CL THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



('(.iimiittoo: -Alf:v<l Hall: Mi-s. (ioff: Win. Hyaii: V. E. Spiwiile; 

 Miss ('lenient. 



Life Members:— Mis. .1. (1. Wilson; Aitliur K. Paffaid: Col. W. 11. 

 Merritt: T. K. Thomson. C.K.; Mrs. ('. P.aiir; H. P.i,-u:ii- P.crt : Major W. 

 R. Leonard. 



HoxoKAKV Mkmbehs: 



Col. Cruikshank, F.ILS.(\ C. C. James, F.ILS.C. 



.John Ro.ss Robertson Newton J. Ker, C.E. 



Hon. Wm. Cibson Dr. H. L. Anderson 



Major Iliscott Mrs. J. G. Currie 



K. A. Lancaster, M.P. Dr. A. H. U. Colquhoun 



Dr. Jessup, ^LP.P. Di. Alexander Fraser. 



IX.—Rcporl of thr Oltaivd Field XtiturdJi.sts' Club. 



Presented by the President, L. H. Newmax, B.S.A., Ottawa, Ont. 



The various activities of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Clul) have 

 been well maintained during the past year, although nothing unusual 

 has been accomplished or attempted. There has been a net increase 

 of nine in the membership, twenty-one new members having Ijeen elected 

 and twehe having resigned. The total number of members is now three 

 hundred and thirty. 



The Publications Committee has had as its chief mark the pul)li- 

 cation of "The Ottawa Naturalist" which has been almost entirely 

 under the direction of the editor, Mr. Arthur Gibson. It has been the 

 aim to select articles carefully and present those of the most interest 

 and value to the readers. While much appreciation of the paper has 

 been expressed, the committee feels that the Naturalist could be very 

 much improved if more fimds wei'e availal)le. Under present cir- 

 cumstances it is impossible to spend money on illustrations to any 

 extent, and much valuable material has to be left out because of finan- 

 cial sti'ingency. 



\'olunie XXVI of the Ottawa Xaturalist has been published reg- 

 ularly during the 3^ear. This volume contains twelve numbers and 171 

 pages, including a numbei' of full-page plates. Space will not })eriiiit a 

 complete list of all papers and notes which have been pul)lished on the 

 valions subjects dealt with under the different sections. Only a brief 

 iiulex of the more important papers is herewith appended as follows: 

 1 . "On Two new Crinoids from the Ti-enton Formation of Ontario" 

 By ^\'. A. Parks and A. J. Alcock, Toronto University. 



