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its teeth. This certainly was the case with my 

 camera. When it first saw it set up it was afraid 

 of it, then it watched it as it passed it, then went 

 up and smelled it and finally climbed on top of it 

 and took a nip of the bellows, which was carrying it 

 a bit too far from my point of view. 



A couple of incidents which throw some light 

 on the psychology of the squirrel I shall describe and 

 let the reader draw his own conclusions. 



One day the squirrel took a big piece of meat 

 from which the fat had ben rendered, carried it to 

 the edge of the roof from which it usually made 



its eight-foot leap, gathered itself as if about to 

 jump, then checked itself, hesitated a moment, and 

 then carried the meat up onto the roof of the 

 verandah and thus to the tree. With small objects 

 it always made this leap without any hesitation. 



On May 1 5th, I placed a pile of apple-peelings 

 and two small apples on a board which projected 

 out over the roof. TTie squirrel was pulling at a 

 long peeling when one of the apples rolled towards 

 it and was about to fall off the board. It dropped 

 the peeling and seized the apple just in the nick 

 of time. 



BRIEF REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 19, 1918. 



The activities of The OttAWA FielD-Natural- 

 iSTs' Club during the 39th year of its existence, in 

 popularizing and diffusing knowledge of the 

 natural sciences, have been carried on chiefly in 

 three ways: a course of seven lectures, twelve field 

 excursions and the publication of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist which has now completed its 30th 

 volume. 



Thirty-two members were elected during the year 

 making a total membership of 367. Twenty-one 

 members serving overseas are carried gratis. 



The lectures were planned to create a more in- 

 telligent interest in Canadian natural history and to 

 give a better understanding of the value of scientific 

 work. Through the co-operation of the Librarian 

 of the Carnegie Library a programme for next sea- 

 son, covering the meetings of the various literary and 

 scientific societies, will it is hoped be arranged, thus 

 reducing to a minimum the conflict of dates. 



The field excursions were announced in the daily 

 papers in order that the general public as well as 

 the club members might take advantage of them. 

 Scientific men, both members of the Club and 

 others at the request of the Club, attended the 

 excursions to direct interest and answer questions. 



The following are the officers and committees for 

 the club year 1918-1919: 



President, C. Gordon Hewitt; Vice-Presidents, 

 M. Y. Williams, L. D. Burling; Secretatr}), Clyde 

 L. Patch; Treasurer, J. R. Dymond; Editor, 

 Arthur Gibson. 



Additional Members of Council : P. A. Taverner, 



F. W. Waugh, C. M. Sternberg, W. T. Macoun, 



G. A. Millar, Miss M. E. Cowan, Dr. R. M. 

 Anderson, H. McGillivray, C. B. Hutchings. 



Standing Committees of Council. 



Publications Clyde L. Patch, A. Gibson, P. A. 

 Taverner, L. D. Burling, H. B. Sifton. 



Excursions~F. W. Waugh, H. B. Sifton, C. M. 

 Sternberg, G. A. Millar. Miss M. E. Cowan, C. L. 

 Patch, H. McGillivray, C. B. Hutchings. 



Lectures~M. Y. Williams, P. A. Taverner. 

 L. D. Burling. W. T. Macoun, G. A. Millar, R. 

 M. Anderson. 



MembershipF. W. Waugh, A. Gibson, Miss 

 M. E. Cowan, J. R. Dymond, P. A. Taverner. 



Trust Funds W. T. Macoun, C. Gordon 

 Hewitt, H. M. Ami. 



Auditors: J. Ballantyne, E. C. Wight. 



Leaders at Excursions. 

 Archaeology: Harlan I. Smith, F. W. Waugh. 

 W. J. Wintemberg, Dr. C. M. Barbeau, Dr. E. 

 Sapir. 



Botan\): G. A. Miller, W. T. Macount, J. M. 

 Macoun, Mrs. A. F. Brown, Dr. M. O. Malte, 

 J. R. Dymond, E. C. Wight, H. B. Sifton. Miss 

 M. E. Cowan. 



Entomology: Arthur Gibson, Dr. C. G. Hewitt, 

 J. M. Swaine, F. W. L. Sladen, C. B. Hutchings. 



Ceolog]): Dr. E.M. Kindle, Dr. M.Y. Williams, 

 H. McGillivray. L. D. Burling. E. Poitevin, Dr. 

 M. E. Wilson. 



Ornithology: C. L. Patch, P. A. Taverner. Dr. 

 M. Y. Williams, A. G. Kingston. 



Zoology: Dr. R. M. Anderson, A. Halketl, E. 

 E. Lemieux, E. A. LeSueur, C. H. Young. C. E. 

 Johnson. 



Photography: W. S. Hutton. 



