THE OTTAWA NATURALIST. 
VOR Xe 2 OTTAWA, APRIL, 1905. No. 1 
PEP RePORL Oo THE. COUNCILS OF “THE ORTAW A 
FPIELD-NATURALISTS’ CLUB FOR THE YEAR 
ENDING MARCH iortu, 1905. 
During the year twenty-nine ordinary members were added 
to the Club. The total membership is now 265, composed of 257 
ordinary and eight corresponding members. 
SOIREES. 
The programme of Winter Soirées was published in the 
December number of THe Orrawa NaruRAList, where the follow- 
ing announcement appears : 
‘The Soirée Committee considered it advisable to substitute 
for the formal lectures of the past a number of short popular talks 
each evening on the various branches of the Club’s work, and the 
gentlemen named below have consented to speak on the subjects 
specified. More detailed particulars will be given through the 
public press before each meeting. On Zoology descriptions will 
be given of the life history, habits, etc., of the polar bear, fur seal, 
whales, star-fish, frogs, sea-urchins and other animals. The 
characteristic features of the Geology of the Ottawa district will be 
dealt with and special attention will be given to structural features 
as well as the history of the abundant fauna found in the rocks and 
clays. Ornithology, Entomology and Botany will be treated in a 
similar manner, each speaker giving the results of his personal 
observations.” 
Thus far the meetings have been held as published in the pro- 
gramme, and the successful soirées of this winter have fully 
justified the departure made by the Committee. Entertaining 
addresses have been given; much new material has been pre- 
sented ; and interesting discussions have always been provoked. 
One point strongly emphasized by several of the speakers is the 
great amount of work remaining to be done, even in the Ottawa 
district. 
