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It has been frequently mentioned that there were about ten 

 complete sets of the Naturalist still available. From Mr. Currie's 

 work, however, it would seem as if this is not the case. There 

 are five parcels each bearing the legend. " Nos. required to com- 

 plete this set. Sept., 1891; Apr., 1892; Jan., 1895; Feb., 1895, 

 and Mar., 1896." If these five missing numbers were supplied 

 to each parcel, the Club would then possess five complete sets. 



It is quite possible that there are several members of the 

 Club who would be glad to present the Council with copies of 

 the numbers required to make these sets complete. 



EXCURSIONS COMMITTEE. 



In accordance with suggestions made at the last Annual 

 Meeting, the number of outings arranged for the spring months 

 was reduced to one a fortnight, and this was further reduced 

 when the June ones were omitted on account of wet weather or 

 other causes. It is a regrettable fact that far too few of the 

 members availed themselves of the opportunities thus afforded 

 for study ; for many of us these are the best and almost the 

 only occasions when field study is possible. 



The outings held were: 



April 29th Mechanicsville. 



May 13th -Beaver Meadow. 



May 27th Gilmour's Grove, Chelsea. 



A full report of each of these has appeared in The Ottawa 

 Naturalist. 



lectures committee. 



Shortly after the last Annual Meeting there was a most 

 interesting lecture on the Song Birds of England, by Mr. W. E. 

 Saunders, of London, Ont. This lecture was the result of 

 personal observations on the journey across the ocean, and 

 during the course of a short visit to England. So many English 

 birds are named from their song that, as the lecturer remarked, 

 one has just to listen and the birds will tell their names. He 

 gave good imitations of these, but the finest thing was the 

 reproduction by the gramophone of the song of the nightingale. 



During the winter season of 1911-12 there were eight lec- 

 tures given under the auspices of the Club, including two that 

 were given under joint auspices, the first with the Ottawa Horti- 

 cultural Society, and our eighth with the officials of the Normal 

 School. Six of these lectures were held in the Assembly Hall of 

 the Normal School, and were illustrated with lantern views. 

 They were well attended and of unusually great interest. The 

 lectures under our own auspices were all given by leading 

 scientists of Ottawa, whose services we were fortunate in secur- 



