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Canadian Orthoptera. (Concluded.) F. B. Caulfield. 398 



On the Correlation of the Geological Structure of the 

 Maritime Provinces of Canada with those of West- 

 ern Europe. Sir Wm. Dawson 404 



The Retention and the Loss of the Hair from a 

 Physiological Standpoint. Professor T. Wesley 

 Mills 407 



The Distribution and Physical and Past-Geological 

 Relations of British North American Plants. A. 

 T. Drummond 412 



The Royal Society of Canada , 424 



Reviews and Book Notices 437 



Proceedings of Natural History Society , 442 



The Distribution and Physical and Past-Geological 

 Relations of British North American Plants. (Con- 

 tinued.) A. T. Drummond 457 



Invaporation Professor W. L. Goodwin 469 



" The Plague of Mice " in Nova Scotia and Prince 



Edward Island. Rev. George Patterson, D.D.... 472 



The Rearing of Bears and the Worship of Yoshitsune" 

 by the Ainos of Japan. Professor D. P. Pen- 

 hallow 481 



On the Physiology of the Heart of the Snake. Pro- 

 fessor T. Wesley Mills ;;, 489 



The Fresh- Water Sponges of Newfoundland. (With 



Cut.) A. H. Mackay 497 



Notes on Fossil Woods from the Western Territories 



of Canada. (Abstract.) Sir Wm. Dawson 499 



Squirrels: Their Habits and Intelligence, with special 

 reference to Feignirg. (Abstract.) Professor T. 

 Wesley Mills { 502 



The Meeting of the American Association for the 



Advancement of Science 504 



Reviews and Book Notices 518 



