; 

 Annual Address of the President of the Scientific Society of Bridgeport, 

 Conn. ; Report of che Horticviltural Society of Massachusetts for 1881. 



The Naturalists' International Directory for 1881 has been pur- 

 chased for the use of members wishing to correspond or exchange with 

 naturalists elsewhere. It gives, as far as possible, the names of 

 scientists in every country, stating the subjects studied by each person, 

 and whether they have collections or desii'e exchanges. 



On the 7th of April Prof. Macoun, by request of our worthy patron, 

 Eis Excellency the Governor General, re-delivered his very interesting 

 lecture upon the "Capabilities of the Prairie Lands of the North- West, 

 as shown bv their Flora and Fauna," a synopsis of which appeared in 



