.,<^."R 10 1917 



JULY, 1896. 



VOL. X, No. 4. 



THE 



OTTAWA 

 NATURALIST. 



Published by the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



1. How Whales Breathe— Prof. E. E. Prince, B A, P.L.S 73 



2. Survey of Tides and Currents in Canadian Waters — W. P. Anderson, C.E ... 78 



3. The National Museum— H. M. Ami, D. So. 80 



4. Some Colonial Museums— H. M. Ami, D. So, 81 



5. General Excursion No. 2. Rockland and the Quarries Visited 84 



6. Notes, Eeviews and Comments.— 1. Botanioal Notes. 2. Geological and Physical Reviews. 



3. Cluh News 86 



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