THE OTTAWA PTURALIST. 



Vol. XV. OTTAWA, APRIL, 1901. No. i. 



THE REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE OTTAWA 



FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB FOR THE YEAR 



ENDING MARCH iqth, 1901. 



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Membership. 



Thirty-one members have been added to the Club during^ the 

 year and nineteen names have been struck off, leaving the present 

 membership two hundred and sixty-five. 



Dr. H. M. Ami, the president, represented the Club at the 

 meeting- of the Royal Society of Canada, held in this city in May, 

 at which he read a summary report of the work done by the Club 

 during the year 1900. 



Special Lectures. 



Dr. James Fletcher delivered two lectures on "Nature Study, 

 with special reference to Birds," before the Normal School 

 students, and Dr. Ami one on " Soils and their Origin, with 

 special reference to those of the Ottawa Valley." 



Soirees. 



The programme of Winter Soirees, as printed on page 176 of 

 The Ott.awa Naturalist for December, 1900, was carried out 

 with the follow^ing exceptions : The meeting for the 22nd of 

 January was postponed for one week on account of the death of 

 Her Majesty Queen Victoria ; and the meeting for 6th March was 

 put off till 1 2th March on account of the death of Dr. G. M. 

 Dawson, a former president and an active member of the Club. 

 In consequence of the latter postponement, the two papers that 

 would have been read last Tuesday have b?en presented to-night, 



