

THE OTTAWA f(ATURALIST. 



Vol. XVIII. OTTAWA, MARCH, 1905. No. 12 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



W. T. Macoun. 



Members of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Ladies and 

 Gentlemen : — 



About this time last year we celebrated the 25th anniversary 

 ot the org^anization of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, and it 

 was with feeling's of gratification that many of the origfinal mem- 

 bers of the Club came tog-ether and told of the work which had 

 been accomplished by the Club during the past twenty-five years. 

 Another year has gone since then and the Club has entered upon 

 its second quarter century ; let ui hope that there will be con- 

 tinued progre'-s in the study of Nature in the Ottawa district, and 

 that we shall realize even more than we have done in the past, 

 what a broad field cf work there is, and how little is yet known 

 in the wonderful rea'm of Nature which lies about us. We can, 

 however, look back over the past year's work with some satisfac- 

 tion and feel that there is still a brig;ht future for the Club. 

 Although planned by last year's Council, the first work of this 

 year was the evening devoted to Practical Demonstrations of 

 How to Collect and Preserve Natural History Specimens, on 

 April 5th, 1904. This proved very successful. The meeting was 

 well attended, the demonstrations were good, and the numerous 

 questions which were asked showed that this was a popular way 

 of teaching Natural History and of interesting people in the study 

 of it. It is expected that this will be repeated, in some respects 

 at least, next spring. 



During the spring, summer and autumn three general excur- 

 sions were held and six sub-excursions. References have been 



