Seventh Monthly Meeting. 537 



SEVENTH MONTHLY MEETING— SESSION 1901-'02. 



Montreal, April 28th, 1902. 



The seventh monthly meeting was held this evening, 

 Dr. Wesley Mills occupied the chair. There were also 

 present : J. A. U. Beaudry, A. E. Norris, J. G-. McKer_ 

 gow, H. McLaren, A. Holden, Jos. Fortier, Miss Van 

 Home, Eev. J. Y. Gilniour, A. Griffin, J. Harper and 

 about 50 others. 



On motion, the minutes of last meeting were taken as 

 read. 



The Curator, A. E. Norris, then reported the following 

 donations : — 



Nest of Eed-eyed Vires, 2 Green Snakes — Donor, A. E. 

 Norris. 



A number of Indian Eelics — Donor, Thonias Eoddick, 

 M.D. 



On motion of E. W. Eichards, seconded by the Eev. 

 E. Campbell, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the 

 above donors. 



Miss Van Home then read her paper, " Some of the 

 Mushrooms of Canada." The subject was treated in a 

 very exhaustive manner, and was additionally interesting 

 on account of the number of specially prepared lantern 

 slides. 



Mr. Charles J. Stuart then gave his communication^ 

 'An Unusual Display of the Aurora Polaris." This 

 proved to be a very interesting paper, many colored dia- 

 grams made by the author assisting everyone to a proper 

 grasp of the subject. 



On motion of the Eev. E. Campbell, seconded by 

 C. S. J. Phillips, a vote of thanks was unanimously ten- 

 dered to Miss Van Home and Mr. Stuart for their valu- 

 able and interesting communications. Carried. 



