APRIL, 1916 



VOL. XXX, No. 1 



THE 



OTT AW A 

 NATURALIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



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BDttOt: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 

 Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculturb, 



OTTAWA. v ^f-^sStA 



Rssoctate BDttotS: 



Harlan I. Smith, W. H. Harrington, P. A. Taverner, 



Anthropology. Entomology. Ornithology. 



M. O. Malte, Ph. D. M. Y. Williams, Ph.D. L. M. Lambe, P.G.S., 



Botany. Geology. Pakeontology. 



Prof. John Macoun, M.A. Otto Klotz, LL.D. C. Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc. 



Conchology. Meteorology. Zoology. 





CONTENTS: 



Council and Leaders, 1916-1917 2 



List of Members ---------3 



Annual Report, 1915-1916 7 



Treasurer's Statement, 1915-1916 - 10 



The Formation of the Great Plains of Northwestern Canada. By 



D. B. Dowling ---11 



Spring Excursions, 1916 ---*---- 14 



The Magpie in Western Ontario. By W. E. Saunders - N - 15 



Correspondence - - - - - - - -- 15 



Unusual Bird Records at Montreal During the Fall and Winter. 



By L. Mel. Terrill 15 



The Rolla L. Crain Co., Limited 

 issued may 6, 1916 



