ORDINARY MEETINGS. XXXvii 



On motion, it was resolved that the thanks of the Institute be con- 

 veyed to the HON. R. BOAK, President of the Legislative Council, for 

 his courtesy in permitting the use of the Council Chamber for the 

 meetings of the Institute. 



A vote of thanks was also presented to MR. A. MoKAY for the 

 able manner in which he had performed the duties of chairman. 



FIRST ORDINARY MEETING. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 18th November, 1895. 

 The PRESIDENT in the chair. 



Communications were read from the Physical-economic Society of 

 Konigsberg and from the Imperial German Academy of Halle, 

 announcing the death of their Presidents; and likewise from the 

 Geological Institute of Mexico, intimating the decease of its late 

 Director. 



T)R. SOMERS then read a paper on " A Variation in the Plumage of 

 the Canadian Ruffed Grouse or Birch Partridge (Bonasa umbellus 

 togata)" describing a specimen which had been purchased in Halifax. 



The subject was discussed by MESSRS. PIERS and BISHOP, who men- 

 tioned similar cases which had come under their observation, 



MR. \V. L. BISHOP exhibited an Albino Junco (J. liyemalis) which 

 had been shot in May, 1887. 



SECOND ORDINARY MEETING. 



Legislative Council Chamber, Halifax, 9th December, 1895. 

 The PRESIDENT in the chair, 



PROF. J. G. MACGREGOR presented a paper " On the Conductivity 

 of Mixtures of Electrolytes." (See Transactions, p. 101). 



