SOIREES. 



The first lecture of the winter series was held on Tuesday. 

 November the 9th, 1909, the lecturer of the evening being our 

 esteemed member, Mr. W. E. Saunders of London, Ont. "Home 

 Birds and Wanderers" was the subject chosen by the speaker, 

 and it proved a most interesting one to the large audience which 

 filled the Assembly Hall of the Normal School. Mr. Saunders 

 spoke in a delightfully interesting manner, and illustrated many 

 of his remarks with the calls and songs of the birds he loved 

 and described. Preserved specimem^of rtO-anv of the birds 

 referred to were exhibited. ^^^TO' 



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196 The Ott.a.w.\ N.\tur.\list. [Jax. 



House Wren Common ; a pair were nesting in a cavity in the 

 top rail of a snake fence. 



Chickadee Common. 



Wilson's Thrush Common. 



Olive-backed Thrush One seen. 



Hermit Thrush Common. M 



American Robin Seven nests were found within the radius of " 



400 vards: one in a small spruce, one in a white pine, two !{ 



oh the tops of pine stumps and three between the roots of ^ 



upturned pine stumps. ^^ 



Bluebird Common; one nest containing 6 eggs, in a wood- ^ 



pecker's hole, 20 feet from the ground in a hemlock stub. 



FLETCHER MEMORIAL FUND. 



The Committee in charge of this Fund recently met in the 

 Carnegie Library, and a further circular was drafted to be sent 

 to mem.bers of the Club and friends of the late Dr. Fletcher who 

 had subscribed to the Fund but had not remitted to the 

 Secretarv-Treasurer, (Mr. Arthur Gibson, Central Experimental 

 Farm) the amount of their subscription. Another circular was 

 also prepared, to be miailed to those who had received the first 

 circular, but who had net responded. Both of these circulars 

 were sent out in December, and the Committee are so far much 

 gratified at the results. There still, however, are many mem- 

 bers of the Club, v/hom the Committee feel sure desire to con- 

 tribute, and these and others who have not as yet sent in their 

 subscription to the Secretary-Treasurer, are requested to attend 

 to this matter as soon as possible, in order that the Committee 5 



may make final arrangements for the work m connection Vv^ith 

 the Memorial, which, as our readers are aware, is to take the 

 form of a drinking fountain at the Central Experimental Farm. 



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