io8 The Ottawa Naturalist. [Augus 



THE BROWN PELICAN ON CAPE BRETON ISLAND. 



In a letter dated July 5th, 1904, Mr. Harry Piers writes ; — 

 A short time ago I secured for the Provincial Museum at Halifax, 

 N. S., a Brown Pelican {^Pe lee anus fuse us) shot at Louisburg, 

 Cape Breton, on May 19th, 1904. The taxidermist says that it 

 is a male. 



Like the Man o'War bird and the Yellow-billed Tropic bird, 

 the Brown Pelican is a southern and purely marine species, which 

 occasionally stray? as far north as the maritime provinces of 

 Canada. But, in Canada, so far, the Brown Pelican has been 

 found only in Nova Scotia. 



J. F. Whiteaves. 



" Hints on Making Nature Collections in Public and High 

 Schools" is the title ot a bulletin recently issued from the Ontario 

 Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. Its author is Dr^ 

 W. H. Muldtevv. the Dean of the Macdonald Institute. The 

 bulletin is intended as a guide to teachers and pupils in the making 

 of collections of natural history specimens • and with the help of 

 admirable illustrations Dr. Muldrew has succeeded in compressing 

 into a small compass very cltar and easily understood directions 

 for the preparation and preservation of natural history specimens 

 and young jtudents in botany and entomology especially will 

 find this bulletin of great service to them. School gardens also 

 receive attention and in describing the methods of making 

 a collection of living objects Dr. Muldrew has been careful to 

 choose objects which are easily procured and which may ba cared 

 for with little trouble. By following his directions any one 

 may maintain a small aquarium at insignificant cost. 



A very important section of the bulletin is that which deals 

 with the making c f historical collections. This is a matter which 

 has been sadly neglected in Canada and there is no district which 

 will not contribute something of hi.'^toric value if properly studied. 

 If nothing more than a few arrow-heads or an old musket, these 

 are well worth preserving if reliable data regarding them can be 

 procured. 



