AUGUST, 1897. 



^^■^1-^ VOL. XI, No. S. 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club' 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. The Pelican (Pelecanics erythrorhynchos Gmelin) — Prof, Edward E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S. 



(Commissioner of Fisheries for Canada) §.?'?/ 



2. On the Composition of Canadian Virgin Soils— Frank T. Shutt, M.A., F.C.S. (Chemist to 



the Dominion Experimental Farms, Ottawa.) 102 



3. The Poison of Poison Ivy (,RMcs radicans)—F. T- Shutt, M.A., F.G.S, &c., &c 106 



4. Further Naturalist's Notes on the Pacific Coast, II. — Andrew Halkett, Esq., Marine 



Department, Ottawa. 108 



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