The Canadian Record of Science

RECORD OF SCIENCE,

INCLUDING THE PROCEEDINGS OF

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MONTREAL,

AND REPLACING

THE CANADIAN NATURALIST.

VOL. II. (1886-1887.)

MONTREAL:

PUBLISHED BY THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY,

1887.

36680

Sept. 22, 1996.

EDITING COMMITTEE.

D. P. PENHALLOW, B.Sc.

DR. T. W. MILLS.

A. T. DRUMMOND.

DR. B. J. HARRINGTON.

J. BEMROSE.

E. INGERSOLL.

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.

Cretaceous Floras of the Northwest. Sir W. DAWSON,

F.R.S., &c., Principal of McGill University, Mon-

treal

Structural Features of Discina Acadica of the St. John
Group. (With Cut.) G. F. MATTHEW, F.R.S.C..

Origin of the Ainos and their Final Settlement and

Distribution in Japan. D. P. PENHALLOW, B.Sc.,

F.R.S.C., Professor of Botany in McGill Univer-

sity

New Fresh-Water Sponges from Nova Scotia and

Newfoundland. (With Cut.) A. H. MACKAY, B.A.,

B.Sc., Principal Pictou Academy, Pictou, N.S......

Sun Dance of the Cree Indians. C. LANE

Abstract of the Presidents' Addresses. R. W. BOODLE

Boulder Drift and Sea Margins at Little Metis, Lower

St. Lawrence. Sir W. DAWSON

Origin of the American Varieties of the Dog. Dr. A.

S. PACKARD...................

Pleistocene Fossils from Anticosti. Lieut.-Col. GRANT

and Sir W. DAWSON ...

Some Prehistoric and Ancient Linear Measures. R.

P. GREG....

Electrical Furnace for Reducing Refractory Ores. T.

STERRY HUNT, LL.D., F.R.S., &c.

The Late Dr. William Carpenter.
Review-A Text-Book of Botany...

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9

56

59

Miscellaneous Notes ...

Proceedings of the Natural History Society.....

Forests of Canada. (With Map.) ROBERT BELL,

M.D., LL.D.....

Mound-Builders. Rev. W. J. SMYTH

Geology and Geologists in New Brunswick. Professor

L. W. BAILEY

Studies in the Comparative Physiology of the Heart.

(Abstracts.) T. WESLEY MILLS, M.A., M.D., &c.,

Professor of Physiology in McGill University......

Aboriginal Trade in the Canadian Northwest. C. N.

Variation of Water in Trees and Shrubs. (With Cut.)

Professor D. P. PENHALLOW..

105

A Natural System in Mineralogy. Dr. T. STERRY HUNT 116

Physical Characteristics of the Ainos. Professor D.

P. PENHALLOW..........

Meteorological Observations for 1885. Professor C.

H. MCLEOD

Miscellaneous Notes

Proceedings of the Natural History Society..

Comparative Physiology of the Heart. (Concluded.)

Professor T. WESLEY MILLS........

Our Northwest Prairies. A. T. DRUMMOND...

Protection of North American Birds. A. H. MASON,

65

Montreal Drinking Water. ARTHUR WEIR...

Polyembryony. Professor D. P. PENHALLOW.

Proceedings of Natural History Society....

177

178

Annual Address of President. Sir WM. DAWSON ..... 180

Miscellaneous Notes

198

201

Presidential Address. Sir WM. DAWSON

Relations of the Earth's Rocks to Meteorites. Pro-

fessor H. A. NEWTON....

Additional Notes upon the Tendrils of Cucurbitaceæ.

Professor D. P. PENHALLOW.......

Discovery of a Pteraspidian Fish in the Silurian

Rocks. G. F. MATTHEW.

Affinities of the Tendrils in the Virginian Creeper.

A. T. DRUMMOND......

Abstract of a Paper on the Cambrian Faunas. G. F.

MATTHEW........

Invaporation. Professor W. L. GOODWIN, D.Sc., of

Queen's University, Kingston..

264

Law of Volumes in Chemistry. Dr. T. STERRY HUNT

Miscellaneous Notes

Presidential Address. (Concluded.) Sir WM. DAWSON 265

The Canadian Rocky Mountains. G. M. DAWSON,

D.S., F.G.S., A.R.S.M............

Synthesis of Diethyl Trimethyl Amido Benzene. R.

F. RUTTAN, B.A., M.D., Lecturer in Chemistry,

Medical Faculty, McGill University.....

Occurrence of Scolithus in Rocks of the Chazy Forma-

tion. H. M. AMI, M.A., F.G.S........

Physiology of the Heart of the Sea-Turtle.

T. WESLEY MILLS

.......................

The Pteraspidian Fish of the Silurian Rocks. G. F.

MATTHEW...

...........

Professor

Miscellaneous Notes......

Physiology of the Heart of the Sea-Turtle. (With

Plate. Concluded.) Professor T. WESLY MILLS...

Chemical Notes on Wheat and Flour. J. T. DONALD,

M.A.......

On a Permian Moraine in Prince Edward Island.

(With Cut.) F. BAIN

Life in the Bahama Islands. Professor T. WESLEY

MILLS ....

Illustrations of the Fauna of the St. John Group. G.

F. MATTHEW

Note on the Occurrence of Jade in British Columbia,

and its Employment by the Natives. Dr. GEORGE

M. DAWSON,....

Canadian Orthoptera. F. B. CAULFIELD...

Height of Clouds. Professor C. H. MCLEOD...........

Proceedings of Natural History Society......

Miscellaneous Notes.......

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