JANUARY, 1901. 



VOL. XIV, No. 10 



THE 



OTTAWA 



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NATURALIST. « 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



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Description of a New Species of Unio from the Cretaceous 



Rocks of the Nanaimo Coal Field, V.I. , by J. F. Whiteaves 177 

 Botany .... .... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ^79 



A Preliminary Note on an Amygdaloidal Trap Rock in the 

 Eastern Townships of the Province of Quebec, by John 

 A. Dresser .... .... .... .... .... .... 180 



The Nesting of the Cerulean ^Ai^arbler, by W. E. Saunders 183 



"Winter Soirees ..... .... .... .... .... 185 



Palaeontological Notes .... ... .... .... • • • . 190 



Book Notice . . .... • . . • • • . • • • • • • • • « '9^ 



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