,J_ BANKS*; _ . OTTAWA 



JULY, 1911 



VOL. XXV, No. 4 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 N ATURA LIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 



Central Experimental Farm, 



OTTAWA. 



associate Bottors: 



W. T. Macoun, P. E. Raymond, Ph.D. Miss M. F. Fortier, 



Botany. Geology. Ornithology. 



Prof. John Macoun, M. A. Otto Klotz, LL.D. L. M.Lambe, F.G.S., 



Conchology. Meteorology. Palaeontology. 



W. H. Harrington, J. W. Gibson, M.A. Prof. E. E. Princb, 



Entomology. Nature Study. Zoology. 



CONTENTS: 



Changes in the Status of certain birds in the vicinity of Montreal, 



P.Q. By L. Mel. Terrill. 57 



The teaching of Insect Life and its practical importance. By C. 



Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc. - - - - - - - 63 



Conchological Notes -------- 67 



Excursions ----------69 



Book Notices 70 



Obituary; Dr. R. W. Ells 72 



The Rolla L. Crain Co., Limited r*S^ ^^ / 



ISSUED JULY 4. 1911. AsT/^" *^V*^ 



BrUtrsd at tk Ottawa Pott Office as second claM matter. \ W 



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