PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS 



lobnBtotmn%mtitntt of Itatard Btima 



HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA. 



VOL, V. 1881-2. PAET IV. 



CONTENTS. 



Proceedings '. 315 



List of Members 317 



Art. I. — Nova Scotian Geology (superficial) by the Rev. D. Honeyman, 



D. C. L., &c. Curator of the Provincial Museum 319 



II. — Nov a Scotian Fung i. By J. Somers, M. D., Prof, of Physiology, 



Medical College, Halifax : 332 



III. — Geological Notes. Metalliferous Sands. By the Rev. D. Hon- 

 eyman, D. C. L„ &c 336 



— IV. — Geological Notes. By Simon D. Macdonald, F. G. S 337 



V. — On the Bones of Lophius Piscatorius. By Robert Morrow. . 340 

 VI. — Teredo Navilis in Nova Scotia. By Martin Murphy, C. E., 



Provincial Engineer 337 



►VII. — Shore Birds of Nova Scotia. By J. Bernard Gilpin, M. D., 



M. R. C. S. L 376 



VIII. — The Northern Outcrop of the Cumberland Coal Field. By Edwin 



Gilpin, M. A., Inspector of Mines 387 



Index to Volume V 



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1882. 



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