1899] • Annual Report. . .9 



" No'.es on Fresh-ivaler Polyzoa,''' by Mr. Walter S. Oilell. 



Report of the Ornithological Branch. 

 P"eb. 21. — " The Arclueology of Lake Dischenes,'" by Mr. T. W. E. Sowter. 



" Extni-Umital />isecls Found al Otimua" hy Mr. \V. H. Harrington. 

 F.R.S.C. 



" .Vo/ts 01! the rca in.; of a Young Coiu-lnrJ," by Mr. .A. G. Kingston.; 



Report of the Entomological Branch. 

 Mar. ■].—'' Life-histort of the Sa/inon," hyVto{. E. K. I'rince, B.A., F.L.S. 



" Natural History in Art" by Prof. James Mavor, Toronto University. 

 (Both papers illustrated by lime-light views.) 



Report of the Zoologi:al Branch. 



At each meeting, various interesting objects belonging, to 

 different departments of science were exhibited, 



A most successful conversazione was held in the Assembly 

 Hall of the Normal School, when the Club was honored by the 

 presence of our noble patron His Excellency, the Governor-Gen- 

 eral. A full report of this meeting was published in the February 

 number of THE Ottawa Naturalist. 



Thi: Ottawa Naturalist under the editorship of Dr. 

 Ami and seven Associate Editors has been issued monthly 

 The volume just completed, No. XH, is the largest we have 

 issued. It contains 27c pages and 9 plates. These latter add 

 materially to the value of the papers and are of exceptional 

 merit. Five plates of Canadian Violets were drawn specially 

 for The Ottawa Naturalist, by Mr. Theodor Holm of 

 Washington ; Mr. Barlow's plates were from photographs taken 

 by himself. 



Many valuable papers have been published during the year. 

 These cover the whole range of subjects included in the scope 

 of the Club. In addition to these, numerous accounts of excur- 

 sions and soirees, reports of the different branches, book reviews, 

 etc., have been priiited. 



The special work done by members of the Club has been 

 included in the reports of the various branches and need not be 

 particularly referred to here as these reports have already been 

 published or will ajipcar in an early number of TlJE OTTAWA 

 Naturalist. : • ,'■-. 



Shortly after the arrival in Ottawa of His Excellency, jthe 

 Governor-General, a coinmittee of your Council interviewed him 



