THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB 



President: M. Y. WiLLlAMS 

 Vice-Presidents: L. D. Burung; P. A. Taverner 



Secretary: Treasurer: 



Clyde L. Patch F. W. Waugh 



(Geological Survey) (Geological Survey) 



Additional Members of Council: HoYES Lloyd; W. T. Macoun; G. A. Miller; R. 

 M. Anderson; J. M. Macoun; Miss M. E. Cowan; Miss Crampe; C. B. Hutchings; 

 C. M. Sternberg; H. I. Smith; H. McGillivray; H. B. Sifton. 



THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST 



Editor : 



Arthur Gibson, 



ElntomologicEJ Breinch, Department of 



Agriculture, Ottawa. 



Associate Editors: 



E. Sapir - - Anthropology P. A. Taverner - - - Ornithology 



M. O. Malte - - Botany E. M. Kindle . - - Palaeontology 



M. Y. WiLUAMS - - Geology R. M. Anderson - - . . Zoology 



CONTENTS 



page 



Canadian Sphaeriidae. By Hon. Mr. Justice Latchford 83 



Field Studies of Life-Histories of Canadian Mammals. By Rudolph Martin Anderson 86 



Birds in Relation to Sunflower Growing in Manitoba. By Norman Criddle 90 



Notes on the Bahavior of the Chipmunk. By A. Brooker Klugh 92 



The Ornithological Collector and the Law. By Hoyes Lloyd 93 



Ribes divaricatum X Ribes Lobbii. By J. K. Henry 94 



A New Cliff Swallow from Canada. By Harry C. Oberholser 95 



The Climatic Interpretation of Two Early Ordovician Mud-crack Horizons. By E. M. 



Kindle 96 



Botrychium obliquum Muhl., and var. dissectum (Spreng.) new to the Province of 



Quebec. By H. Mousley 97 



Notes and Observations: 



Remarks on the Metamorphosis of the Scallop, Andrew Halkett 98 



A Robin's Mistake. W. L. Scott 98 



Book Notices and Reviews: 



Ridgway's Birds of Middle and North America. Part VIII. P. A. Taverner. _ 99 



Contributions of Hamilton W. Laing. P. A. Taverner 99 



Articles in The Auk. P. A. Taverner 100 



Wild Animals of Glacier National Park The Mammals. R. M. Anderson 101 



THE CANADIAN FIELD-NATURALIST., lately The Ottawa Naturalist, estab- 

 lished thirty-two years ago, "to publish the results of original research or investigation in all 

 departments of naturcJ history," is issued monthly, excepting for the months of June, July and 

 August. 



Papers, notes and photographs should be addressed to the Elditor. 



Subscriptions should be sent to the Treasurer, Mr. F. W. Waugh, Geological Sorvejr, 



Victoria Memorid Museum, Ottawa. The price of this volume is $1.00. 



