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in 1884. Foord's chief work was his contribution to the Micro-palae- 

 ontology of the Cambro-Silurian rocks of Canada. 



Dr. H. M. Ami was appointed second Assistant Palaeontologist 

 on July 1st, 1884. Between the years 1882 and 1901 he published 

 two hundred and seven articles, many of which deal with palaeonto- 

 logical subjects, including descriptions of new species and long lists 

 of fossils identified from various horizons and localities for different 

 officers of the Survey. 



In addition to the work of the regular officers of the Survey there 

 must be added important contributions made from time to time by 

 experts in particular branches of palaeontology, among which may be 

 mentioned : — - 



H. S. Scudder — -Several articles on Tertiary Insects of British 



Columbia, 1875-1878. 

 Canadian Fossil Insects, Myriopods, and Arach- 

 nids, 1895. 

 Canadian Fossil Insects, 1900. 

 D. H. Penhallow — ^Fossil Plants from the Plesistocene, etc., 1899. 

 SirWm. Dawson — Many important contributions to the records of 



the Geological Survey. 



It is impossible to close this record without reference to the 

 veteran collector, T. C. Weston, whose work in eastern Canada and 

 Newfoundland did much to advance the cause of palaeontology. 

 In later years Mr. Weston was one of the pioneers in vertebrate collect- 

 ing in the west. 



The Survey's first effort in the direction of Vertebrate Palae- 

 ontology was the appointment of E. D. Cope as Honorary Vertebrate 

 Palaeontologist following McConnell's discovery of mammalian 

 remains in the Cypress hills. Cope's direct contributions to the 

 Survey's publications were; "The Vertebrata of the Swift Current 

 Creek region of the Cypress hills," 1885; and "On Vertebrata from the 

 Tertiary and Cretaceous rocks of the North West Territory," 1891. 

 At the time of his death in 1897 Cope had a collection of Cretaceous 

 vertebrates from Canada in his possession. These were returned to 

 Ottawa and were placed in the care of Mr. Lawrence Lambe, then 

 working under the direction of Dr. Fairfield Osborne, who followed 

 Cope for a short time as Honorary X^rtebrate Palaeontologist to the 

 Survey. 



Lawrence M. Lambe's first scientific paper appeared in 1892; it 

 dealt with a zoological subject. His first palaeontological paper was 

 published in 1896, and his first efïort in \'ertebratc palaeontology in 



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