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22nd May, two or three only were observed and since that none. The 

 genus is represented here in summer by the whiie-f/iroa/ed Sparrow or 

 Peabody bird (Z albicollis) whose full, pure song <; Old .... Tom 

 .... Peabody, Peabcdy, Peabody " rising from ravine or moist 

 thicket, is so familiar all summer long. Another rendering common in 

 the Gatineau country is " Jim . . . Jim . . . Sow-the-wheat, sow -the- 

 n-heat, sow-the-wheat. The song of the White Crown while bearing 

 some family resemblance to this, has not the same clearness and ful- 

 ness of tone, but approaches nearer to that of the Vesper and 



Savanna sparrows. 



A. G. Kingston. 



Natural Science Association, Iroquois. TheNatural Science 

 Association, in connection with the High School, at Iroquois, Ont., has, of 

 late, come into immediate touch with several members of the Ottawa Field 

 Naturalists' Club. This association has for its object* " the encourage- 

 ment of original scientific investigation and mutual assistance in the 

 study of the Natural Sciences, by discussions, lectures, papers, and 

 critical readings from scientific authors, and by the supply of such 

 periodicals, magazines, etc., as shall be deemed advisable." Duri -,g 

 the past winter a very interesting and instructive programme has been 

 carried out. The association is really alive to the fact that natural 

 science studies help in developing the mental, moral, as well as the 

 spiritual and even the commercial side of man The following are the 

 officers of the Association : 



Honorary President, Arthur Forward, B. A.; President, J. A. Jackson, 

 B.A.; Vice-President, Mary McGinn; Secretary, James Warren, B.A.; 

 Treasurer, David Coi.i.ison ; Scienct Master, R. H. Knox, B.A. ; Councillors, 

 Herbert Donnelly, Cyrus Munroe, Carrie Moore ; Curator. George 

 Clarke; Patron*, John IIarknf.ss, M.D., II. II. Ross, M. A., M. P., W. A. 

 Whitney, M.A. 



*\Sect. i, rait 3, of the Constitution. Ircquois Nat. Sc. Assoc. 



