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: 

 Anthropology). P. A. Taverner - 



Botanjf. L. M. Lambe 



Geology. R. M. Anderson 



Secretary : 



Clyde L. Patch. 



Geologicd Survey. 



Ornithology. 



Palaeontology. 



Zoology. 



Treasurer : 

 F. W. Waugh, 

 Geological Survey. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



The Birds of Shoal Lake, Manitoba. By P. A. Taverner 157 



The Archaeological Value of Prehistoric Human Bones. By Harlan I. Smith 164 



Notes on Midwinter Life in the Far North. By E. J. Whittaker 166 



Notes and Observations: 



Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Protection of Birds 168 



Alberta Natural History Society 168 



A Novel Mode of Moving a Family. A. Cosens 169 



Habitat of Carex Franklinii. J. M. Macoun 169 



A Fish Shower. A. Cosens 169 



Dirca palustris in New Brunswick. P. Cox 170 



A Late Record for Horned Larks. L. McI. Terrill 170 



Book Notices and Reviews: 



Three Young Crusoes. R.M.G; 171 



Articles in the .^u^. P.A.T. 171 



Food, Feeding and Drinking Appliances and Nesting Material to Attract Birds. 



"R. M. Anderson 172 



"Position Terrifiante" des Animaux. S. Hadwen 173 



Saturday Afternoon Excursions, O.F.N.C., 1919 . 174 



Index to Vol. XXXII - 175 



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 iNotes and Observations: 



