1897.] Report of Geological Branch. 17 



Two short lists of Ottawa spiders have been published, as a 

 commencement toward a knowledge of our clever little spinners, 

 whose habits are well deserving of study, and will be found to 

 vary greatly in different groups. 



No collections have been entered for the prize which was 

 offered by the Council at the opening of the season as a stimulus 

 toward collecting by our younger members. 



In conclusion we desire to acknowledge the receipt from 



our learned corresponding member, Miss E. A. Ormerod, of her 



Twentieth Report, which is a most valuable and interesting 



record of her observations upon Injurious Insects in Great 



Britain during the year 1896. Her work is of a most instructive 



and admirable character. 



W. H. Harrington, 



J. Fletcher, 



W. Simpson. 



17th March, 1897. 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL BRANCH OF THE OTTAWA 

 FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB FOR 1896-97. 



To the Council of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club : 



In presenting the fifteenth Annual Report of this Branch 

 of the Club's work for 1896-97, your leaders have to announce 

 that considerable progress has been made and renewed 

 vigour is evident from the number of papers written on the 

 geology of this district and also from the interest manifest when- 

 ever excursions or sub-excursions of the Club are held. 



During the early part of the season a number of geological 

 sub-excursions were held to objective points about the Capital 

 on both sides of the Ottawa River. The quarries and cuttings 

 along the railroad track in Hull, Que., were visited, and an 

 interesting series of fossils obtained. Upwards of thirty species 

 were recorded from the " dump " along the Aylmer electric 

 road. 



