In common with all the sorrowing subjects of 



}\IS IMPERIAL MAJESTY KING EDWARD the SEVENTH 



the members of 



THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB 



desire to record their deep sense of sorrow and loss at the 

 demise of their beloved Sovereign Lady, QUEEN VICTORIA, 

 during whose most glorious reign of sixty-four years, scientific 

 work and original research, such as our Club aims to ac- 

 complish, have received unprecedented impetus. 



