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spent in examining the exhibits under the leadership df Mr. A. 

 Halkett, NaturaHst of the Marine and Fisheries Department and 

 Curator of the Museum. It was found necessary to make some 

 other changes in the programme. The excursions to Brennan's 

 Wharf and Cumberland were cancelled because of the abnormally 

 high water of the Ottawa, which made landing at these places 

 impossible. Other excursions were substituted, however, reports 

 of which have appeared in The Ottawa Naturalist. 



The programme of fall excursions was as follows: 



Sept. 12th, Fairy Lake and Beaver Meadow. 



Sept. 19th, Experimental Farm, a joint excursion of the 

 Ottawa Horticultural Societv and the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' 

 Club. 



Sept. 26th, RockHffe and McKay's Lake 



The fall excursions were carried out as arranged, and proved 

 most successful in every respect. Prof. McCready, of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, Guelph, was present at the first of these 

 excursions and gave an interesting account of the nature study 

 work being done by the Macdonald Institute. Reports of all the 

 fall excursions appear in the November number of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist. 



The Ottawa Naturalist. 



Volume XXII of The Ottawa Naturalist, the official organ 

 of the Club, has been published in monthly numbers. This volume 

 is larger than the average, consisting of 270 pages and 8 full 

 page plates. The earlier numbers were issued under the editor- 

 ship of Mr. J. M. Macoun, and the later numbers, published 

 during Mr. Macoun's absence from the city, were edited bv Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson. 



The January number takes the form of a memorial number 

 to the late Dr. James Fletcher. It consists of almost fifty pages 

 and contains two excellent full page photographs of the late 

 Dr. Fletcher. It gives complete reports of the tributes paid to his 

 memory by all the speakers at the memorial meeting, it furnishes 

 a six-page reference list of his published articles, and is in every 

 respect a worthy tribute to this great man. 



The following are among the papers that appear in this 

 volume : 



On Geology. 



1. "Notes on Silurian Stromatoporoids from Hudson's 

 Bay, " Wm. A. Parks, Ph.D. 



2. "Report on a Collection of Fossil Woods from the 

 Cretaceous of Alberta," D. P. Penhallow, D.Sc. 



3. "The Pelecypoda or Bivalve Mollusca of the Chazy 

 formation in Canada," Dr. J. F. Whiteaves. 



