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undescribed shell an exquisite, brightly-colored, little Mus- 

 culium, mainly occurring in the outlet of the lake. Specimens 

 were not numerous and in sifting through the hand-dredge 

 the coarse gravel in which thev seemed least rare not a few were 

 broken. A nice set, however, was procured in the time I could 

 avail myself of without trespassing unduly upon the patience 

 of my waiting host, who pityingly regarded me with the com- 

 passion due to a naturalist excercising his. hobby in the presence 

 of a sane onlooker. I fear I should never have regained my 

 friend's good opinion had I not later that evening made just the 

 right lead to his double of a no trumps declaration, and thus 

 enabled him, from love, to make game and rubber. 



A characteristic lot of the little mussels was sent to Dr. 

 Sterki. He recognized it as a new species which he had de- 

 scribed in MS from specimens obtained in Michigan. His de- 

 scription has now been published, but it is of interest only to 

 the few who, leaving the broad and well-trodden ways so many 

 follow in nature study, venture almost alone into the sequestered 

 fields which are so full of freshness and permanent delight. 



I may add, as of interest to the ornithologists of the Club, 

 that a large heronry exists in a grove of tall hemlocks at the 

 south end of Lake Gorman. None of the birds, Ardea herodias, 

 were seen on the occasion mentioned. 



F. R. L. 



PORTRAIT OF THE LATE DR. JAMES FLETCHER. 



On the afternoon of 28th February, in the presence of 

 several members of the Memorial Committee, the portrait of 

 the late Dr. James Fletcher, painted by Mr. Franklyn Brownell, 

 R.C.A., and unveiled at a recent meeting of the Ottawa Field- 

 Naturalists' Club by the Hon. Sydney Fisher, w T as hung in the 

 Carnegie Library. The portrait, which is an excellent likeness, 

 has been much admired by friends of the late Dr. Fletcher. 

 It is a graceful tribute to the memory of one who was greatly 

 beloved in this city and one who with much enthusiasm did 

 most valuable pioneer work in encouraging a love for the study 

 of Nature among our citizens. ^^it** 



