THE 



DECEMBER, 1898. 



VOL. XII, No. 9. 



OTTAWA 



NATURALIST. 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



CONTENTS. 



Paob. 



1. Contributions to Canadian Botany — XII, by James Melville 

 Macoun, Assistant Naturalist, Geological Survey of Canada .... i6l 



2. Notes on the Birds of King's County, Nova Scotia, by 

 Harold Tufts, Esq., Wolfville, N.S 172 



3. Ornithological Notes, by W. E. Saunders, Londoji, Ont., and 

 W. T. Macoun, Esq., Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ont 177 



4. Review of Annual Report, Volume IX, Geological Sur- 

 vey of Canada, by the Editor 179 



5. Programme of Winter Soirees, Ottawa Field-Natural- 

 ists' Club 180 



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