DAWSON BROTHERS, 55 TO 59 ST. JAMES STREET.

Jm 1870.

The Editors of this Journal are responsible only for such communications as bear their names or initials.

EDITING COMMITTEE.

Acting Editor: J. F. WHITEAVES, F.G.S.

J. W. DAWSON, LL.D., F.R.S.
T. STERRY HUNT, LL.D., F.R.S.
C. SMALLWOOD, M.D., LL.D.
E. BILLINGS, F.G.S.

P. P. CARPENTER, B.A., PH. D.
DAVID A. P. WATT.

J. B. EDWARDS, Ph.D., F.C.S.,
Chairman.

CORRESPONDING EDITORS.

HALIFAX, N.S.-PROF. G. LAWSON, Ph.D., LL.D.

ST. JOHNS, N.B.-G. F. MATTHEW, Esq. | LONDON, Ont.-W. SAUNDERS, Esq.

Entered, according to Act of the Provincial Parliament, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by DAWSON BROTHERS, in the Office of the Registrar of the Dominion of Canada.

CONTENTS.

Aquaria Studies. Part I. By A. S. RITCHIE..

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On Laurentian Rocks in Eastern Massachusetts. By Dr. T. STERRY HUNT,F.R.S. 7

Meteorological results for Montreal for the year 1869. By C. SMALLWood,

M.D., LL.D., D.C.L......

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On the Graphite of the Laurentian of Canada. By Prin. DAWSON, LL.D., F.R.S. 13

Notes on the Genus Eophyton

Contributions to Canadian Meteorology. By C. SMALLWOOD, M.D.,LL.D.,D.C.L. 22

Notes on some of the Plants in the Herbaria of Linné and Michaux. By Prof.

D. C. EATON, M.A.

On Norite or Labtadorite Rock. By Dr. T. STERRY HUNT, F.R.S...

Notes on the Birds of Newfoundland. By HENRY REEKS, F.L.S.

On the Origin and Classification of Original or Crystalline Rocks. Parts I and

II. By THOMAS MACFARLANE.............

The Plants of the West Coast of Newfoundland. By JoHN BELL, M. A., M.D.

Why are Insects attracted by artificial lights? By A. S. RITCHIE

Notes on Vegetable Productions. By G. E. BULGER, F.L.S., F.R.G.S.,

On Recent Spectroscopic Observations of the Sun, and the Total Eclipses of

1868 and 1869. By JAMES DOUGLAS, jun...

On Canadian Diatomaceæ. By W. OSLER

Notes on the Birds of Newfoundland. By HENRY REEKS, F.L.S.

On the Origin and Classification of Original or Crystalline Rocks. Part III.

By THOMAS MACFARLANE..

Aquaria Studies. Part II. By A. S. RITCHIE..

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On Foraminifera from the Gulf and River St. Lawrence. By G. M. DAWSON. 172

Notes on the Structure of the Crinoidea and Blastoidea. ByE. BILLINGS, F.G.S. 180

On the Geology of Eastern New England. By Dr. T. STERRY HUNT, F.R.S.... 198

Canadian Phosphates considered with reference to their use in Agriculture.

By GORDON BROOME, F.G.S..

Science Education Abroad. Extracts from a Lecture by Principal DAWSON,

LL.D., F.R.S

The Earthquake of October 20th, 1870. By Principal DAWSON, LL.D., FR.S. 282

Notes on the Birds of Newfoundland. By HENRY REEKS, F. L.S...

On the Origin and Classification of Original or Crystalline Rocks. Part IV.

By THOMAS MACFARLANE....

Notes on the Botany of a portion of the Counties of Hastings and Addington.

By B. J. HARRINGTGN, B. A.....

A few hours at Cape Town, S. Africa, By G. E. BULGER, F.L.S., F.R.G.S..... 365

On Spore Cases in Coals. By Principal DAWSON, LLD., F.R.S.

Bivalve Crustacens from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Described by G. S. BRADY,

C.M.Z.S

Extract from "Notes on Fossil Ostracoda from the Post-Teriary Deposits of

Canada and New England." By G. S. BRADY, C.M.Z.S., and Rev. H. W.

CROSSKEY, F.G.S..

Notes on Granitic Rocks. By Dr. T. STERRY HUNT, F.R.S...

Notes on the Birds of Newfoundland. By HENRY REEKS, F.L.S.,

The Correlation of Vital and Physicial Forces. By Prof. BARKER..

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