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collected on an island in the Georgian Bay were shown by Mr. 

 Alexander at one of the meetings. 



The Conch ological report presented on April i8, by Mr. 

 Hanham, showed a total of ninety species of land and fresh water 

 shells taken in this district up to the close of 1889, an increase of 

 fifty per cent, on the list presented for 1888. There still remains 

 much to be done in this line, not so much in the addition of many 

 new species, but in the thorough working of the district — much of 

 which is yet untouched — to learn the distribution, habits, and locality 

 of the different species A careful exploration of Hamilton Bay and 

 Dundas Marsh would without doubt double the number of the 

 Unionidse observed here, at present numbering only thirteen named 

 species. 



The following are some of the papers read : 

 Oct. 19. "Notes on Bumble Bees," J. Alston Moffat. 

 Nov. I. " Botanical Notes, ( Man's agency in plant distribution)" 

 Mr. Alexander. 



Dec. 20. "Arctic forms of life," J. Alston Moffat. 

 Jan. 17. " Notes on formation of Coral Islands," B. E. Charlton. 

 March 17. "Notes on birds wintering in district," Thos. 

 Mcllwraith. (Illustrated by many beautiful specimens from his 

 collection.) 



April 18. "The elasticity of the constitution of plants," Mr. 

 Alexander. 



Besides these the section stands deeply indebted to Mr. Wm. 

 Yates, of Hatchly, Ont., for many interesting notes on botany, 

 ornithology, entomology, etc., contributed from time to time, and es- 

 pecially for, his valuable " Notes on Snakes " being the papers read 

 on February 7 th and 21st. 



Special mention must be made of a visit to this city of Mr. Wm. 

 Mcllwraith, of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. On Oct. 19th 

 he favored this section with an address on the Flora and Fauna of 

 Australia, dealing in a most eloquent and instructive manner with 

 the differences in the aspect of Australia as compared with this 

 country. 



No organized field days were held this summer, an intended 

 trip to Lake Medad on 24th of May falling through owing to the in- 

 ability to secure suitable conveyances on that day. A week later 

 however, Dr. Burgess and Mr. Hanham tramped it, and were well 



