1902] Report of the Council. 9 



were secured and two or three species of Pleistocene shells. A 

 smaller number went to the same place the following Saturday, 

 June 8th. 



A most gratifying feature of these excursions is the large 

 number of young boys who attend, and who are becoming 

 enthusiastic collectors and close observers. 



The Ottawa Naturalist. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, the official organ of the Club, was 

 issued regularly during the year under the able editorship of Mr. 

 James M. Macoun. Vol. XV. is made up of twelve numbers con- 

 taining 286 pages, also three maps, six botanical plates and five 

 palaeontological plates. There are over fifty titles of papers, of 

 which the most important are : 



Bird Notes from Point Pelee, Ont., by Harry Gould. 



Ancient Channels of the Ottawa River, by R. W. Ells, LL.D. 



Notes on a Supposed New Species of Lytoceras, by J. F. 

 Whiteaves, LL.D. 



The Sources and Distribution of the Gold-bearing Alluvions 

 of Quebec, by R. Chalmers. 



Allies of Stellaria Media (L.) Cyrillo, by Theo. Holm. 



New Plants from Alberta, by Edw. L. Greene. 



The Late George Mercer Dawson, and Bibliography, by H. 

 M. Ami, D.Sc. 



Ross's Gull, by Prot. E. E. Prince. 



The Golden Eagle, an Addition Jo the Fauna of Middlesex 

 County, by J. E. Keys, London, Ont. 



Notes on a Turtle from the Cretaceous Rocks of Alberta, by 

 Lawrence M. Lambe. 



Contributions to Canadian Botany, by James M. Macoun. 



The Algonquin National Park of Ontario, by Archibald M. 

 Campbell. 



The Extinction of the Elk in Ontario, by L. H. Smith. 



The Canadian Species of the Genus Whittleseya and their 

 Systematic Relations by David White. 



Some New Canadian Gentians, by Theo, Holm. 



The Physical Geography of the Red River Valley, by D. B. 

 Dowling. 



