i8gy.] Obituary Notices. 71 



and the publication, \h^ American Naturalist, was essentially Prof- 

 Cope's magazine. Aside from this he has written upwards of 

 350 papers which form a systematic record of the development 

 of palaeontology of the United States. Among his larger works 

 are: (i) " Sy.stematic Arrangement of the Lacertilia and 

 Ophidia ; " (2) " History of the Cetacea of the East North 

 American Coast ; " (3) " Synopsis of the Extinct Cetacea of the 

 United States ; " (4) " Systematic Arrangement of the Extinct 

 Batrachia, Reptilia, and Aves of North America ;" (5) " Syste- 

 matic Relations of the Fishes ; "(6) " Systematic Arrangement 

 Relations of the tailed Batrachia ; " (7) " Extinct Vertebrata of 

 the Eocene Formation of Wyoming ; " (8) " Cretaceous Verte- 

 brata of the West;" (9) "Tertiary Vertebrata." 



To the theory of evolution Prof Cope has made important 

 contributions, amongst which are : {a) " On the Origin of 

 Genera ; " {b) " Hypothesis of Evolution, Physical and Meta- 

 physical ; " (c) " Evolution and its Consequences ; " (d) " Method 

 of Creation of Organic Types ; " (e) " Origin of Man and other 

 Vertebrata ; " (/) " The Origin of the Fittest," &c., &c 



H. M. Ami 

 Ottawa, May, 1897. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. 



Flying Ants — On the morning of 12th June myriads of fly- 

 ing ants suddenly made their appearance in various parts of the 

 city, none having been seen previous to that date. They matted 

 in large patches on fence posts, on the edge of the sidewalks, 

 and on bare spots where any flat dry substance was to be, found. 

 The fence posts along Cartier Square were covered, and whether 

 from the chill of the previous night or from other causes they 

 appeared numbed and indisposed to fly. Any protruberancc 

 seemed to attract them. I did not notice any birds disposed to 



