12 The Ottawa Naturalist [Apr 1 



usually complete observations on the spring migration of birds 

 in the district were rnade and recorded, also anomalies, rareties 

 and irregularities in the air forms of the vicinity considered. 

 Further progress was made in the revision of the pubHshed air- 

 faunal list of the Ottawa district, with a view of augmenting 

 and correcting it to date. As a none too comrruon occurrence in 

 the bird world of the vicinity may be mentioned the unusual 

 migration of the Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus) noted last 

 October and November. 



The Library. 



In accordance with the report of the Library Committee 

 adopted at the last annual meeting, the bound volumes and the 

 exchanges were transferred from the Normal School to the Car- 

 negie Library. All exchanges received during the past year are 

 now stored in the Normal School. Many of these are of a technical 

 nature, but the Club receives a number of publications which 

 are of a more popular character, including: 



L The Nature Study Review. 



2. The Journal of Geography. 



3. The Auk. 



4. The Canadian Entomologist. 



5. The Wilson Bulletin. 



6. The Ohio Naturahst. 



7. Le Naturaliste Canadien. 



Under present conditions no use is made of these by the 

 members. 



In addition to its periodical exchanges, the Club has received 

 numerous government reports from Washington and Ottawa, 

 and the following bound volumes have been placed on the shelves : 



1. Anatomical Nomenclature, Dr. Barker, Prof, of Medi- 

 cine, Johns Hopkins University. 



2. A Loose-Leaf System of Laboratory Notes, Theo. 

 Scheffer, Kansas State Agricultural College. 



3. Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute. 



4. Report of the Welcome Research Laboratories at the 

 Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum. 



A Summer School of Science under the direction of Mr. J. H. 

 Putman, gave a three weeks' course for teachers in July. Several 

 members of the Club delivered lectures at the Normal School 

 and aided in the field work. Mr. Putman gave a course in Botany, 

 Mr. Attwood one in Mineralogy, and Mr. Sullivan took charge of 

 the field work. Dr. Fletcher gave two lectures on Birds, and 

 two on Insects. The leaders of the Club also contribute very 

 largely to the lecture programmes of various societies in the city. 



