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The following birds, not yet on the Club list, we think might 

 reasonably be expected to occur here. Our readers should therefore be 

 on the alert and endeavour to add them to the list during the present 

 year : 



Falco peregri7ius anatum Duck Hawk Follows the migration 

 of water-fowl, and should be looked for in spring and fall. Rev, Mr. 

 Young reports having seen it in Renfrew Country. 



Megasco'ps Aslo Screech Owl Should be found in barns in the 

 country in winter, 



Calcarius Lapponicus La])land Longspur Said to accompany 

 tlie flocks of snow-flakes Plectrop)]cenax nivalis ?een here at the 

 beginning and end of winter. 



In conclusion, the leaders think that they may fairly congratulate 

 tlie Club on the character of the work done in this branch during the 

 year. At the same time they would direct the attention of the mem- 

 bers to the great importance of having carried on by as many as pos- 

 sible of them during the coming summer a series of careful observations 

 on the migration, food, breeding and other habits of the birds of this 



locality, 



John Macoun, 



George R. White, 



Ottawa, 2Gth February, 18S9. Leaders. 



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REPORT OF THE BOTANICAL BRANCH FOR 1888-9. 



During the past season the amount of work done in this section 

 has been decidedly less satisfactory than in recent years. 



The number of additions to the list, too, is smaller than in any 

 previous year. The leaders, however, do not feel discouraged, and 

 hope next year by extra efforts to stir up more enthusiasm amongst the 

 younger members. The local flora now being published in the Ottawa 

 Naturalist will be a great help to students, and the leaders trust that 

 the members will organize early in the spring and make an effort to 

 increase considerably the list of plants now recorded from this locality. 

 Special mention, however, must be made of the work done by Mr. 



