192 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Jan. 



A GANNET NEAR OTTAWA. 



A very beautiful specimen of a juvenal of the Gannet, or 

 Solan Goose {Sula bassana, Boie.) was shot, October 14th, at 

 Shirley's Bay, seven miles above Britannia by Mr. J. H. Slack, 

 90 Elm St., Ottawa. When Mr. Slack first saw the bird it was 

 apparently feeding about 300 yards from the shore and while he 

 was endeavoring to decide how best to reach it with a rifle shot 

 the bird rose and flew straight towards him. Fortunately Mr. 

 Slack had a shot-gun with him and with that the bird was killed. 

 It was secured for the Geological Survey Museum and is a 

 valuable addition to the bird collection. The Solan Goose breeds 

 abundantly in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and has been taken a 

 few times on Lake Ontario, but this is the first record of its 

 occurrence near Ottawa. 



J. M. M. 



CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE HERBARIUM OF THE 



GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



By James M. Macoun. 



Phegopteris Robertianum, (Hoff^m.) A. Br. 



P. Dryopteris var. Rohertianiim (Hoffm.), Macoun Cat. Can. 

 PI. II.: 270. 



On rocks, Hunker Creek, Yukon, No. 78, 293; four miles 

 up Klondike River, Yukon, No. 78, 292. {John Macoun). 



Sporobolus uniflorus, (Muhl.) Scribn. and Merr. 



On rocks at Petawawa Falls, Algonquin Park, Ont., July 

 23rd, .1900, Herb. No. 21,915. {John Macoun). Not before 

 recorded from Canada. 



Eleocharis nitida, Fernald. 



In a swamp at Parker's, nine miles from Ouyon, Que. No. 

 61,199. Only known station. This species and K. Macounii, 

 collected by Mr. J. M. Macoun near North Wakefield, Que., are 

 both described in the new edition of Gray's Manual and should be 

 looked for in other localities bv Ottawa collectors. 



Carex cephaloidea, Boott. 



The only Canadian locality from which we have recorded 

 this species is London, Ont. Later records are: Gait, Ont., No. 

 78,035 {W. Herriot); Hull, Que., No. 61,146: near Wakefield, 

 Que., No. 78,179, and Tilsonburg, Ont.. No. 33,732. {John 

 Macoun). 



