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the shelf-room ; the shelves being so crowded that work 

 in the improvement of the library is at a standstill. 



The usual exchanges have been received, entered and 

 acknowledged. I have also to report the receipt of 

 " Comstock's Manual of the Study of Insects," presented 

 to the Society by the Montreal Branch of the Canadian 

 Entomological Society. This is a very useful work and a 

 valuable addition to the library as we have but few 

 modern works on that branch of Science. Another 

 valuable gift to the library is " Lydekker's Royal Natural 

 History," in six volumes, generously purchased and 

 presented to the library by a few of the members. 



In consideration of the large number of valuable works 

 still unarranged, it is hoped that the Society will soon be 

 in a position to assign a sufficient sum to enable the 

 Committee to complete the work of arrangement and 

 cataloguing, which has been so long in hand. 



E. T. Chambers, 



Hon. Librarian. 

 May 30th, 1898. 



Field Day to Montfort. 



The annual field day of the Natural History Society of 

 Montreal is an event which is pleasurably anticipated by 

 the members of the Society and their friends, and which 

 seems to be growing more and more popular an excursion 

 with the public generally as the years pass on. At least, 

 so one would judge from the crowds that were present on 

 Saturday morning at the Windsor street Station, all on 

 pleasure intent, whether it consisted in fishing, exploring, 

 or the collection of specimens. So large, indeed, was the 

 number of the excursionists, that it was found necessary 

 to add another car to the train, making six cars in all, 



