APR 10 1917 



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APRIL, 1897. 



VOL. XI, No. I. 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST. 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



CONTENTS. 



I. Title page for Vol. XI, Thb Ottawa Naturalist 1 



2 Patron, Council, Committees, Leaders and Editorial Staff of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' 



Club for 1897-98 • • • • 3 



3. List of Ordinary and Corresponding Members, O.F.N.C. 4 



4. Annual report of the Council of theO.F.N.C 7 



5 Treasurer's Statement, 1896-97, by D. B. Cowling, B A. Sc. 10 



6. Report of the Entomological Branch, by W. H. Harrington, James Fletcher, and W. Simpson. 11 



7. Report of the Geological Branch of the O. F. N. C. for 1896-'97, by H. M. Ami, R. W. Ells, 



W. F. Ferrier. 17 



8. Contribution to the Palaeontology of the Post-Pliocene deposits of the Ottawa Valley, by Henry 



M. Ami, M.A., F.G.S. ... . .... .... .... ."... 2o 



9. The late Professor Ville— Obituary notice by F.T. ShuttM.A.,F.C.S 26 



10. Notes for the month of March, Ottawa, 1897, By H. B. Small Esq. 27 



II. Ornithology — Announcement and Notes for January, February and March 1897 ; By 



W. T. Macoun, Esq. ... ... ', 29 



OTTAWA, CANADA. 



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Second General Excursion of the Club to Picl^ai\ocl^, Gatineau Valley, Saturday, June 

 19th 1897, 1.45 p.m. I^ates as usual. 



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