126 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Dec. 



these southern birds drift north to fill the areas depleted hy 

 snow, but nobody knows. 



It seems cruel to kill quail when so manv less interesting 

 and useful game birds exist, but the harder, in reason, land is 

 shot over, the better. Otherwise the parent birds live to become 

 barren, or one only of the original pair dies by accident. Dis- 

 tricts that never see a gun, deteriorate and a single healthy 

 young bird alive at the beginning of the mating season means 

 a full sized brood at that place in the autumn. In Europe, 

 however, eggs are taken from one nest to another, to provide 

 change in blood. 



Cats and cur dogs are the worst enemies. As farmers 

 learn to appreciate the good birds do, it may become illegal to 

 own or harbor pussv. 



D. B. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF ONTARIO, 1914. 



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Some Personal Impressions. 



To one who has not previously taken part in gatherings of 

 that character, the meeting of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario held at Toronto, Nov. Sth and 6th, were of unusual 

 interest. To begin with, there was the mixing with kindred 

 spirits from all parts of the countrv, not forgetting our neigh- 

 bors and co-workers from the south ; for in the broad realms 

 of science boundaries present little significance and those in its 

 pursuit come as near to the ideal of tmiversal brotherhood as 

 any class I know of. This mixing, then, of men from all parts 

 having similar aims, was by no means the least- profitable of 

 the proceedings and certainly not the least enjoyable. 



To me, of course, manv of the faces were new, though the 

 men were in other ways old friends. It would be difficult to 

 enlarge upon the characteristics or qualities of some without 

 neglecting others equally worthy of note and yet it would be 

 equally impossible to enumerate all in this short paper. I 

 will, therefore, briefly touch upon a few picked out almost at 

 random from those who were present. 



Mention should first be made of our worthy President, 

 Dr. Hewitt, who presided over the meetings, and whose presi- 

 dential address, an exhaustive account of the rise and progress 

 of Economic Entomology in Canada, was much appreciated 

 by the audience. Dr. Bethtme, an old and prized correspondent, 

 and Dr. Fyles, another veteran, were present, the latter pre- 

 senting a paper entitled "Mountains and Hills," written in his 



