igooj Lambe — New Species of Calcareous Sponge. 263 



prove to belong- to the species Sycon protectum, Lambe, described 

 ori<j;-inally from a specimen dredged by Mr. J. F. Whiteaves in 1872 

 eight miles south-east ot Bonaventure Island, Baie des Chaleurs 

 [vide Transactions Royal Society of Canada, second series. Vol. II, 

 1896). The specimens of this second species were found also at 

 Boat Harbour growing on the under surface of boulders between 

 tides. 



Figure c of the plate accompanying the above description 

 represents part of a horizontal section of the sponge. 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE 

 OTTAWA FIELD-NATURALISTS' CLUB, H. M. AMI, 

 M,A., F.G.S., DELIVERED NOVEMBER 28th, 1899. 



In four brief months our Club will have attained its majority, 

 and it may not be considered out of place to look backward for a 

 moment and cast a cursory glance over that period of time which 

 has elapsed since the Club was organized in 1879. 



The special object which the Club had at its inception, of 

 investigating the natural history resources of the district about 

 Ottawa, was constantly kept in view, and I think no one can deny 

 that the Club has prospered and accomplished a considerable 

 amount of work in the direction of so worthy an object. 



The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club now counts within its 

 membership a large proportion of the active and working natural- 

 ists of Canada, which constitute a small army of observers in the 

 field of Nature. The three original members ot the Club, Dr. 

 James Fletcher, Mr. VV. H. Harrington and Mr. R. B. Whyte, 

 who were the leading spirits in formulating the character as well 

 as the aims of the Club at its beginning, are still with us, and as 

 active as ever. 



Previous to 1879, the Ottawa district had received a certain 

 amount of attention at the hands of the late Mr. E. Billings, the 

 late Dr. VanCortland, and of Dr., now Sir James Grant. The 

 first obtained a large amount of geological material, especially 

 from the Trenton formation so well developed in our neighbour- 



