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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST, 



of the two associations in 1884, and so pre- 

 pare for an international meeting in the future. 

 If the meeting of the American Association 

 for 1884 can be fixed for some north-eastern 

 city, sufficiently near Montreal, and can be 

 timed so as to occur a week before or after 

 that of the British Association, there can be 

 no doubt that a great number of members of 

 the latter body would take advantage of the 

 opportunity to enjoy the companionship of 

 their American confreres ; while, on the other 

 hand, many of these would gladty spend a few 

 days at the meeting of the British Association. 

 In this way it would seem that a greater 

 benefit to science might result than even from 

 an international meeting. There would be 

 time for the complete transaction of the busi- 

 ness of both associations. Neither would 

 suffer either pecuniarily or in the value of its 

 proceedings ; and there would be the best 

 possible opportunity for interchange of ideas 

 between the scientific men of the United 

 States, Great Britain and Canada. Nor is it 

 unlikely that some scientific workers from the 

 continent of Europe and elsewhere may be 

 attracted by a combination so unusual. It 

 may thus be hoped that the proposed meeting 

 of the British Association in Canada may not 

 only be one of the most successful that this 

 mother of associations has held, but may in- 

 augurate an epoch of renewed activity and 

 progiess in the widely-spread scientific work 

 of the two great associations of the English- 

 speaking race." 



starving. London might be victualled with 

 herring for a year on one day's consumption 

 of the uncaught Cod. 



HUXLEY'S COD-FISH MOUNTAIN. 



Professor Huxley says that a good fishing 

 ground will yield more food in one week than 

 an acre of the best land in a year. At the 

 International Fisheries Exhibition in London, 

 he drew a vivid picture of the moving " Moun- 

 tain of Cod," one hundred and twenty to one 

 hundred and thirty feet in height, which for 

 two months in every year moves westward and 

 southward past the Norwegian Coast. Every 

 square mile of this colossal column of fish 

 contains one hundred and twenty millions of 

 fish, consuming every week, when on short 

 rations, no fewer than eight hundred and forty 

 millions of herrings. The whole catch of the 

 Norwegian fisheries never exceeds in a year 

 more than half a square mile of this " Cod 

 Mountain," and one week's supply of the her- 

 rings needed to keep that area of Cod from 



EEVIEVV. 

 We have before us a General Index to the 

 Thirteen Annual Keports of the Entomological 

 Society of the Province of Ontario. The mat- 

 ter is compiled by Edmund Baynes-Reed, Sec- 

 Treas. of the Society, who deserves credit for 

 the work, which is systematically arranged 

 and will be useful to those who possess the 

 Reports since 1870. Attempts are made to 

 give English names to our insects ; indeed, we 

 would be well pleased to see all the species in 

 this Index thus supplied ; but we decidedly 

 object to the duplication of an English name 

 to one insect, or to two species, as we notice 

 this to be the case in the Red-legged Locust, 

 which is called the " Canadian Locust." An- 

 thomyia ceparum and Ortalis plexa are called 

 Onion flies, and three species of Cantharis are 

 called Spanish Blister Beetles. We would 

 prefer to call C. scrutator the Green Calasoma, 

 and C. calidum the Gold-spotted Calasoma. 

 Our Papilios and other Butterflies should have 

 appropriate English names, and something 

 must be done ere long to overcome this diffi- 

 culty. The British insects have English 

 names by which they are recognized by the 

 unscientific collector, and the North American 

 species should be commonly known by names 

 applicable to them which may be taken from 

 their forms or food plants. This Index is, 

 however, a good beginning. In conclusion, 

 we may remark that Bhodites radicum is 

 placed under the head of Diptera. — C. 



DISTEMPER IN DOGS. 



We have received a pamphlet from the 

 author, Mr. S. E. Wheeler, 133 Bleury street, 

 Montreal, on Distemper in Dogs, its symptoms 

 and cure. To those who wish to keep their 

 dogs healthy and vigorous, the instiuctions 

 given by Mr. Wheeler are valuable. He seems 

 to possess a thorough knowledge of the dis- 

 eases of these animals. The price of the pam- 

 phlet is 20 cents. 



