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Island, have become almost devoid of it. The provincial or 

 other authorities ought to put a stop to this practice. 



Other localities frequently mentioned in the list are: Beaver 

 Meadow, a delightful dell between wooded ridges, adjoining 

 Hull on the west, north of the first toll-gate on the Aylmer Road; 

 "water-front" which means the wooded vshore of the Ottawa 

 between Hull and Tetreauville, on either side of the Canadian 

 Pacific Railwav bridge; the Rifle Range the character of which is 

 denoted by its name; the woods beyond it, on the south shore 

 of the Ottawa, wdiich are rich in some of the rarer birds as well as 

 plants; Beechwood, a large tract of park-like hardwood near 

 the cemetery, and Chelsea, on the Gatineau River, five miles 

 north of the city, have yielded rich returns in the study of the 

 birds; Meach Lake, a charming lake about ten miles north of 

 the city, has furnished some records, as also Osgoode with its 

 adjacent sw'amps along the Rideau, and Cranberry Creek has 

 been visited by the writer and his co-workers. This locality, as 

 well as Shirley's Bay, six miles west of Britannia, the Ottawa 

 River with Kettle and other islands near the Rifle Range, as 

 well as the extensive marshes and swamps near the mouth of 

 the Lievre River, furnish favorite haunts for numerous marsh 

 birds like the rails, ducks and other water-birds. 



On a map in possession of the writer, on which distances 

 from Ottawa are indicated by concentric circles, it is found that 

 High Falls, Labelle County, Quebec, is just on the thirty-mile 

 circle, and Inlet, in the same county, a trifle beyond. As the 

 writer made numerous visits to these localities, notes made there 

 are also included in the list. 



Two conclusions have forced themselves on the writer as a 

 result of his study of the Ottawa birds, which, however, can 

 only be mentioned' here, namely: 1. That the Ottawa River is an 

 important boundary line in the breeding ranges of birds for this 

 part of Canada; that is. certain species like the Canada Jay, 

 Rusty Grackie, Pine Grosbeak, Three-toed Woodpeckers and 

 probably several others, do not breed south of it, and for certain 

 southern species it forms the northern limit of their occurrence , 

 as, for the Chewink, Wood Thrush, Yellow-throated Vireo, 

 Grasshopper Sparrow, and, to a certain extent, the Indigo bird 

 and others. 2. That the Ottawa River is a migration route iov birds 

 of much greater importance than is generally known. Great 

 flocks of migrant land and water birds travel over it or along its 

 banks, and even flocks of sea-birds use it as a highway, probably 

 to and from James Bay. 



In compiling the following list the writer has been given 

 much assistance by several more or less ardent ornithologists, 

 most of whom belong to the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



