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THE OTTAWA NATURALIST 



VOL. XXVIII. OTTAWA, APRIL, 1914 No. 1. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB, 1913-14. 



On the completion of the thirty-fourth year of the existence 

 of The Ottawa Field-Naturahsts' Club, the Council begs to 

 present a summary of the work undertaken and accomplished 

 during the past season. 



Eight meetings of the Council have been held. The stand- 

 ing committees, the editor and associate editors of The Ottawa 

 Naturalist, the librarian and the excursion leaders were 

 appointed at the first meeting. 



The membership of the Club is now 311. During the 5'^ear 

 14 members were elected, 11 resigned, 7 were removed from the 

 list for non-payment of dues and there was one death, making a 

 total loss of 19. 



The Club was represented at the Jubilee Meeting of the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, which was held at the Ontario 

 Agricultural College, 'Guelph, August 27th-29th, 1913, by Mr. 

 Arthur Gibson, and at the meetings of the Royal Society, held 

 in Ottawa, by the President, Mr. L. H. Newman. 



The usual work under the direction of the various com- 

 mittees has been conducted along much the same lines as 

 followed in previous }'ears, and some new field operations have 

 been commenced from which much is expected. Steps are 

 being taken to interest the proper authorities in the preserva- 

 tion, in the natural condition, of certain areas in the Ottawa 

 district which are especially valuable for natural history study, 

 instead of allowing them to be subdivided into building lots. 



Preservatiox of Bird Life. 



A prominent feature of the Club's work this year has been 

 the attention given to the preservation of bird life, as a result 

 of which bird sanctuaries will be established at Rockcliffe Park 

 and the Experimental Farm. In the Rockcliffe sanctuary 2 50 



