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MountiiiL,' Desmids. . . Prof, Bowman. 



Movements of Protoplasm in Chara Prof. Bowman. 



Structure of Volvox Prof. Bowman. 



I5acteria, their culture and methods of mounling Dr. S'^evenson. 



Cryst-ilHzition of Monobromide of Camphor (sho.vn with a Projection 



Lantern and Polariscope) Profs. Bowman an 1 Deirness. 



At neatly all the meetings many specimens of interest and beauty were exhibited and 

 disc s^ed, in addition to those which formed the subjects of papers. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 

 C. E. Paksons, C. W. Horton, 



Secrefary. Chairman. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE McILWRAITH ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 

 ( The Objjithological Section of the Entomolooical Society of Ontario. J 



III consequence of the early termination of the current year and of other unavoidable 

 circumstances, the Club has held only five meetings since our last Report ; the avera.e attend- 

 ance h:is been over seven. 



The members of the Club ofler their thanks to the Society for the permission to change its 

 title to " The Mcllwraith Ornithological Club." A letter was received from Dr. K. C. Mc- 

 Ilwraith, of Toronto, thanking the Club for this compliment to his father, Mr. Thomas Mc- 

 llwraith, whose lamented death took place only a few months later. A resolution was placed 

 on the minutes of the Club expressing the regret and sympathy of all its members and a copy 

 was sent to Mr. Mcllwraith's family. 



The death of Mr. Robert Elliott, which occurred a few weeks before that of Mr. Mcllwraith, 

 is a severe loss to the Club. Although not a regular attendant at the meetings, owing to his 

 residence being at some distance from the city, he was always deeply interested in the woik of 

 |.he Club and contributed some able and well written papers to its proceedings. He was 

 probably the best all-round Naturalist in this neighbourhood, being well versed in Ornithology, 

 Botany, Geology and Entomology, and was also without a peer among the local students of 

 MamniHlia. The following resolution was adopted by the Club : 



" Resolved that we, the Mcllwraith Ornithological Club, desire to place on record our 

 sense of the loss sustiined by ourselves as a Club, and by scientists in Canada as a whole, through 

 the death of our esteemed member Robert Elliott, For most of us he occupied the place of 

 a personal friend and he was an inspiration to us all by reason qi his acute observation, his 

 careful notes, and particularly by his accurate and painstaking work on any species or varities 

 that were at all obscure or difficult ; and his influence will live long among us, an encourage- 

 ment and incentive to the best work." 



The following papers were read at the meetings : A Red-shouldered Hawk in captivity, 

 Roger Hedley ; Nesting of the Hudsonian Chickadee and the Brown Creeper, L. McI. Terrill ; 

 My pet Crows, L. H. Smith ; Nesting habits of the Cerulean Warbler, W E. Saunders, 



These papers, have, as usual, been sent to the " Ottawa Naturalist" for publication. 



Rev. C. 'J'. Scott exhibited photographs illustrating some remarks on bis trip from the 

 Georgian Bay by canoe to the Canadian Pacific Railway through lakes and rivers and over 

 portages, returning by the Wahmapitti River. 



Mr. James B. Boutellier contributed a long and interesting report on the migrations of 

 birds at Sable Island. 



Records of migrations at London were kept and, until the May meeting, were recorded by 

 the Club, 74 migrants having been observed up to May 8th, the date of the last spring meeting. 



