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^s.3^s FEBRUARY, 1898. 



VOL. XI, No. II. 



THE 



OTT 



NATURALIST. 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 



CONTENTS. 



Pa«b. 



1. The Cryptogamic Flora of Ottawa (Pt. Ill), by Prof. John 



Macoun, M.A., F.L.S., Dominion Botanist, Ottawa, Can i6l fn'^ 



2. Bird Notes for December, 1897 — (a) The Western American ' 



Goshawk, by Allan C. Brooks, of Vernon, British Columbia ; {b) 

 The American Goshawk, by Dr. James Fletcher, Ottawa ; (c) "An 

 Albino Sparrow" and "A Winter Boarder," by Charles Stevenson, 

 Montreal .... .... .... .... 205 



3. List of Birds, with dates when last seen in autumn, 



1897, by Geo. R. White. Esq., Ottawa 207 



4. Obituary Notice— Hon. S. A. Miller, Palaeontologist 208 



OTTAWA, CANADA. 



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^ANNUAL MIEETING Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, Y. M. C. A. (fall, 8 p.m., Tuesday 



IVlarch iSth, 1898. ' 



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