THE 



JUNE, 1909 



VOL. XXm, No. 3 



OTTAWA 

 N ATURA LIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



JBDltOt: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 



Central Experimental Farm, 



OTTAWA. 



Hesociatc JEOitors: 



Dr. H. M. Ami, Geology. Prof. E. E. Prince, W. T. Macoun, Botany. 



Dr. J. F. Whiteaves, p^,^ ^ ^ ^'^' J. W. Gibson, M.A. 



PalcBontology. ^^^- ^- J)m^-j;jo/o Nature Study. 



Hon. F. R. Latchford, W. H. Harrington, A. McNeill, Meteorology. 



Conchology. Entomology. 



CONTENTS: 



The Prong horn Antelope. By Prof. E. E. Prince. - - - 41 



Winter Birds at Point Pelee. By W. E. Saunders. - - - 46 



Meetings of the Entomological Branch. - - - - - 50 



Meetings of the Botanical Branch. 54 



First Excursion of the Season of 1909. - - -^ - - 55 



Council Meetings. --------- 57 



Notes: Dioscorea villosa; Snake Behavior; Bird Notes; Intimacy 



with Nature. -- 58 



Copelaxd-Chatterson-Crain Limited 

 ISSUED JUNE 12, 1909. 



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