FEBRUARY. 1901. 



VOL. XIV, No. II 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



CONTENTS 



Page 



1. Annual Address of the President of the Ottawa Field- 

 Naturalists' Club .... ' , , . . .... 197 



2. Po\vers of Adaptation in Fishes, by Professor Edward E. 

 Prince .... ..... .... .... .... .... 212 



3. Notes of the Acadian Owl (Nyctala Acadica) in captivity, 

 by F. Norman Beattie .... .... .... .... 



218 



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