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Invertebrate Fauna of the Lower Odlites,” the other on the fossils of 
the Coralline Odlites. 
Coming to Canada and residing at Montreal, he pursued his zoo- 
logical and paleontological studies in a vastly enlarged field. Between 
the years 1863 and 1875, whilst connected with the Natural History 
Society of Montreal, besides publishing papers on the fossils of the 
formations of the island of Montreal and vicinity, he produced a number 
of valuable reports on the results of deep sea dredging operations 
conducted by him in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the cost of which was 
defrayed by the Dominion Government. 
It was, however, when he was appointed Palæontologist to the Geo- 
logical Survey, in 1876, that his mental energy and natural aptitude 
for paleontological research found full scope. The long list of his official 
reports and papers contributed to scientific journals during the last 
thirty-three years of his career proves him to have been a most worthy 
successor to the distinguished scientist who had preceded him in office. 
His volume of “Contributions to Canadian Paleontology,” his monu- 
mental works on the Paleozoic and Mesozoic Fossils of Canada, and 
his splendid descriptions of the fossil fishes of Quebec and New Bruns- 
wick, would alone have earned for him a world-wide reputation as a 
careful observer, a close reasoner and a lucid writer. Space admits 
only of a brief reference to the published results of his studies of the 
recent marine invertebrata of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the 
Dominion. The wide scope of his paleontological and zoological 
writings can be fully realized only after reading through a list of his 
many publications. These number nearly one hundred and fifty, in 
which over four hundred and fifty genera, species and varieties are 
described as new to science. 
The benefit resulting from the application of his paleontological 
knowledge to the solving of geological problems in this country cannot 
be overestimated. His untiring industry, backed by a clear perception 
and thorough grasp of the essentials of paleontology in its relation to 
geology, has given us enduring results which will carry his name down 
to posterity inseparably linked with those of Logan, Selwyn, Dawson, 
George Dawson and Billings. His scientific reputation is world-wide. 
In addition to being one of the original Fellows of the Royal Society 
of Canada, Dr. Whiteaves was also a Fellow of the Geological Society 
of London, an honorary member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, 
England, a member of the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, 
of the Montreal Natural History Society, and of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science. In 1900 the honorary degree of LL.D 
was conferred on him by McGill University, and in 1907 he was awarded 
the “Lyell” Medal by the Geological Society of London. 
