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The Council favors the continuance of outdoor work through- 

 out the year, and to that end had planned two snowshoe tramps, 

 which, however, were cancelled for lack of snow. Three general 

 excursions were held as follows : May 27, to Chelsea ; June 10, 

 to Carp ; September 23, to Chelsea. The excursion to Chelsea 

 on May 27 was perhaps the most largely attended excursion in 

 the history of the Club, due to the fact that both the Royal Society 

 and the Carleton County Teachers' Association met in Ottawa 

 during that week. Such distinguished visitors as Dr. C. F. 

 Hodge of Clark University, Dr. A. H. MacKay, Superintendent 

 of Education for Nova Scotia, and Dr. G. U. Hay, editor of the 

 Educational Review, were present and delivered able addresses. 

 Detailed accounts of all the general excursions have appeared in 

 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



The Ottawa Naturalist. 



Volume XIX of The Ottawa Naturalist, the official organ 

 of the Club, has been published under the editorship of Mr. J. M. 

 Macoun. It consists of twelve numbers which contain in all 249 

 pages and four plates. The following are among the papers that 

 appear in this volume : 



1. A New Marine Sponge from the Pacific Coast of Canada. 

 Lawrence M. Lambe, F.G.S. 



2. Notes on Fresh-water Rhizopods. W. S. Odell. 



3. Food Value of Certain Mushrooms. Prof. Shutt, MA , 

 and H. W. Charlton, B A. Sc. 



4. Popular Entomology. Arthur Gibson. 



5. Glaciation of Mount Orford. R. Chalmers, LL.D. 



6. Nesting of Night-hawk in Ottawa. Rev. G. Eifrig. 



7. Notes on Fresh-water Shells from the Yukon Territory. 

 Dr. J. F. Whiteaves. 



8. Nature's Method of Re-seeding the Red and White Pine. 

 P. Cox. 



9. A Naturalist in the Frozen North. Andw. Halkett. 



10. Eggs of the Scarlet Water-Mite. Prof E. E. Prince. 



1 1. Sthenopis thule at Ottawa. Arthur Gibson. 



12. Bird Migration. Jas. Bouteiller. 



