THE OTTAWA FIELD -NATURALISTS' CLUB 



President: R. M. Anderson, 



1st Vice-President: Hoyes Lloyd. 2nd Vice-President: G. A. Millar. 



Treasurer: 

 Secretary: C. B. HuTCHiNGS. 



Clyde L. Patch (Entomological Branch 



(Geological Survey) Dept. Agriculture). 



Additional Members of Council: W. T. Macoun; Miss M. E. Cowan; C. M. Stern- 

 berg; H. I. Smith; F. W. Waugh; P. A. Taverner; E. Sapir;" E. M. Kindle; 

 W. J. Wintemberg; R. E, Delury; Arthur Gibson; Norman Criddle; M. 0. 

 Malte; C. H. Snell; Melville Dale; L. McI. Terrill; John Davidson; 

 R. Owen Merriman; H. M. Speechly; Harrison F. Lewis. 



Editor: 



Harrison F. Lewis. 



Dominion Parks Branch 



Dept. of the Interior, Ottawa. 



Associate Editors: 



E. Sapir Anthropology A. G. Huntsman Marine Biology 



M. 0. Malte Botany P. A. Taverner Ornithology 



F. R. Latchford Conchology E. M. Kindle Palaeontology 



M. Y. Williams Geology R. M. Anderson Zoology 



Arthur Gibson Entomology 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Some Notes on the Growth of Arbutus Menziesii Fursh. By C. C. Peml)erton 21 



A Proposed Bird Sanctuary in British Columbia. By J. A. Munro 26 



The Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa). By Kenneth Racey 30 



The "Japanese StarHng" in Vancouver, B.C. By J. A. Munro 32 



The Duck Hawk. By E. Beaupre 33 



Preserving Order in a Bird Sanctuary. By J. A. Munro 35 



The Fresh-Water Leeches (Hirudinea) of Southern Canada. By J. Percy Moore 37 



Autobiography of the late Prof. John Macoun ^39 



Book Notice 40 



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