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Islands, bequeathed by the late Mr. George J. Bowles, 
presented by his son, Mr. George Bowles. 
Specimen of Vulpes lagopus (Arctic Fox), by an 
unknown donor; Nest of Common Black Wasp ( Vespa 
maculata) from Mr. W. G. Oswald, Belle de Reviére, Two . 
Mountains ; Specimens Belosoma americana ; Busts of Bishop 
Fulford and his father, from Mr. Charles Holland. 
Dr. T. Wesley Mills then read avery interesting paper on 
“The Meeting of the American Association for the Advance- 
meut of Science, for 1877,” a reswmé of which appears in 
this number of the REcorp. 
The Second Monthly Meeting was held 28th Nov., 1887, at 
eight o’clock. Sir Wm. Dawson in the chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed; 
the minutes of the last Council meeting were also read. 
In the absence of the Hon. Curator, the Hon. Librarian 
reported a donation from Mr. Montpetit of an Astrophyton 
vermicosum, ‘Star of the Sea,” from Labrador, for which 
the thanks of. the Society were expressed. 
The following gentlemen were elected : Walter Drake, Dr. 
Ruttan, Hon. Justice Baby, as ordinary members, and Rey. 
Dr. W. E. Winslow, of Boston, and Dr. D. B. McCartee, 
Amoy, China, as Corresponding Members. 
A letter was read from Dr. L. N. Britton, Treasurer of 
the Audobon Memorial Fund, soliciting subscriptions, which 
was referred to the Hon. Treasurer. 
Mr. A. T. Drummond read two very interesting papers, 
“The Prairies of Manitoba, and “The Physical and Past 
Geological relations of British North American Plants,” 
which created considerable discussion. 
These papers appear in the present issue of the Recorp. 
MontTREAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY, SESSION 1886-87 
The annual meeting was held on Monday evening, 
October 18th, 1886, in the library of the Natural History 
Society. 
The following officers were elected for the session 1886- 
87 :— 
