THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST 387 



THE OTTAWA NATURALIST. 



To the officers of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club we ex- 

 tend our hearty congratulations on the great improvement in the 

 appearance of the new volume of its organ, The Ottawa Natural- 

 ist. The size is considerably larger, the number of pages in- 

 creased, while the quality of the paper is vastly superior, being 

 adequate to the needs of the best half-tone illustrations, as shown 

 by the excellent plate of photographs of mushrooms, accompany- 

 ing Mr. F. W. Waugh's article on 'Wild Plants as Food." The 

 magazine also gains in appearance by the attractive design on the 

 cover. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, which was established in 1887, is 

 one of the oldest natural history periodicals in North America. 

 It is the only Canadian magazine whose scope extends to all 

 branches of the subject, and it should, therefore, receive the hearty 

 support of nature lovers, teachers and educational institutions 

 throughout the country; as without an adequate subscription list 

 it cannot be expected to maintain the high standard it has now 

 reached. The subscription price, one dollar per year, remains un- 

 changed, and for this small sum a volume consisting of nine num- 

 bers is offered. 



In the wider sphere of usefulness upon which it is entering we 

 wish The Ottawa Naturalist a long and successful career. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Report of the Proceedings of the Second Entomological Meet- 

 ing, held at Pusa on the 5th to 12th February, 1917. Edited by 

 T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, F.L.S., F.E.S., F.Z.S., Imperial Entomo- 

 logist, Calcutta, 1917. Rs. 3 or 4s. 6d. 



This volume does not consist of a series of separate con- 

 tributions from different writers but is virtually a summary or 

 abstract of the current knowledge of the insects injurious to Indian 

 crops of all kinds, based upon notes prepared before the Meeting 

 by the Imperial Entomologist and the discussions of these which 

 took place at the Meeting. 



November, 1918 



