PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



oba ScotianSnstittttf of Satwral mimct 



OF 



HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTfA. 



VOL. Ill 1871-72. PART IL 



m CONTENTS. 



EPi Page. 



Proceedings 95 



List of Members 98 



Transactions : — 



Art. I. — On Nova Scotian Diurnal Lepidoptera. By J. M. Jones, Esq., F. L. S., 



President of the Institute of JVatural Science 100 



II. — On a small and remarkable Lophioid taken off Halifax Harbor. By 



ijf J. M. Jones, Esq., F. L. S 103 



III.--On Pre-Carboniferous Rocks of the Pictou Coal Field. By Rev. D. 

 HoNEYMAN, D. C. L., F. G. S., Member of the Geological Society 



of France, SfC, Director of the Provincial Museum. . . , 105 



IV. — On the Mammalia of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, A. B., M. 



D., M. R. C. S., Vice-P res. of the Institute of Natural Science. 109 

 V. — On Parallel Lines of Elevation in the Earth's Crust. By Angus Ross, 



Esq 126 



VI. — On the Pre-Carboniferous Rocks of the Pictou Coal Field. By Rev. D. 



HONETMAN, D. C. L., F. G. S., &c 141 



VII. — On the Meteorology of Caledonia Mines, Little Glace Bay, Cape Breton. 



By H. Poole, Esq., Superintendent of Mines 143 



VIII.— Notes of Travel. Extracts. By H. S. Poole, Esq., F. G. S 150 



IX. — On the Construction of a Beaver Dam in Digby County. By Bernard 



Gilpin, A. B., M. D., M. R. C. S 152 



X. — On the Comparative Anatomy and Pathology of the Human Teeth. By 



m A. C. Cogswell, D. D. S 156 



W XI. — On the Geology of the Iron Deposits of Pictou County, Nova Scotia. By ■ 



Rev. D. Honeyman, D. C. L., F. G. S., &c 171 



t XII.— On the Flora of Nova Scotia. Part I. By Henry How, D. C. L., 

 Prof, of Chem. and jYat. Hist., University of King's College, 

 Windsor, JV. S 174 

 XIII. — On the Meteorology of Halifax. By Frederick Allison, Esq 176 



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1872. 



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