MARCH, 1899. 



VOU XII. No. 12. 



THE ^^^^ 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST. 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



CONTENTS. 



Plot. 



1. On Some Species of Canadian Palaeozoic Corals, by 



Lawrence M. Lambe, F.G.S., of the Geological Survey of Canada 237 



2. The Birds of King's County, Nova Scotia— Part III, by 

 Harold Tufts, Esq., of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Concluded .... 259 



3. Analyses of Ice from the Ottawa District, by R. F. Ruttan, 

 B.A., M.D., CM., Professor of Chemistry, McGill Medical Col- 

 lege, Montreal, Que .... .... .... .... 263 



4. Report of the Ornithological Branch of the O.F.N. C for 

 1898, by the Leaders .... .... .... .... .... 265 



5 Reports of Soirees — Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Soiree 



under the auspices of the O.F.N. C. .... .... .... 266 



6. Notes, Reviews and Comments — Fourteenth Annual Re- 

 port, Minister of Agriculture, Toronto, Ont., by C C. James, 

 Esq.; " On the birds of Ontario in relation to Agriculture," by 

 C. W. Walsh, Esq., Toronto; Giant Ripple Marks, note by H. 

 M. Ami; Fine Microscopical Material — Foraminifera for distri- 

 bution — collected by Mr. G. Boyce Scott, of Moncton, N.B.; 

 Obituary Notice, Dr. G. J. Allman, F.R.S. 269 



7. New Members, Li>-t of 270 



8. Index of Volume XII, Ottawa Naturalist for 1898-99 i.-vi. 



ANNUAL MEETING. O.F.N.C, TUESDAY, MARCH 14th, 8 p.m 

 Y.M.C.A. Hall. Election of Officers and Reading of Reports. 



OTTAWA, CANADA. 



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