THE CANADIAN Naturalist and Geologist, AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF MONTREAL, CONDUCTED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. VOLUME III. Montreal: PUBLISHED BY B. DAWSON & SON, 23 GREAT ST. JAMES STREET. 1858. Entered, according to the Act of the Provincial Parliament, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, by BENJAMIN DAwson & SON, in the Office of the Registrar of the Province of Canada. CONTENTS. PAGE 1 24 ARTICLE I.-Things to be observed in Montreal and its vicinity,... AV.-Remarks on the Geographical Distribution of Plants in the British Possessions of North America, V.-Report of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1853 VI.-A List of Indigenous Plants found growing in the VII.-Professor Owen on the Classification of Mammalia,... VIII.-On a method of preparing and mounting Hard Tissues 32 39 51 67 XV.-On the Genus Graptolithus, by James Hall,. XVI.-Note on the Genus Graptolithus, by James Hall, .... Geological Gleanings, XXVIII.-The Fresh-Water Algæ of Canada,...... XXIX.-Description of two Species of Canadian Butterflies,.. 346 XXX.-The Observatory at St. Martins, Isle Jesus, C. E.,.... 352 XXXIII.-Description of a Canadian Butterfly, and some re- XXXIV.-New Genera and Species of Fossils from the Silu- 410 rian and Devonian formations of Canada,.... 419 .... 444 450 Is the Onion Indigenous to the North West of Canada? 397 398 The Natural History Society of Montreal,. 399 To our Reviewers,.. Twenty-eighth meeting of the British Association for the advancement of Science,.. 400 468 Breeding Skylarks, ..... 472 Nova Britannia. Nova Scotia as a field for Emigration. ARTICLE I.-Things to be observed in Canada, and especially in Montreal and its vicinity. The introductory Lecture of the Popular Course of the Montreal Natural History Society, winter of 1857-8.-By the President. There are in all places some things which every one sees, and other things which, though equally or more interesting, very few see. Every visitor to Montreal is likely to know something of our public works and buildings, our mountain and its scenery, our rapids, and many other prominent objects, interesting to naturalists no doubt, but equally so to other men. It is not necessary to refer to such things as these; and I propose this evening to direct your attention to some more obscure and less noteworthy objects, deserving attention from those among us who love the study of nature. In order to receive much pleasure and some advantage from the study of natural history, it is not necessary to be a great naturalist. In this subject we do not repel the tyro with the harsh warning, drink deep or taste not. We hail every young inquirer as an aid, and are glad to have the smallest contributions which are the result of earnest and well directed inquiry. In truth a large proportion of the new facts added to natural science, are collected by local naturalists, whose reputation never becomes very extensive, but who are yet quoted by larger workers, and |