Annual Meeting.] 12 [May 3, 



Summer Work. 



An expedition was made to the Island of Anticosti in the Gulf 

 of St. Lawrence. The Curator was accompanied by Mr. Hen- 

 shaw, Assistant in the Museum, Mr. William Brewster, Assistant 

 in the Museum in charge of the Society's Ornithological Collec- 

 tions, Messrs. E. C. Gardiner, W. H. Kerr, and E. R. Warren of the 

 Institute of Technology, and a crew of three men. We sailed 

 on the morning of the seventeenth of June, arrived at Canso 

 Light on the evening of the 20th though somewhat delayed by fog 

 while off the coast of Nova Scotia. When in the Gulf we visited 

 and collected at Port Hood, Cape Breton, then sailed to Entry 

 Island, visiting also Amherst Island, Grand Entry Harbor, where 

 we were storm-bound for several days, Bryon Island and Bird 

 Rocks among the Magdalen Islands. From these Islands we ran 

 to the west end of Anticosti through an easterly gale, and after 

 remaining at Fox Harbor for several days, went across the Gulf 

 to Gaspe on the coast of New Brunswick. The next stopping 

 place was to have been Ellis Bay at the east end of Anticosti, 

 but being prevented by unfavorable weather from entering the 

 Bay, we anchored for the night at English Head and started next 

 morning for the Mingan Islands on the coast of Labrador. 



After a week spent among these islands we began our return 

 trip, stopping at English Head and also visiting and collecting in 

 Ellis Bay. The course from this locality carried us to Perce on 

 the coast of New Brunswick, and from that beautiful though 

 unsafe harbor we sailed direct for the Gut of Canso, arriving 

 there July 31. The expedition left the Gut on the morning of 

 Aug. 2, but was so delayed by fogs and bad weather, that we 

 were unable to reach Annisquam again until the 15th of August. 



The party made valuable additions to our Museum by its col- 

 lection of fossils, insects, and birds and also by a series of photo- 

 graphs showing the terraces and other geological monuments, 

 which are especially interesting in these localities for the remark- 

 able display of the effects of elevation and the superficial denuda- 

 tion which has subsequently taken place. Mr. Brewster secured a 

 number of interesting birds for our collection and also made 

 notes of the occurrence of species which will appear in our Pro- 



