100 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Nov. 



Whilst the direct object of the Fisheries Museum is to point 

 out the value of the Canadian fishery resources, yet incidental 

 to the collection there are also on view a variety of natural ob- 

 jects, embracing fishes, corals, sponges, mollusk shells, etc., from 

 the Bahama Islands, and such form an ornamental feature of 

 the museum. 



Models of vessels, weirs, traps, etc., to illustrate the fishing 

 industry, are also on exhibition. 



Recently two specimens of octoptis or devil fish have been 

 installed, and are to be seen in glass cases, preserved in a solu- 

 tion of formalin. Tffese specimens are from the coast of British 

 Columbia. 



OTTAWA FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Programme of Winter Lectures. 



December 7th, 1915 (Tuesday). — ''Wheat Improvement in 

 Canada." Dr. Charles E. Saunders, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. 



January 11th, 1916 (Tuesday). — "Canadian Folk-tales and 

 Oral Traditions." Mr. C. M. Barbeau, Division of Anthropology, 

 Geological Survey, Ottawa. 



January 2 5th, 1916 (Tuesday). — "The Use of Ornamental 

 Trees and Shrubs." (Illustrated with lantern views). Mr. W. 

 T. Macoun, Dominion Horticulturist, Ottawa. 



February 8th, 1916 (Tuesday). — "The Formation of the 

 Great Plains." (Illustrated with lantern views.) Mr. D. B. 

 Dowling, Geological Survey, Ottawa. 



February 22nd, 1916 (Tuesday). — "The Evolution of Army 

 Sanitation." R. Lorme Gardner, M.D. 



March 7th, 1916 (Tuesday). — "The Identification and Nest- 

 ing Habits of Some of our Common Birds." (Illustrated with 

 specimens and lantern views.) Mr. W. E. Satmders, London, 

 Ontario. 



March 2 1st, 1916 (Tuesday). — Annual Meeting, Exhibits and 

 Brief Addresses by Members. 



All the above meetings will be held in the auditorium of Jda^^l^iy 

 Victoria Memorial Museum. /c^^^^^STSst. 



