TO The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



My First Namesake, by Samuel H. Scudder. 



On the Autumn-Flowering' of Various Wild Plants in igoo. 

 by Cephas Guillet. 



Tringites Rufescens, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, by G. A. Mc- 

 Callum. 



Fat in the Animal Body ; its Function and Origin, by A. T. 

 Charron. 



Prehistoric Camping Grounds along the Ottawa River, by T. 

 W. Edwin Sowter. 



Notes on the Winter Birds of the Cariboo District, B.C., by 

 Allan Brooks. 



Some of the Birds of Algoma, by. C. T. Scott. 



Rattlesnakes and Scorpions, by J. R. Anderson. 



On Some Canadian Species of Gentiana; Sectio Crossopetolae, 

 Froel, by Theo. Holm. 



An African Dipnoid Fish, by Andrew Halkett. 



Certain Canadian Violets, by Edw. L. Greene. 



Alligator and Turtles as Pets, by W. S. Odell. 



Fauna Ottawaensis, by W. Hague Harrington. 



Nesting of Some Canadian Warblers, by Wm. L. Kells. 



On the Genus Panenka, by J. F. Whiteaves. 



Some New Northwestern Compositae, by Edw. L. Greene. 



The Spots on the Eggs of the Great Blue Heron, by W. E. 

 Saunders. 



Mammals of the Chilliwack District, B.C., by Allan Brooks, 



Synopsis of the Birds of the Saskatchewan, by Eugene 

 Coubeaux. 



Some New Canadian Senecios, by Edw. L Greene. 



Besides these and other papers. The Ottawa Naturalist 

 contains ornithological notes by W. T. Macoun and Dr. Whit- 

 eaves, book reviews, and reports of excursions and soirees, etc. 



The Treasurer reports that the finances of the Club are in a 

 satisfactory condition, and that there is a balance on hand of 

 $129.28. 



The Geological Branch reports that considerable progress has 

 been made, much additional material obtained and reports and 

 papers published bearing' on the Geology of the Ottawa District, 

 Besides the collections of fossils which were obtained on several 



