APRIL, 1912 



VOL. XXVI, No. 1 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 N ATURA LIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



JEottor: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 

 Cbntral Expbrimbntal Farm, 

 OTTAWA. 



associate JEDttotS: 



Harlan I. Smith, W. H. Harrington, P. A. Taverner, 



Anthropology. Entomology. Ornithology. 



W. T. Macoun, H. M. Ami, D.Sc. L. M. Lambe, F.G.S., 



Botany. Geology. Palaontology. 



Prof. John Macoun.M.A. Otto Klotz, LL.D. C. Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc, 



Conchology Meteorology. Zoology. 



CONTENTS: 



Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, 1912-1913 - 2 



List of Members -----'__,__.._.. 3 



Report of the Council for year ending March 19th, 1912 7 



Obituary: William White - - 13 



Treasurer's Statement for year ending March 19th, 1912 14 



The Moon and the Weather. By Otto Klotz 15 

 A Swamp. By Faith Fyles -------17 



Book Notice : Water-Powers of Canada ----- 19 



The Rolla L. Grain Co., Limited , ^i\V L~ ~ ^Z ~ A^' 



ISSUED APRIL 20, 1912. ^N/W* $X.* 



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