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number seen about the flower beds on Major's Hill. A full grown larva of Phil- 

 anipelus achemon, Drury, was taken by Mr. J. C. Stewart upon Virginia Creeper (Am- 

 pelopt-is quinque-folia) and otLers were found by Messrs. James Young and 

 John Christie feeding upun grape-vines. Empty cocoons of the beautiful moth 

 Callosamia promethea, Drury, were found near Hull, but rfpeated search failed to 

 discover the larvie or new cocoons. Two captures of another splendid moth 

 must be recorded. This moth, Erehus odora, 8ay, is a southern form and its 

 occurrence here is therefore particularly interesting. One was taken by Mr. Geo. 

 Patrick, in a room in the Western Block, the other by Mr. Pirn in a doorway of 

 the Government Workshops. Many other very interesting insects might be 

 noted, ot which one is Aletia argillacea, Hubn., the cotton-moth, which appeared 

 frequently during the early part of October, as it also did in 1880. Some beetles 

 were obtained from fungi as late as 10th November. To my own collection of 

 of coleoptera of the vicinity, I added during the season about one hundred new 

 species, the majority of which are a'^ yet unnamed. In concluding this report, I 

 would respectfully ask you to endeavour by all means in your power to impress 

 upon the members the importance of the study of Entomology, a branch of 

 Natural History offering to students more opportunities for original research and 

 valuable work than many of those which are now so popular. 



W. H. HARRINGTON, 



Leader of the Erdomological Branch. 



REPORT OF THE ORNITHOLOGICAL AND OOLOGICAL BRANCH 

 For the Seaso?i of i88i. 



To the Council of the OUaiva Field-Naturalists' Club: 



When at the beginning of the present year leaders were appointed for the 

 various branches those of the members ot the Club who were already interested 

 in the study of Ornithology and Oology lost no time in putting themselves in 

 communication with the leaders named for those branches, and in endeavouring 

 to persuade as many others as possible to take up these studies. The following 

 Report, however, is confined principally to work done in Oology, as that was the 

 special study of the greater number of the members of the branch. Sub- 

 excursions in this branch were organized once or twice a week during the latter 

 half of May and the greater part of June, at which the most interesting localities 

 in the vicinity of the City were visited. One of these was Wakefield Cave, an 

 object of great interest in its self ;ni<l ^itu^ted in a locality most lavouralle for 

 the study of all the branches ot Nalur:.l History. It has been suggested that if 

 too far for a general excursion of the Chib, hub-excursions, similar to the one 

 mentioned, might be organized next hprine liy the leaders in the different 

 branches to visit this interesting s| ot ; when it is confidently hoped good residts 

 would follow. On this excursion whieh was held about the 2 1st of May, we 

 succeeded in discovorirg on one ( f the many small lakes near the cave a nest 

 of the Common Gull (Larus arget.t.itus, lirunn.) but we were unfortunately tocv 

 late, as not only were the eggs hatched, I ut the young had already left the nest ; 

 from this fact it is piobable tliat with this species the period if inciib:.tiou is 



