8 The Ottawa Naturalist. [April 



Owing- to the absence of Mr. W, T. Macoun from the city, his 



paper was taken as read, and Mr. E. D. Ing-all was unable to 



g^ive his. 



Excursions. 



The first sub-excursion of the season was held on the 28th 

 April at Rockliflfe and Beechwood. About twenty were in attend- 

 ance. The afternoon was pleasantly spent, but the backwardness 

 of the season made it very difficult to find specimens of interest. 

 Hepaticas, a few Trilliums and Doj^tooth Violets, with Aspens, 

 Willows, Red and Silver Maples, together with a few common 

 spring flowers were all that rewarded the botanists. Mr. Gibson 

 secured some specimens of Grapta Faniius, an uncommon butterfly 

 in this district. 



Three sub-excursions and one general excursion were held in 

 May. The weather at all of these was perfect, and most pleasant 

 and profitable outings were enjoyed. 



Saturday, 5th Ma)'. Some sixty members and their friends 

 visited McKay's Grove and Beechwood. That portion of the 

 grove adjoining Clarkstown is being rapidly denuded of its wild 

 character, but the botanical students found a variety of early 

 spring flowers. The geologists examined the Keefer Bluff at the 

 forks of the roads leading to the cemetery and found a series of 

 topical fossils belonging to the Black River formation. Several 

 large masses of the Coral Tetradmin fib}'atum\<iQ.XQ. obtained in the 

 upper layers of limestone in the old quarry at this spot. 



On re-assembling, Mr. Odell described and exhibited the 

 larvae of some Mosquitoes, and also some Crustaceans he had cap- 

 tured. Mr. Attwood spoke on the plants found during the after- 

 noon, and Dr. Ami described the geological formations. 



Saturday, May 13th. Seventy-five members of the Club, 

 Normal School students, teachers and friends visited Beaver 

 Meadow, Hull, P.Q- The botanists found many desirable species 

 of plants and the entomologists captured several good specimens, 

 while the geologists visited " the Heap " on the Aylmer branch of 

 the C. P. R., where they found and listed over thirty species of 

 fossils of the Trenton formation. Dr. James Fletcher, Mr. A. 

 G. Kingston and the President addressed the members before 

 separating. 



