THE 



CAI^ADIAI^ EECOED 



OF SCIENCE. 



VOL. VIU. JANUARY, 1899. No. 1. 



Editorial Note. 



An apology is due to the members of the Natural 

 History Society of Montreal, and to the readers of 

 " The Canadian Eecord of Science " generally, for the 

 delay of several months which has occurred in issuing the 

 magazine. The responsible editor, appointed at the 

 annual meeting of the Society in 1898, was occupied 

 throughout the summer months in actively prosecuting 

 the practice of his profession, and had no time to devote 

 to the interests of the I^atural History Society as bound 

 up in the publication of the " Eecord of Science." After 

 returning to his academical work in the city, he was 

 taken seriously ill, and was for a long time laid aside from 

 duty, and, when he did recover, he had so much leeway to 

 make up in his professional work proper that work on the 

 Society's journal had to be still further postponed. But 

 the Committee now in charge of the publication will 

 endeavor to overtake lost ground, and hope to present the 

 " Eecord " regularly each quarter. 



It will be conducted for the present on the old lines, 

 laid down when the new series was begun in 1884, and 



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