1908] Report op the Council 13 



Massachusetts Board of Agriculture finds the domestic cat to 

 be one of the worst foes of birds; and, in some German cities, 

 cat-catchers are employed to rid the parks of these enemies. 

 During the nesting season, at least, the house cat shotdd be 

 kept indoors. 



Geological Br.an'ch. 



The report of this branch contained a summary of the 

 work done by members at the excursions of the Club. Additions 

 to the lists of organic remains obtained from various localities 

 in the Ottawa District, were recorded as w^ell as interesting 

 observations made in several of the geological formations in and 

 about the city. 



Records of work done by geologists in the Ottawa Valley 

 before the advent of the Club were also given from the observa- 

 tions of Bigsley in 1822 at the limestone fonnation of the 

 Chaudiere Falls, to the work of Sir Wm. Logan, Alexander 

 Murray, James Richardson. Dr. Wilson of Perth, Sheriff Dickson 

 of Pakenham, Rev. Mr. Bell of L'Orignal,and Elkanah Billings. 

 Special reference w^as made to the work of Billings and the 

 high esteem in which he was held. The Club had been instru- 

 mental in having a suitable portrait of the first Palaeontologist 

 of the Geological Survey painted and presented to the Survev. 



The report pointed out many avenues of work still remain- 

 ing open to members of this branch, and it suggested the forma- 

 tion of a Geological Club with the object of furthering the 

 interests in common. 



Entomological Branch. 



The annual report of this branch shows a marvellous 

 amount of work accomplished, w'hen one considers that the 

 past season w^as decidedly unfavorable from an entomological 

 point of view. The work done by this branch is \evy systematic 

 as most of the members are specialists, confining their efforts 

 largely to some particular branch of entomology. The result 

 of this intensive method is seen in the list of species new to the 

 Ottawa district, practically every member of the branch having 

 contributed to the additions. 



Two interesting papers are promised for early publication. 

 Dr. E. M. Walker is preparing one on the dragon-flies of the 

 Ottaw^a district from specimens and data furnished by local 

 collectors. The other paper wdll be contributed by Mr. W. D. 

 Kearfott, the well-known specialist in microlepidoptera, as a 

 result of collections made by himself and local members last 

 June in the Ottawa district. 



The Library. 

 ^ Your Council regrets to report that, in the remodelling of 



