THE OTTAWA NATURALIST. 



Vol. XI. OTTAWA, APRIL, 1897. No. i. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OTTAWA FIELD- 

 NATURALISTS' CLUB, 1896-97. 



The Council elected by you on the 17th March, 1896, now 

 submits for your consideration the following as its account of 

 the Club's work during the year 1896-97 : 



The number of members at present on the roll is 248. 



Fourteen meetings of the Council were held during the 

 year. At the first of these, according to custom. Leaders in the 

 several branches, viz. : Geology, Botany, Entomology, Ornitho- 

 logy, Conchology and Zoology, were appointed, besides an 

 Editor and Associate-Editors for the publication of the 

 Ottawa Naturalist. 



At the invitation of the Royal Society of Canada to send a 

 delegate, our President, Mr. Shutt, was chosen to represent us. 

 At its meeting he presented the annual account of the work of 

 the Club, which will be found incorporated in the Royal Society 

 of Canada's Transactions. 



Under the auspices of the Club, three General Excursions 

 were held during the summer. 



The first was to Chelsea on Saturday 23rd May, 1896, and 

 a full account of this excursion can be read in the June number 

 of the Naturalist. The second was to Rockland on the 20th 

 June, of which a full account is published in the July number of 

 the Naturalist. The third was on the 26th September to 

 Galetta and Marshall's Bay on the Mississippi and Ottawa rivers 

 respectively, of which a full account is recorded in the October 

 number of the NATURALIST. 



Besides the General Excursion, a number of Sub-excursions 

 were held on Saturday afternoons, and proved to be of great 

 interest to those who attended them. 



