FEBRUARY, 1910 



VOL. XXIII, No. 11 



TH E 



OTTAWA 

 N ATURA LIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



EOitOt: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 

 Central Experimental Farm, 

 OTTAWA. 



Tlssoclate jeoitors: 



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



Zooloev. 

 Dr. J. F. Whiteaves, d o t^ ^"^ J. W. Gibson, M.A. 



Pal.cn,olo,y. ''''''' ^""o%i.Mosy. N.,ure Suuiy. 



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



Conchology. Entomology. 



CONTENTS: 



Everyday Ornithology. By Norman Criddle. - - - - 197 



Meetings of the Botanical Branch. 204 



Soirees. - ---------- 207 



Instinct and Education. Synopsis of address by Mr. A. E. Attwood. 209 



Fletcher Memorial Fund. - - 211 



Notes : Bartonia virginica in Quebec ; Bonaparte's Gull. - - 211 



A rare Weasel at Ottawa. By W. E. Saunders. - - - 212 



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