Excerpt from Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, 1879 1880: Transactions No; 1 The next important item to mention in the history of the Club is the exceptionally fine exhibit which they sent to the Dominion Exhibition, when the following prizes were taken - In the Botanical Section, all the prizes offered: 'the first, a silver medal and 358, being taken by the First vice-president; the second, 354, by the Secretary. In the Entomological Section, Mr. Harrington took the second prize of $510; the first a gold medal, being awarded to the Entomological Society of Ontario. A well-established institution of many years' standing. Besides the above, a bronze medal, an extra prize, was awarded to Mr Gilbert Heron for a beautiful collection of land and fresh-water shells. The finest collection exhibited in the name of the Club, however, was Dr. J. A. Grant's case of twelve unique fossils, every one of which was of unusual interest; these were not entered for a prize, but were highly commended by the judges. Another beautiful collection was one of native birds' eggs, exhibited by Mr. W. L. Scott, This also obtained a special mention by the judges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.