THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Under thic Distinclishhd Patronage ok the Right HoNORAyn-K 

 THE Earl oe Minto, Governor-General of Canada. 



PROGRAMME OF WINTER SOIREES, 1903-1904. 

 1903. 



Dec. 15.- -TWENTV-EIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FoiNDING OP THE ClUB. 



Address of Welcome, by Principal J. F. White, of the Normal 



School. 

 The President's Address. 

 The Study of Natural History at Ottawa before the Formation of the 



Club. Lieut.-Col. W. White, C.M.G. 

 Bufauicdl Conditions Round Ottaiva tiventy-five rears ago. R. B. 



White. 

 Ottaiva as a Xatural History Locality tu'enty- five years ago. Dr. 



James Hetcher. 

 The Workers in Natural History at Otta-.va tu'eiity-Jive years ago 



Lieut.-Col. W. P. Anderson. 

 What the Ottaiva Field-Naturalists' Club has accomplished. Dr. H. 



B. Small. 

 1 90+. 

 Jan. 5. — The Differences and Correspondences betiveen the Avi-Jauna of 



Ottaiva and of the Maryland Alleghanies. Rev. G. Eifrig. 



Report of the Geological Branch. 

 Jan. 19. — The Recent Landslide on the Likvre River. Illustrated by lantern 

 slides. Dr. A. E. Bariow. 

 Report of the Ornithological Branch. 

 F"eh. z.—Sap a>id Sap Circulation. F. T. Shutl, M.A. 



Tivo Springs. Dr. C. Guillet. 

 Feb. 16. — A Summer's Cruise on the Labrador Coast. Illustrated b\ lantern 



slides. Dr. R. A. Daly. 

 Mar. I. —Colour in Nature. Dr. S B. Sinclair. 



Rep.irt of the Entomological Branch. 

 INIar. 15.- Annual Meeting. 



Report of the Zoological Branch. 

 Report of the Botanical Branch. 

 April 5. —Short Talks o\\ how to Collect and Preserve Specimens, with 

 Practical Demonstrations by \arious members of the Club. 



.All the meetings will be held in the Normal School, at S o'clock p.m. 

 sharp, on the first and third TlESD.ws of the month. 



President, W. T. MACOUN. 



Treasurer, A. GIBSON. Secretary, W. J. WILSON. 



(Central Experimental Farm.) (Geol. Siirv. Dept.) 



Membership Fee, O. F. N.C., with Ottawta Nati:ralist, §i.oo per annum. 



Admission to Lectupe Course Free. ..^C^^^^y 



