46 The Ottawa Naturalist. 



3. Geology. — For the best collection of fossils, rocks or 

 minerals from any or all the formations in the Ottawa 

 district, named and classified according to the most ap- 

 proved methods. 



EXCURSION TO CHELSEA. 

 Half-day excursion to the mountains. — The Excursion Com- 

 mittee of the Club, acting in accordance with a resolution of 

 the Council, has completed arrangements for the May or Spring 

 excursion of the Club, when the district around Chelsea will be 

 visited. The delightful scenery at and around Chelsea and 

 the excellency of the region as a botanical, entomological or 

 geological hunting ground is too well known to be described 

 here. 



Ample accommodation will be provided for excursionists, 

 as the observation cars for the party will be left on a siding for 

 the use of the members of the Club. 



The following very low rates have been obtained : 

 Members of the O. F. N. Club, of the Ottawa Camera Club, 

 Students of the Provincial Normal School : Adults, 25 cents ; 

 Children, 15 cents. Non-members: Adults, 35 cents ; Children, 

 15 cents. The excursion train leaves the UNION STATION 

 (Gatineau Valley Railway) at 2 p.m. sharp, returning shortly 

 after sundown. 



It is expected that there will be a large attendance of 

 members and their friends, also a number of visiting 

 members of the Royal Society of Canada. 



Sub-Excursions. — As one of the primary objects of the 

 Club has always been to foster studies and researches in the 

 field of Nature about Ottawa, the leaders of the Club have 

 agreed to be present at the City Post Office Saturday afternoons 

 at 2 p. m. to organize field parties in Botany, Entomology and 

 Geology. Mr. James Fletcher, Prof Macoun, Mr. A. G. Kingston, 

 Dr. Ells, Dr. Ami, Mr. Harrington and others will be present. 

 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 

 The Editor of the Naturalist acknowledges with sincere 

 thanks the receipt of an abstract of meteorological observations 

 taken at Ottawa from Mr.R.F.Stupart, the director of the Meteor- 

 ological Service in Toronto. This abstract is a valuable record 

 of theweather.andwill befound on pages 47 and 48 of this volume. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



I. C. de Blois Green, Esq. (Osoyooi, B.C.) ; 2. H. O. 

 Honeyman, Esq.. B.A. (Richmond, Ou^-.) ; 3. Leon Gerin, 

 Esq., B.A.; 4. Eugene Belleau, Esq.," B.A. ; 5. Rev. W. A. 

 Burman (Winnipeg, Man.). 



