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The evolution of the sheep. 
The Ottawa Naturalist, November, 1915, vol. XXIX, no. 8, pp. 
90-93. 
A brief popular account of the origin of wild and domesticated varieties 
of sheep. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
ANDERSON, R. M. 
The Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-14. 
Report of the Biological Division—Zoology. Summary Report of the 
Geological Survey, for the calendar year 1914, Department of Mines, 
Canada, 1915, pp. 163-166. 
An account of work done in collecting zoological material, including 
preliminary lists of birds and mammals obtained. 
BRADSHAW, F. 
Report of the Chief Game Guardian on matters relating to Game Protection, 
the Administration of the Game Act, and the Development of the 
Provincial Museum during 1914. 
Department of Agriculture, Saskatchewan, 1915, pp. 1-71. 
Includes reports of the various district game guardians, in which 
information is given on the distribution of game in various parts of the 
Province, and ‘‘A Report on the Bird Life contained within our North- 
ern Territory,” by A. Buchanan, with a list of species observed. 
(See also Bradshaw, F., under Aves and Mammalia). 
CAMERON, A. T. 
The iodine content of the marine flora in the neighbourhood of Nanaimo, 
Vancouver Island, B.C. 
Contributions to Canadian Biology, 1911-1914. Fasciculus 1—Marine 
Biology. Supplement to 47th Annual Report of the Department of 
Marine and Fisheries, Fisheries Branch, 1915, pp. 51-68. 
Analyses were made of various species of Coelenterata, Annelida, 
Bryozoa, Echinodermata, Crustacea, Mollusca, Tunicata and Pisces. 
DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISHERIES, ONTARIO. 
Eighth Annual Report of the Game and Fisheries Department 1914, 
Toronto, 1915, pp. 1-134, with 4 coloured plates. 
Information is given on the abundance of scarcity or fish, birds and 
mammals in various parts of Ontario. The coloured plates illustrate 
the Greater Yellow-legs, Blue-winged Teal, Brown Trout and Rainbow 
Trout. 
HARPER, FRANCIS. 
The Alaska-Great Slave Lake Expedition. 
Report of the Biological Division—Zoology. Summary Report of the 
Geological Survey, for the calendar year 1914, Department of Mines, 
Canada, 1915, pp. 159-163. 
Describes the itinerary of the expedition and the general biological 
conditions of the region, and gives notes on mammals and birds 
observed. 
