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position as a body representing both the letters and the science of the Dominion, and accept our 

 renewed thanks for the honour which you have done us in accepting the position of our Honorary 

 President. 



His Excellency having retired, the meeting adjourned until the following day at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



SESSION III. (May 21st.) 



The Piesident took the chair at 10 o'clock A. M., and the Honorary Secretary read the list of 

 Societies who had not made rejwrts on the previous day. 



Eepohts from Affiliated Societies. (Continued.) 

 The following reports were then submitted : — 



IX. From the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, throufjh Dr. Be-\umont Sm.vll : — 



During the yeai- that has elapsed since my last report, the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club has 

 pursued its special work of developing the Natural History of this neighbouihood, with all its former 

 vigour and activity, and its prospects have never beenmore promising than at the present time. It 

 has added forty new names to its roll, it has become an incorporated society in accordance with 

 the Ontario statutes, and marked success has attended its etforts in every branch of Natural History. 

 In the summer months much zeal was displayed in pursuing the tieUl-work, and the efforts of the 

 Council have been specially directed to rendering this work as systematic as jjossible. Under the 

 direction of the leaders, the various branches, — representing Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, Entomology, 

 Conchology and Ornithology, — made numerous afternoon excursions, some of them being held fort- 

 nightly throughout the season. These were well attended by the working-members, and those desirous 

 of becoming acquainted with the study of the branch ; and in many instances they assumed the char- 

 acter of classes for the instruction of beginners. The regular excursions were held monthly, the attend- 

 ance varying from twenty-five to sixty. The first excursion of the season has been arranged for 

 Thursday next, that the Club may have the honour of entertaining the Fellows of this Society on an 

 " outing " among the ever attractive Laurentians, and to allow those who are interested in Natural 

 History an opportunity of studying this neighbourhood. 



Our soirees or winter meetings wei'c seven in number, at which Eepoi'ts of the work done in' the 

 sections during the summer were presented, and papers read on subjects of local intei-est. The 

 following is the programme : — 



Dec. 6, 1883.— Inaugural Address, by H. B. Small, M.D. 



20, 1883. — Notes on the '' Flora Ottawaensis," with special reference to the introduced 

 plants, by J. Fletcher. 

 Eeport of the Ornithological Section. 

 Jan. 7, 1884. — The Sand-plains and Changes of Water-level of the Upper Ottawa, bj' E. 

 Odium, M.A. 

 Report of the Geological Section. 



Notes on, and a list of, the Cambro-Silurian Fossils of the vicinity of Ottawa, 

 by H. M. Ami. 

 31, 1884.— Edible and Poisonous Fungi, by J. Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.C. 

 Eeport of the Botanical Section. 

 Fob. 14, 1884. — Ottawa Coleoptera, with notes on New Species, and on those Beetles not 

 previously recorded from Canada, by W. H. Harrington. 



