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Barren. Probably dicecious. Habit of Amblystegium Sprucei. On 

 rocks at Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., New Brunswick (Novembei', 1879). 

 J. Moser, Coll. 



Amblystegium tenuifolium, Kindb. N. sp. 



Plants loosely coherent, green ; stems capillary, irregularly ramu- 

 lose. Leaves small, far apart, spreading, very narrow, ovate-lanceolate 

 acute, often denticulate ; cells dilated but elongate ; costa more or less 

 distinct. Barren. Habit of Amblystegium Sprucei — On the borders of 

 a pond near London, Ont. (June, 1889). John Dearness. Coll. 



Hypnum (Harpidium) Moseri, Kindb. N. sp. 



Differing from H. uncinatum in the leaves not being striate, but 

 sometimes recurved at the base ; costa faint, often failing ; differing from 

 all other Hwrpidii in the stem being densely radiculose. — On the base 

 and trunks of poplar trees in woods at Canaan Forks, Queen's Co., New 

 Brunswick (December 30th, 1889). J. Moser, Coll. 



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REPORT OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL BRANCH FOR THE 



YEAR 1889. 



To the Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club : 



Gentlemen, — The leaders of the Ornithological Branch have the 

 honour to report that during the year 1889 two additions were made to 

 the list of Ottawa birds, viz.: Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.), Duck 

 Hawk, mentioned in the Spring report published 1st August, and 

 Somateria dresseri (Sharpe), American Eider A young male of this 

 species, in the plumage of the female, is reported by Mr. G. R. White 

 as having been shot by him on the Ottawa River a short distance below 

 the city on 9th November. Another specimen (a male in mature 

 plumage) said to have been shot on the Gatineau river, was bought on 

 the By-Ward market, and is now in the museum of the Geological 

 Survey. In this connection it is interesting to note the capture at 

 Toronto, November 25th, of a male of the King Eider (S. spectabilis, 

 Linn.), the first positive record for Ontario. A Cardinal Grosbeak 



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