APPENDIX 



The following papers bearing upon the natural history 

 of the Lower Provinces are selected from several read by 

 the Author before the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural 

 Science. The Institution referred to, of which the 

 Author has had the honour of being a Member since its 

 inauguration in 1863 (latterly a Vice-President), has 

 done much in exposition of the resources and physical 

 features of the colonies of Nova Scotia, New Bruns- 

 wick, Newfoundland, and the Bermudas under the able 

 management of the President, Mr. John M. Jones, F.L.S. 

 The contributions of this careful observer to the natural 

 history of the latter islands, comprised in " The Naturalist 

 in Bermuda,"* and in several more recent notices, have 

 been recognised as most valuable, both as a compendium 

 of the Bermudan indigenous and permanent Fauna 

 and Flora, and also for the observations therein con- 

 tained on the migration of North American birds, and 

 on meteorological subjects. The Society owes no less 

 of its success to the indefatigable labours of Dr. J. 

 Bernard Gilpin, M.R.C.S., Vice-President, whose papers 

 on the food fishes of Nova Scotia have attracted much 

 attention amongst American naturalists. To this gentle- 

 man I am indebted for the scientific descriptions of the 

 game fish found in this work. 



* " The Naturalist in Bermuda," Reeves & Turner, 238, Strand, 1859. 



