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BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
At Clifton on the 25th July a loosestrife {Lysimachia punctata) 
an introduced plant, not hitherto reported from this province, 
was found. The star thistle (Centaurea nigra) was especially 
abundant on the hillside above Clifton, and specimens of the 
fern, Woodsia Ilvensis were found on the cliffs adjacent. 
The outing at Drury’s Cove, August 5, gave the members 
an opportunity to see many plants growing in limestone regions. 
The bladder fern {Cystopteris hulbifera) some of whose fronds 
measured three feet in length was found, and many patches of 
the shrubby potentilla {Potejitilla fruticosa) with its yellow 
blooms were observed among the rocks along the shore. 
A few flowers of that rare plant. Sneeze-weed {Achillea Ptar- 
mica) were observed on the shore at Caton’s Island, August 19, 
on the occasion of the combined Historical and Natural History 
Societies excursion. The island is covered with a fine growth 
of hardwood, pines and spruces. It is also interesting on account 
of the large number of St. John River plants found along its 
shores. 
Ornithology (A. Gordon Leavitt, Chairman.) 
Their is little to report as outside work done in this depart- 
ment and, on account of the vast amount of work devolving on 
the Curator in connection with the changes and alterations in 
the building the whole collection has not, as yet, been re-arranged 
but nevertheless it still continues to be one of the chief attractions 
of the museum. It is a pleasure to be able to report two birds 
as new to St. John County, a carrion crow or Black Vulture 
{Catharista atrata) and a Wood Ibis {Jantalus loculator) the 
former taken at Spruce Lake, on July 17th last, and the latter 
at Crouchville, on June 3rd. 
In Bulletin I. of this Society, Chamberlain reports the carrion 
crow under No. 240, among the birds which have not been 
observed in St. John or Kings Counties, as follows — “Mr. 
Boardman writes me that he has had some half a dozen of this 
species taken near St. Stephen.’’ The range of the normal 
bird in the United States is given as “not extending beyond 
the Carolinas,’’ but a few captures are recorded from Massachu- 
setts and Maine. 
