THE 



JULY. 1900. 



VOL. XIV, No. 4 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by the Ottawa Fleld-Naturafists' Club. 



CONTENTS. 



1. Soils and the Maintenance of their Fertility Through the 



Growth of Legumes, by Frank T. Shutt, Dominion Experi- 

 mental Farms .... .... .... .... .... 



2. Notes on Rare Birds Occasionally Breeding in Eastern 



Ontario, by Rev. C. J. Youngs, B.A., Wolfe Island, Ont 



3. Ornithology, by \V. T. Macoun .... .... 



4. Book Notices and Reviews .... .... .... .... 



5. A Prize for Mosquitoes .... .... .... .... 



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