PROCEEDINGS FOR 1913 XVII 



He accumulated a vast series of specimens of marine MoUusca, and his 

 fine collection of Patella, including not only Pacific and Atlantic species, 

 but examples from all parts of the world, is probably the best ever made 

 by any naturalist, and worthy of a place in a national collection.* 



The Anatomy and Embryology of the animals he thus assiduously 

 collected, it was not possible for him to master, nor had he the technical 

 training necessary, but he was a born observer and of their ecology and 

 habits he had a rare knowledge. Those privileged to have his com- 

 panionship on dredging trips will not readily forget his scientific devo- 

 tion. From daylight until long after dark, Mr. Taylor would continue 

 his examination of fishes and Invertebrates brought up on the deck 

 of a Government steamer, in rich profusion, from the deep marine areas, 

 extending from Victoria to Portland Canal on the Alaska boundary. 

 His unusual mastery of Marine Zoology enabled him to identify, without 

 difficulty, a vast proportion of the hosts of Molluscs, Eehinoderms, 

 Zoophytes, Tunicates, etc., secured on trips on the Dominion cruisers 

 "Kestrel," "Georgia," "Restless" and ".\lcedo." 



Long after night had set in he would work on deck, aided by the 

 light of a ship's lantern, sorting out, naming, and preserving specimens. 



On the Queen Charlotte Islands, at Port Simpson, Prince Rupert 

 Quatsino Sound, Alert Bay, and numberless other rich localities, he 

 made collections which are now in the laboratories of the Dominion 

 Biological Station, Departure Bay. 



The foundation of this station in 1908 realized an ambition long 

 cherished by him, and after his appointment most appropriately, to 

 the Curatorship of the station by the Biological Board, he had just 

 pride in welcoming at its portals leading Biologists, amongst others, 

 President David Starr Jordan, Dr. Barton Evermann, Professor C. H. 

 Gilbert, and others; but the acme was reached, when a large party of 

 distinguished European Scientists visited the station in September 

 1909, and after being entertained at luncheon in the buildings, spent a 

 couple of days investigating the waters and shores near the station. 

 This party consisted of members of the British Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, who made the joui'ney from Winnipeg and were 

 conveyed in three Government cruisers from Vancouver to Departure 

 Bay. The party included Professor Starling, F.R.S., University Col- 

 lege, London, England; Professor Stanley Gaidiner, F.R.S., University 

 of Cambridge; Dr. C. L. Boulanger, British Museum; Professor Junger- 

 sen, University of Copenhagen; Professor Patten, University of Sheffield 



*His collection of Pacific shells, with that of Dr. C. F. Newcombe, he regarded 

 as "nearly perfecc as to native species," and his collection of land and fresh water 

 shells, with those of Hon. Judge Latchford and Mr. Hanham, he spoke of as " most 

 complete."— (0«. Nat. Vol. 8, 1805, p. 149.) 



