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mostly leopard frogs, as well as many invertebrates, crustaceans, 

 spiders and worms. Altogether it was a delightful and instructive 

 outing. G. EiFRiG, 



Beaver Meadow, Hull. 



The third outing took place in the afternoon of May 22nd 

 to Beaver Meadow, Hull, perhaps the most profitable field for 

 the Club's out-door work. Owing to fear of the high water then 

 raging in the Ottawa River, which had already flooded a short 

 stretch of the Aylmer Road at the end of Hull, or for some other 

 reason, there was only a small attendance in spite of the fine 

 weather. About 15 persons took part, including only two 

 ladies. For this reason the party did not divide itself up, but 

 stayed together and went out along the west bank of the meadow 

 to the quarry and then crossed on logs, etc., over to the east bank, 

 returning on it. The west bank is perhaps the most prolific place 

 near Ottawa for the botanist, rare plants like the showy orchis 

 (Orchis spectahilis) being found there, as well as other kinds of 

 commoner ones in profusion. The ferns fairly revel there, the 

 daint}^ maiden hair, and the two oak ferns occurring in great 

 clumps. The east bank, again, is a splendid locality for col- 

 umbine {Aquilegia Canadensis), Habenaria hyperborea, and 

 the only place in the vicinity of Ottawa where the Red or Wood 

 Lily (Lilhtm philadelphicum) may be found. Many water and 

 swamp plants also abound. Mr. A. H. W. Cleave, Superintendent 

 of the Royal Mint, who has since been added to the membership 

 roll of the Club, exhibited a great amount of small and semi- 

 microscopic life-forms, which he with an ingenious contrivance 

 fished out of the stagnant waters along the way. Besides larvae 

 of mosquitoes, dragon flies and mayflies he showed specimens of 

 Daphnia and Cypris. 



Although the day was fine and the migration of birds at its 

 height, they were not as plentiful as was to be expected, only 

 27 species being noted. These were: several Chimney Swifts, 

 1-2 Nighthawks, 1 Phoebe, 1 Crested Flycatcher, 5-6 Bronzed 

 Grackles, 1 Flicker, 10-15 White-throated Sparrows, and many 

 Song and several Clipping Sparrows, the Tree. Bank and Barn 

 Swallows, 1 Blue-headed Vireo; the following warblers, Bay 

 breasted, Nashville, Myrtle, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Black and 

 White- Creeping, Blackthroated Green, the Ovenbird, Redstart, 

 Yellowthroat, the House, Winter and Short-billed Marsh Wrens, 

 manv Robins, several Bluebirds and Veeries or Wilson's Thrushes, 

 2-3 Catbirds and 1 Killdeer. The habitant living at the entrance 

 to the lane into the meadow had a queer cage-bird, caught that 

 day, in the shape of a Sora Rail {Sora Carolinana). A nest of the 

 Re'd-shouldered Hawk, about 35 feet up in an elm tree was in- 



