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'■: 1917 



SEPTEMBER, 1897. 



VOL. XI, No. 6. 



THE 



OTTAWA 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



CONTENTS. 



Pagk. 



1. FiLARiA ocuLi— A parasite in the e5'e of the horse. — By Dr. A. G. Hopkins, Guelph, Ont 113 



'2. Monday Afternoon Lectures, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Maj', 1897 .... 114 



3. Ornithology — Notes on Ottawa birds, by W. T. Macoun, Esq., F. A. Saunders, Esq., Miss G. 



Harmer, and H. B. Small, Esq .... 116 



i. Bird Notes for September. —Bjf W. A. Burnian, Esq., Winnipeg' .... 121 



5. Royal Society, London, England. 122 



6. Field Excursion to Chejsea, Que. — Geological, Botanical and other notes, by H. M. Ami. 124 



7. Book Notice.— " The Plant World." „. „.. 126 



8. New Members and Exchange. .... .„,. . .,... .... 128 



9. The Forest Trees.— .A. poem by Ella Walton „„.,. „, 128 



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