4 PROCEEDINGS. 



may have been propagations from plants brought to those countries by 

 emigrants. 



Dr. Lawson also made some observations on Lemania, an aquatic plant 

 found in the United States, and more recently in Canada; and which he had 

 also met with, adhering to stones, in the Sackville River, at the head of Bed- 

 ford Basin. (See Transactions.) 



Ordinary Meeting, Jan. 9, 1865. 



The President noticed the receipt of several donations since the last 

 ordinary meeting, viz. : — 



1. By Capt. Hardy. Vol. V. of the Natural History of the State of 

 New Yoi'k. 



2. By Miss Willis. A Collection of Nova Scotia Ferns. 



The President noticed the receipt of Letters, Transactions and Publica- 

 tions, as follows : — 



1. A letter from the Smithsonian Institute, Informing that the Nova 

 Scotian Institute of Natural Science had been placed upon their List for 

 exchange of publications. 



2. From the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., acknowledging receipt of 

 Vols. I. and II. of Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute, and sending 

 their Proceedings in return. 



3. From the Academy of Science, of St. Louis, Missouri, with Part I. 

 Vol. II. of their Transactions, and notifying that the Nova Scotian Institute 

 had been placed upon their exchange List. 



4. From Sir W. Jardine. The Address of the President of the Dum- 

 fries and Galloway Natural History Society. Also. — The Transactions and 

 Journal of the Proceedings of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural 

 History and Antiquarian Society. 



5. From Dr. Dawson, Principal of McGill College, Montreal. A paper 

 " On the Fossils of the genus Rusophycus." 



6. From Thomas Belt, Esq. A paper on Lake Basins, and the evi- 

 dence of glacial action in their excavation. 



Mr. A. Downs read a paper on the Land Birds of Nova Scotia, 

 describing sixty-one species, of which sixteen were warblers. He purposes a 

 continuation of the subject. (See Transactions.) 



Rev. J. Ambrose, of St. Margaret's Bay, read a paper on the Natural 

 History of St. Margaret's Bay — with especial reference to the Sea Birds that 

 frequent its waters. (See Transactions.) 



The President read a lettef from Professor Owen, relative to remains 

 found in the Kitchen Midden at St. Margaret's Bay, explored by the Insti-- 

 tute on one of their Field Excursions last summer, and described in the 

 Appendix of Vol. II. P. II. of their Transactions. [See Appendix.) 



Colonel Sinclair, proposed at a previous meeting, was duly elected a 

 member of the Institute. 



Mr. Sandford Fleming, proposed at a previous meeting, was duly 

 elected a member of the Institute. 



