i8o The Ottawa Naturalist. [December 



THE OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



PROGRAMME OF WINTER SOIREES, 1904-5. 

 1904. 

 Dec. 16. — Address, by Principal J. F. White, of tiie Normal School. 



The President's Address. 



Animal Life in the Hudson Bay region. Antlrew Halkett. 



The Soiree Committee considerf^d it advisable to substitute for 

 the formal lectures of the past a number of short popular talks 

 each evening' on the various branches of the Club's work, and the 

 gentlemen named below have consented to speak on the subjects 

 specified. More detailed particulars will be given through the 

 public press before each meeting. On Zoology descriptions will 

 be given of the life history, habits, etc., of the polar bear,, fur 

 seal, whales, star-fish, frogs, sea-urchins and other animals. The 

 characteristic features of the Geology of the Ottawa district will be 

 dealt with and special attention will be given to structural features 

 as well as the history of the abundant fauna found in the rocks and 

 clays. Ornithology, Entomology and Botany will be treated in a 

 similar manner, each speaker giving the i-esults of his personal 

 observations. 



— Mammals. Messrs. Prince, Low, J. M. Macoun and Rallantyne. 



— Geology. Messrs, Ells, Ami, Chalmers, Dowling and Keele. 

 Report of the Geological Branch. 



—Entomology. Messrs. Fletcher, Harrington, Gibson and Young. 



Report ot the Entomological Branch. 

 — Zoology. Messrs. Prince, John Macoun, Halkett and Odell. 



Report of the Zoological Branch. 



— Ornithology. Messrs. Kingston, E. F.0G. White, Eifrig and W. 



T. Macoun. 

 Report of the Ornithological Branch. 

 Mar. 21.— Annual Meeting. 



Ferns of the Ottaiva Dist)ict. T. E. Clarke. 

 April II. — Botany. Messrs. Sinclair, John Macoun, Fletcher, Campbell and 



Attwood. ^ 



Report of the Botanical Branch. 



All the meetings will be held in the Normal School, at 8 o'clock p.m., sharp. 



President, W. T. MACOUN. I 



Treasurer, A. GIBSON. Secretary, T. E. CLARKE. 



(Central Experimental Farm.) (470 O'Connor st. ) 



Membership Fee, O.F.N.C, with Ottawa Naturalist, $1.00 per annum, 



Admissionlto Lecture Course Free. 



