46 The Ottawa Naturalist. [June-July 



swerved upwards and turned due south, in zig-zag pursuit 

 of several Redpolls. 

 Brown Creeper, Certhia familiaris americana. Montreal; three 

 or four seen December 1st, and five on January 19th. 

 Bury, December 9th to 17th; noticed daily; generally only 

 two or three noticed in a flock, though there were probablv 

 usually more, as it is difficult to detect all in a flock. 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch, Sitta canadensis. Bury, December 

 9th to 17th; noted daily in considerable numbers. Seen 

 more commonly on ridges of White Pine. During mild 

 weather I was often attracted to flocks of this species, some- 

 times numbering fully 75 individuals, by their chorus of 

 insistent call-notes scarcely a well organized chorus, 

 however, pronouncing their views with various degrees of 

 feeling at times a veritable babel. This species spends 

 much more time amongst the foliage in tree-tops than the 

 White-breasted. It is a common permanent resident in the 

 vicinity of Bury of course numbers may migrate, but 

 enough remain to make it a common bird. 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet, Regulus satrapa satrapa. Montreal; 



last seen December 1st. 

 Robin, Planesticus migratorius migratorius. Bury, December 

 10th; two plainly seen and heard chirping. Robins are 

 usually gone from this locality by the end of October. Have 

 onlv two records for November and none later. Montreal; 

 last seen November 3rd. 



I have omitted mention of the ever-present Chickadee and 

 the Owls of the latter I noticed only the Barred and Saw- 

 whet at Bury. 



MEETINGS OF BOTANICAL BRANCH. 



Held at the home of Mr. James M. Macoun, Saturday 

 evening, April 19th, the following members being present: 

 James M. Macoun, G. H. Clark. A. Eastham, A. E. Alt wood, 

 R. B. White, Mr. Honeyman. Dr. M. O. Malte, J. R. Dymond, 

 J. J. Carter, F. E. Buck and L. H. Newman. 



Mr. Macoun reviewed Dr. L. H. Pammel's "Manual of 

 Poisonous Plants" as follows: 



the poisonous plants of Canada.* 



While it is not possible to summarize in a few paragraphs 



*I'art of a Summary of Pammel's ''Manual of Poisonous Plants" 

 made forthe Botanical Branch of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, by 

 J. M. Macoun. Published by permission of the Director of the Geological 



Surve\ of ("ana la . 



