Ra APPENDIX B. XIX 
1901 
Jan. 22.— Report of the Geological Branch. 
Feb. 12.—Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens, and papers. 
“Ancient Channels of the Ottawa River,” by Dr. R. W. Ells, 
F.R.S.C. 
“Some points in reference to the Algonquin Park,” by Mr. 
A. M. Campbell. 
Notes (1) “On the Autumn-flowering of various native plants 
in 1900,” by Mr. C. Guillet. (2) “On Mosquitoes,” by 
Dr, J. Mletcher. 
Report of the Ornithological Branch. 
Feb. 26.—Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens and read- 
ing of papers. 
“On the region between the Nelson and Churchill Rivers, by 
Mr. D. B. Dowling, B.Sc. 
“ Prehistoric Camping Grounds along the Ottawa River,” by , 
Mr. T. W. E. Sowter. 
“On recent discoveries in the Utica Formation at Ottawa,” by 
Dre Me. Ami, CSS: 
Mar. 12.—Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens and papers. 
“Fat in the animal body, its function and origin,’ by Mr. 
A. T. Charron, B.A. | 
“Trees and shrubs for the adornment of streets, parks and 
homes,” with lantern illustrations, by Dr. W. Saunders, 
F.R.S.C., ete. 
Report of the Entomological Branch. 
Mar. 19.—Meeting for conversation, exhibition of specimens and papers. 
“The sources and distribution of the gold-bearing alluvions 
of the Province of Quebec,” by Mr. Robert Chalmers. 
“Corundum, with special reference to its occurrence in On- 
tario,” by Dr. A. E. Barlow. 
Annual Meeting of the O.F.N.C. for the reception and adop- 
tion of the reports of Council, the election of officers, 
and other business. 
N.B.—At each meeting various objects of natural history were 
exhibited and the papers discussed. 
Time and Places of Meetings. 
The Opening Conversazione, by kind permission of Principal 
McCabe, was held in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School. The 
Young Men’s Christian Association have again generously placed its 
