1914] The Ottawa Naturalist. 171 



The activities of the Capital are observed and recorded through- 

 out the country, not always to our credit The force of example 

 in such a protective movement will surely have effect on other 

 places. Those who have travelled throughout Canada know how 

 lightly the protection of birds is regarded, especially by those 

 to whom it is most essential. The Provincial Governments 

 have their regulations governing the protection of birds, but it 

 is onlv by education and example that any real progress will 

 be made in this movement which has for its object the guarding 

 of our allies in the protection of our crops and the preservation 

 of the most beautiful forms of animal life. 



Literature Which May Be Consulted 



"Useful Birds and their Protection," by E. H. Forbush, Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, 437 pp., 171 figs., 

 56 plates. 1905. 



"Birds of Ontario in Relation to Agriculture," C. W. Nash, 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture, 124 pp., figs. 1913. 



"How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds," Martin Hiesemann, 

 Trans, bv E. S. Buchheim, Witherbv & Co., London, 86 pp., 

 figs. 1908 



Bulletins, Nos. 3. 9, 13, 15, 21, 23, 24,30,32, 34, 37, 44, of the 

 Biological Survey, Farmers Bulletins Nos. 54, 497, 506, 513, 

 and Year Book "for 1895, of the U.S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 513 entitled" Fifty Common 

 Birds of Farm and Orchard" was also republished in the 

 National Geographic Magazine, June, 1913. 



MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL BRANCH 



The third meeting this winter was held at the residence 

 of Mr. F. W. L. Sladen on the evening of February 5th. Present : 

 Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Messrs. W. H. Harrington, A. Halkett, 

 Arthur Gibson, J. M. Swaine, Norman Criddle, V. Kitto, A. E. 

 Kellett, J. I. Beaulne and F. W. L. Sladen. 



Mr. Sladen opened the proceedings by exhibiting his world 

 collection of Bumble Bees, and drew attention to the different 

 colour schemes they displayed. These colour schemes are not 

 confined to the natural groups but to particular regions. 

 In Europe one common colour scheme is a uniform tawny yellow, 

 another, probably the commonest, a black ground with two 

 yellow bands and a white or tawny tail. Black with a bright 

 red tail is a third pattern. This is a form of melanism. In 



