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THE OTTAWA f(ATURALIST. 



Vol. XIV. OTTAWA, FEBRUARY, 1901. No. 11. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF TH?. PRESIDENT OF THE 

 OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



(Delivered December 11, 1900.) 



/.adzes and Gentlemen : 



Another year has passed since we met to inaugurate our last 

 course of winter soirfees. As a g-eneral statement of the condi- 

 tion of the Ottawa Field-NaturaHsts' Club to-day, I 

 have no hesitation in stating that we are in a healthy and vigorous 

 condition. The membership has possibly never been higher; the 

 finances are, I am informed by our worthy Treasurer, very encour- 

 aging ; the excursions or sub-excursions or outings, held by the 

 Club last season, have been unusually well attended; and, as far as 

 we can see by the programme of winter soir6es which the soiree 

 committee has prepared for us, there is in store many a treat in 

 various branches of the Club's work during the coming season, 

 I take this as an earnest of the good work done and results ob- 

 tained by the members of the Club at the outings. 



Excursions and Sub-Excursions. 



These were held at regular intervals last spring and during 

 the summer months. Beechwood, Britannia, Hemlock Lake, 

 Beaver Meadow, Kirk's Ferry, Montebello, Cumberland, are some 

 of the localities visited. Notices of these outings have appeared 

 from time to time in The Ottawa Naturalist. 



The Ottawa Naturalist. 

 The official organ of the Club, The Ottawa Naturalist, is fast 



