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 Griddle; 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 .Botamy P. A. Taverner Ornithology 



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



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



Arthur Gibson Entomology 



CONTENTS 



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A Biological Reconnaisance on Graham Island of the Queen Charlotte Group. By Clyde A. Patch 101 



Window-Pane Visitors in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. By E. Chesley Allen 106 



Rambling by the Grand River. By Mary Pettigrew 107 



Notes on Post-Glacial Terraces on the Eastern and Western Shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 



By E. M. Kindle Ill 



Bide-a-Wee Loon. By Mrs. E. J. Boag 113 



Lichen Growth and Snow Depth. By W. Taylor 113 



An Invasion of Coots. By J. A. Munro 114 



Larvae of Phormia Chrysorrhea Macq. Found upon Nestling Bluebirds. By Hoyes Lloyd 116 



Occurrences of the Meadowlark in Nova Scotia. By Harrison F. Lewis 116 



Book Review. Some Useful Australian Birds 118 



Notes and Observations: 



Mutilated Tails. By P. A. Taverner 119 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker {Picoides arcticus) in Ottawa in Summer. By Ralph E. DeLury 119 



Addition to the Canadian Flora Cephalanthera oregana Reich. By R. Glendenning 119 



Tom The Tame Lynx. By E. G. White 119 



Cerulean Warbler {Dendroica cerulea) Near Ottawa. By Ralph E. DeLury 120 



Goldeneye Breeding Near Ottawa. By Ralph E. DeLury 120 



Addition to the Flora of Canada. By C. F. Newcombe 120 



THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST, lately The Ottawa Naturalist, 

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