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the Mayflower {Epigcea repens) and other plants, also insects and 

 rock specimens. A similar excursion was held on May 3rd to 

 Beaver Meadow, west of Hull, Que., when fifty attended. Rideau 

 Park, a new locality, was visited May loth when forty or fitty 

 members were present. Many plants were found but unfortun- 

 ately the frost of the previous nig-ht had destroyed most of them. 

 Considerable interest was takenin the boulder clay and Utica shale 

 of this locality. Autumn sub-excursions were also held at the end 

 of August and through September to Hull, Aylmer, Rockliffe and 

 the Montreal Road, principally by the botanical and entomological 

 branches. Roots of native violets and other perennial plants were 

 collected. Sub-excursions were held by the entomologists to 

 collect moss for sifting for insects in October, and a list of fifty- 

 one species of beetles was made as well as representatives of 

 some other orders of insects. 



Two general excursions were held during the summer to 

 Chelsea. The first on May 17th, when 250 members and friends 

 of the Club attended, and the second on September 6th, when 

 about 200 were present. Both excursions were highly successful. 



The Ottawa Naturalist. 



The Ottawa Naturalist has been published regularly under 

 the continued editorship of Mr. J.imes M. Macoun. Volume XVI 

 has been completed, consisting of twelve numbers which contain 

 248 pages and four plates. Uncoloured copies of the Geological 

 Map of the city of Ottawa and vicinity were purchased from the 

 Geological Survey Department for distribution with the December 

 number of The Ottawa Naturalist to all Canadian members ot 

 the Club. This map is on the scale of one mile to an inch and 

 covers an area of over twenty miles square. Some copies which 

 remain may still be purchased from the treasurer. 



The following are some of the more important papers pub- 

 lished during the year ; 



Birds of Sable Island, N.S.; Canadian Hummingbirds, by 

 W. E. Saunders. 



Five New Ranunculi; New Northwestern Plants, by Edw. L. 

 Greene. 



