THE OTTAWA NATURALISf^^ 



Vol. XII. OTTAWA, APRIL, 1898. No. i' 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIP:LD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB. 1897-98. 



The Council submits the following account of the Club's 

 work during the year 1897-98 : — 



The number of members now on the roll is approximately 

 225. Twelve meetings of the Council were held during the 

 year. At the first of these, according to custom, leaders in the 

 several branches, viz., Geology, Botany, Entomology, Ornitho- 

 logy, Conchology and Zoology, were appointed, besides an 

 Editor and Associate Editors of " The Ottawa Naturalist. 



At the invitation of the Roykl Society of Canada to send a 

 Delegate, our President, Professor Prince, was chosen to repre- 

 sent us. Owing to his absence during the Royal Society's 

 deliberations at Halifax, Dr. Ami presented the annual account 

 of the work of the Club, which will be found in the Transactions 

 of the Royal Society of Canada. 



Three general excursions were held during the summer. 

 The first to Chelsea on 22nd May, 1897, as reported in the June 

 number of " The Ottawa Naturalist." The second was to the 

 Pickanock on 19th June, and reported in the July number of 

 " The Ottawa Naturalist." The third was to Chelsea on 2nd 

 October, and is reported in " The Ottawa Naturalist " for Sep- 

 tember. 



" The Ottawa Naturalist," the official organ of the Club, has 

 been under the Editorship of Dr. H. M. Ami, with a staff of 

 Associate Editors. During the year, in addition to the Reports of 

 Branches and a record of the Proceedings of the Club, many 

 valuable papers have appeared of a biological and varied scienti- 

 fic nature. Among these the following may be mentioned : 



" Post pliocene deposits of the Ottawa Valley," by Dr. 

 H. M. Ami. 



