MARCH, 1918 



Vol. XXXI, No. 12. 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalisti' Club 



Editor: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 

 Entomological Branch, Department ef Agriculture, 



OTTAWA. 



Associate Editors: 



Hakum I. Smith. W. H. Harrington, P. A. Tavbrnhr, 



Anthropology. Entomology. Ornithology. 



M. O. Mai/tk, Ph.D., M, Y. Williams, Ph.D., L. M. Lambb, F.G.S., 



Botany. Geology. Palaeontology. 



Prof.JohnMacoun.M.A., Otto Kxotz, LL.D.. C. Gordon Hkwitt, D.Sc, 



Conchology. Meteorology. Zoology. 



CONTENTS: 



The Birds of Edmonton. By J. D. Soper 145 



Saturday Afternoon Excursions 149 



Obituary ISO 



Bird Notes From Manitoba. By Norman Criddle 151 



Note 152 



Index, Vol. XXXI. _. 153 



The Dadson-Merrill Press, Limitsd. 



ISSUED JUNE 21st, 1918. 



Entered at Ottawa Post Office as second class matter. 



