16 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



extensive collections of fishes and invertebrates on the coast of 

 Vancouver Island. 



Mr. E. E. Lemieux reports the success of an experiment to 

 introduce earthworms near the Upper Lievre lakes, where 

 formerly anglers were unable to obtain bait. He also reports 

 the abundance of the porctipine in the same district. 



Mr. E. Le Sueur now has what is perhaps the finest private 

 collection of turtles on the continent, including as it does, many 

 Canadian species and a number of exotic forms. 



Mr. W. E. Saunders contributes an interesting record in the 

 capture of a diminutive specimen of Bonaparte stoat (Putoriiis 

 cigonani) near Ottawa. 



Constitution of Club. 



Early in the year the Council appointed a committee com- 

 posed of the President and Messrs. Kingston, Newman, and 

 Shutt, to prepare a revised constitution. The committee has 

 prepared a carefully detailed constitution, which has been dis- 

 cussed at great length in the Council, and which will be sub- 

 mitted to the Club. 



The President, Mr. A. E. Attwood, M.A., represented the 

 Club at the Mav meeting of the Roval Societv of Canada. 



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The Treasurer's report shows a balance on hand of $31.85, 

 the smallness^of the balance being due to the slow payment of 

 membership fees. 



The thanks of the Chib are due to Principal White for the 

 use of the Normal School Assembly Hall, to the Library Board 

 of the City Council, and to the Librarian, Mr. Burpee, for the 

 use of the Lecture Hall of the Carnegie Library, to the Ottawa 

 Electric Company for assisting in making the microscope demon- 

 strations a success, and to the Press of the city for its co-opera- 

 tion in furthering the work of the Club. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



T. E. Clarke, 



Secretary. 



Subscriptions for the New Club Year are now due, and should be 

 PAID to ;\Ir. Herbert Groh, Ex perimental Farm, Ottawa. 



It is to be hoped that members will car.^fully examine the advertise- 

 ments in this volume of The Ottawa Naturalist, and ma^'e a point of 

 dealing with those firms who thus help the Club. 



