DECEMBER, 1908 



VOL. XXII, No. 9 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



CONTENTS. 



PAOS 



Observations on Seedlings of North American Phsenogamous 



Plants. By Theo. Holm, Brookland, D.C. - - - 165 



Blue Birds of the Maritime Provinces. By W. H. Moore, Scotch 



Lake, N.B. - - 174 



Is Rhus glabra in Canada? By E. L. Greene, U.S. Nat. Museum, 



Washington, D.C. - ' - - - - - - - 179 



Zoological Notes for 1908. By J. F. Whiteaves - - - - 182 



Dioscorea villosa at Sarnia. By W. A. Dent, Sarnia, Ont. - - 184 



Notes : The occurrence of the American Woodcock in Manitoba ; 

 Entomological Society of Ontario; The Flowering-rush; 

 A Woodpecker at a Show; The Early Wake-robin; 

 Squirrel eating a Bird ; Notice of death of Dr. James Fletcher 185 



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