1912] The Ottawa Naturalist. 151 



enemies to the agriculturist ; and, therefore, justly weighing the 

 good deeds against the bad, leave, I think, much in the birds' 

 favour and show it well worthy of protection. 



THE STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT OF CANADIAN 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



(Abstract of a paper presented by Mr. Harlan I. Smith, Victoria 

 Memorial Museum, Ottawa, before the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 Washington, D.C., Dec, 1911). 



The archaeological work of the Geological Survey since June 

 15th, 1911, the date of Mr. Smith's appointment as Dominion 

 Archaeologist, has been divided into' two main groups the 

 activities for diffusing archaeological knowledge by such means as 

 museum exhibit s , guide books and lectures , and those for increasing 

 such knowledge as by exploration, original research and 

 systematization. 



The national collections have been classified tentatively into 

 groups corresponding to the five ethnological culture areas. 

 This grouping may be modified with the progress of research. 

 The collection from the southern coast of British Columbia and 

 the one from the southern interior of British Columbia are 

 representative, and the collection from Ontario is large. The 

 other provinces of the eastern woodlands, the plains and the 

 arctic are hardly represented at all, and in fact our knowledge 

 of them is almost nothing. Popular guides have been prepared 

 for the two western archaeological areas and work is progressing 

 upon similar guides for the others. A series of lantern slides 

 illustrating the archaeology of Ontario has been made; general 

 and topical labels for the collections are in the hands of the 

 printer; duplicates of these will probably be furnished to other 

 museums throughout Canada, and with duplicate specimens, 

 casts and photographs when supplied to these museums will 

 make the archaeological work truly national. 



An archaeological survey of the Dominion is being organized 

 and a reconnaissance has been made of some of the village sites 

 in Ontario. 



A survey of Brantford township has been completed by 

 Mr. W. J. Wintemberg. A system for systematizing and digest- 

 ing the scattered and incomplete archaeological data at hand 

 and to be received in the future has been established. The 

 co-operation of railroad officials, the North West Mounted Police, 

 Indian Agents and geological explorers has been secured. 



