

THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



VOL. XXIX APRIL, 1915 No. 1 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB, 1914-15. 



The council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, on the 

 completion of another Club year, begs to report on the work 

 during the past season. The work of the Club has been con- 

 ducted along much the same lines as have been followed in past 

 years and, with some features especially, good progress has been 

 made. 



Standing committees, the editor and associate editors of The 

 Ottawa Naturalist, the librarian and excursion leaders, were 

 appointed at the first meeting of the council, held on March 31. 

 Five meetings of the council were held during the year. Fewer 

 meetings than usual were required on account of more work 

 being handled directly by the sub-committees. Connection with 

 other scientific organizations has been maintained through 

 correspondence, exchange of publications and other means. The 

 Club was represented at the meeting of the Royal Society of 

 Canada, held in Montreal, by Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. 



During the year substantial progress has been made in 

 securing new members, 43 being elected, compared with 14 last 

 year. Against this 2 5 members have resigned or have been 

 removed from the list by death, leaving a net gain of 18. The 

 membership of the Club is now 329. Unfortunately, an un- 

 usually large number of members have not paid their dues, which 

 has hampered the work of the Club considerably. At the close 

 of the year there is a balance of $3 6 . 2 5 , with some accounts unpaid . 



PROTECTION OF BIRDS AROUND OTTAWA.| 



The arrangements announced in Dr. Hewitt's lecture before 

 the Club on February 10,1914, (Ottawa Naturalist, March, 1 9 14, 

 pp. 161-171), for the distribution of nesting boxes in Rockcliffe 

 Park and the Central Experimental Farm and Botanical Gardens, 

 which areas were declared bird sanctuaries, were carried out in 



