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Moved by Mr. N. B. Sanson, and seconded by Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod that the Divisions 

 of Entomology, Botany and Ornithology be at once established. — Carried. 



A draft of the constitution of the Territorial Natural History Society was then considered 

 section by section and finally the same was adopted. 



The following officers were then elected : 



President Percy B. Gregson. 



First Vice-Pres C. W. Peterson. 



Second Vice-Pres G. Wolley-Dod. 



Directors, Entomology, F. H. Wolley-Dod, Calgary, and Rev. J. HinchclifFe, Red Deer ; 

 Botany, Mr. Nivens, Prince Albert, and Mr. Hutchinson, Regina ; Ornithology, Dr. Henry 

 George, Innisfail, and F. Dipple, Calgary, and T. N. Willing, Regina, Secretary-Treasurer. 



It was decided that the report of the president of the late North West Entomological 

 Society should be included in the first annual report of the Territorial Natural History Society, 

 and also inasmuch as the excellent work done by the Entomological Society led to the formation 

 of the Natural History Society, that the liabilities of the former be assumed by the latter. 



It was resolved that three official Museums should be established, one at Blackfalds for 

 the district north of Calgary, with Mr. Percy B. Gregson as Curator ; one at the Territorial 

 capital (Regina). with Mr. T. N. Willing as Curator ; and the third at Calgary, with Principal 

 J. B. Boyce as Curator. 



A resolution was adopted unanimously urging the Territorial government to provide at 

 the earliest possible moment the necessary accommodation for a public natural history museum, 

 such as is maintained in all the provinces. 



After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, a motion to adjourn was adopted. It was 

 decided to hold the next annual meeting at Calgary, during the Convention week of the 

 Agricultural Societies in May. 



WILLIAM E. SAUNDERS. 



In this issue of our Report, we have pleasure in presenting to our readers a portrait of the 

 Secretary of the Entomological Society of Ontario for the last fifteen years, Mr. Wm. E. 

 Saunders, who is well known as a prominent member of the fraternity of Canadian Naturalists. 

 Mr. Saunders's home is in London, where he was born and where most of his life has been 

 spent. His father. Dr. Wm. Saunders, Director of the Experimental Farms of the Dominion, 

 has always been devoted to the study of the natural sciences, "and hence the son's attention 

 was in early years directed to similar pursuits, interest in them being maintained by the 

 making of collections in the difi'erent departments. Geology, Botany, Entomology and Orin- 

 thology all in turn provided object lessons for study, training the mind to habits of close 

 observation, and filling the leisure of later years with delightful employment. 



After a few years of miscellaneous collecting, Mr. Saunders turned his attention more 

 exclusively to Orinthology, and as soon as the use of a gun was permitted, he commenced a 

 scientifically arranged collection of our native birds, showing male and female in summer and 

 winter plumage, with atiy variations from the type, also the nest and eggs of each species. 

 Year by year the collection is added to, until now it numbers over one thousand specimens. Mr. 

 Saunders's birds are his intimate friends, and whether in his own house or on the public plat- 

 form, his "Bird Talks," illustrated with specimens, show to his audience that he speaks of 

 what he has learned by personal experience in the fields and woods. His enthusiasm for this 

 study is such that he counts it no hardship to walk miles into the country in time to hear some 

 favorite songster greet the dawn. He has also been known to spend a night in the woods in 

 the depths of winter, just to see what he missed by spending his nights in bed ! 



