THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



PUBUSHED BY ThE OtTAWA FiELD-NaTURAUSTs' ClUB 



Ottawa. Ont. 



Harlan I. Smith 

 M. O. Malte 



M. Y. WiLUAMS 



Editor : 



Arthur Gibson. 



Entomological Branch, Department of 



Agriculture, Ottawa. 



Associate Editors: 

 Arithropologif. P. A. Taverner 



Botan}f. L. M. Lambe 



Geology. R, M. Anderson 



Ornitholog}f. 



Palaeontology. 



Zoology. 



Secretary) : 



Clyde L. Patch. 

 Geological Survey. 



Treasurer : 

 F. W. Waugh. 

 Geological Survey. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



The McGill Totem Pole. By C F. Newcombe__ 99 



Location of Towns and Villages in the Ottawa Valley. By J. Keele 103 



Random Botanical Notes: II. L'Islet Co., Que. By Bro. M. Victorin 109 



Bird Life in the Bermudas. By C. B. Hutchings 1 1 1 



A Prominent Mud-crack Horizon of the Cedar Valley Stage of the Iowa Devonian. 



By Carroll Lane Fenton ^ 113 



Notes and Observations: 



Equisetum robustum in Ontario. J. A.dams 115 



Errata: Genus Vespa in Canada. F. W. L. Sladen 1 15 



Chipmonks; with special reference to their individual disposition, cheek capacity and 



hanging ability. Harlan I. Smith 115 



Birds observed at the Magdalen Islands in July. A. Halkett 1 16 



An Ethnological Note on the "Whiskey Jack." E. Sapir 116 



Book Notices: . 



Lessons on Weeds . 1 1 117 



The Hawks of the Canadian Prairie Provinces and their relation to agriculture 1 17 



Dragonflies of Alberta 118 



Tenth Report of Quebec Society for Protection of Plants ^^_ 1 18 



Obituary: 



Ernest Douglas Wintle 118 



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