APRIL, 1915 



VOL. XXIX, No. 1 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists» Club 



£^ftor: 



ARTHUR GIBSON, 

 Entomological Branch, Dbpartmbnt op Agriculturb, 

 OTTAWA. 



?l«#octate jBOitore: 



Harlan I. Smith, W. H. Harrington, P. A. Taverner, 



Anthropology. Entomology. Ornithology. 



M. O. Malte, Ph. D. H. M. Ami, D.Sc L. M. Lambe, F.G.S., 



Botany. Geology. Paleeontology. 



Prop. John Macoun, M.A. Otto Klotz, LL.D. C. Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc- 



Conchology. Meteorology. Zoology- 



CONTENTS: 



Council and Leaders at ExcursionSj 1915-1916 - . . _ 2 



List of Members _-,---____ 3 



Annual Report, 1914-1915 - 7 



Treasurer's Report, 1914-1915 - • - 13 



Suggestions for Ornithological W«rk in Canada. By P. A. Taverner 14 



Meeting of Botanical Branch -------- 19 



Spring Excursions, 1915 - - - - - - - -20 



Prizes offered for Collections made in 1915 - - - _ 2O 



The Rolla L. Grain Co., Limited /%S^ 



ISSUED MAY 17. 191S /^ /^^ »^'*V^^^ 



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