January, 1921] 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 



15 



BRIEF REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALLSTS' CLUB 



FOR THE YEAR 1920. 



During the 42nd year of its existence 

 the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Liub act- 

 ivities, which include lectures, lield ex- 

 cursions and the i)ul)lication ot tue Lan- 

 adian Field-Naturalist, have been direct- 

 ed toward the popularizing' and diftiis.ny 

 of knowledge of tlie natural sciences. 



The club membership now numbers ap- 

 proximately 600. 



A list of thirty-six lectures to be given 

 by club members was sent to local socie- 

 ties, clubs, churches and schools from wuicli 

 they might select and request desirable 

 talks, and as a result over 60 lectures en 

 the following subjects were delivered : A 

 iSurvey of a Prehistoric Indian Village, 

 The Iroquois Indian, Folk Balladry of 

 Quebec, Ranch Life, Bird Sanctuaries, A 

 Trip Through tlie Peace and Mackenzie 

 Rivei- Region, The Birds oi Bonaventure 

 Island, Birds of Eastern Canada, Bird 

 Protection in Canada, Winter Birds and 

 Mammals, The Migratory Birds' Conven- 

 tion Act, The Copper Eskimo, The Indians 

 of Canada, Instances of the Influences of 

 Physical Environment on the Indians. Am- 

 phibians and Reptiles, Canadian Birds, 

 How and Where We get Dinosaurs, Can- 

 ada's Natural Resources, Some Phases of 

 Life and Scientific Work in tlie Canadian 

 Arctic, Meteorites, Nautral History of Lac 

 Seul. The feature lecture of the year was 

 delivered by Dr. Otto Klotz, Dominion 

 Astronomer, at tiie Peoples" Forum under 

 the auspices of the Ottawa Field-Natura- 

 lists" Club. 



Five field excursions were held as fol- 

 lows : May 1, Geology, Rockcliffe Park ; 

 May 15, General Natural History, Catfish 

 Bay ; May 29, Botany and Ornithology, 

 Fairy Lake; June 12, Entomology, Ayl- 

 mer; June 26, Horticulture, Central Ex- 

 perimental Farm. Scientific men attend 

 the excursions to direct interest and answer 

 questions. 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist, the of- 



ficial organ of the club, is now being used 

 as a medium of publication by five affiliat- 

 ed societies as shown on the back cover. 



The officers and committees for the year 

 1921 are as follows: 



President, R. M. Anderson; Vic-Presi- 

 dents, Hoyes Lloyd, G. A. Millar; Secret- 

 ary, Clyde L. Patch; Treasurer, C. B. Hut- 

 chings; Editor, D. Jenness; Past-Presi- 

 dent, M. Y. Williams. 



Additional members of Council : W. T. 

 Macoun, Miss M. E. Cowan, P. A. Taver- 

 ner, H. I. Smith, C. M. Sternberg, E. Sa- 

 pir, E. M. Kindle, F. AV. AVaugh, W. J. 

 Wintemberg, R. E. Delury, Arthur Gib- 

 son, Norman Criddle. 



Standing Committees of Conncil. 



Publications: Hoyes Lloyd, W. T. Ma- 

 coun. Harlan I. Smith. 



Exeursi(ms : F. AV. AA^augh, C. M. Stern- 

 berg, G. A. Alillar, Aliss M. E. Cowan, C. 

 L. Patch, C. B. Hutchings, AV. T. Macoun, 

 H. Lloyd. 



Lectures : Harlan I. Smith, P. A. Taver- 

 ner, AV. T. Alacoun, G. A. Millar. 



Trust Funds: AV. T. Macoun. 



Auditors: J. Ballantyne, E. C. AVight. 

 Leaders at Excursions. 



Archaeology Harlan I. Smith, F. W. 

 AVaugh, AV. J. AVintemberg, C. M. Bar- 

 beau, Dr. E. Sapir. 



Botany G. A. Millar, W. T. Macoun, 

 Mrs. A. F. Brown, Dr. M. O. Malte, E. C. 

 AVight, Aliss M. E. Cowan. 



Entomology C. B. Hutchings, Arthuf 

 Gibson, J. M. Swaine, F. AA^ L. Sladen. 



Geology Dr. E. M. Kindle, Dr. M. Y. 

 AVilliams, H. McGillivrav, E. Poitevin, Dr. 

 M. E. AVilson. 



Ornitliology P. A. Taverner, C. L. 

 Patch, Dr. M. Y. AVilliams, A. G. Kingston, 

 Hoyes Lloyd, R. E. Delury. 



Zoolog}' Dr. R. M. Anderson, A. Hal- 

 kett, C. L. Patch, E. A. LeSueur, C. H. 

 Young, C. E. Johnson, E. J. AVhittaker. 



Photography AV. S. Hutton. 



