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his identification confirmed. Dr. Dwight has heki him in high esteem ever 

 since. 



Mr. Dionne learned taxidermy from books, but, as a result of his constant 

 striving for improvement and his observation of nature itself, he found methods 

 that were often more efficient and practical than those previously employed. 



In spite of a great loss sustained in a fire in 1917, Mr. Dionne's private 

 collections are very valuable. Space does not permit of mentioning them in 

 detail here, but they include, many birds and mammals, butterflies and other 

 insects, as well as a herbarium. 



Mr. Dionne's main travels are the following: 



In 1882 he was invited to take part in an expedition to the lower St-Law- 

 rence on board the Druid in company with Mr. J. U. Gregory, an agent for the 

 Canadian Department of Marine. The object of the excursion was to make 

 certain studies and observations on game. 



He went in Chicago in 1893 and attended the opening of the P'ield Museum. 

 In 1900 he visited the American Museum of Natural History, at New York. 

 During a trip to Europe in 1912 he visited the Jardin des Plantes, the Musee 

 d'Histoire Naturelle and the Musee d'Anatomie, in Paris, and the British Mu- 

 seum, in London. 



Besides various scattered notes and articles in scientific periodicals he 

 published the following works; Les oiseaux du Canada, Catalogue Annote des 

 Oiseaux de la Province de Quebec, Les Mammiferes de la Province de Quebec, 

 Les Oiseaux de la Province de Quebec, Les Araignees. All of these works 

 are recognized authorities in their respective fields. 



A Master of Arts, he was made a Doctor of Science a few days before his 

 death, at the completion of sixty years spent by him in the service of Laval 

 University. He was a n: ember of the National Geographic Society and had 

 been a fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union since 1893. He was one 

 of the founders of the Provancher Society of Natural History. 



His field of action was not limited to the fauna of his own country; in fact, 

 he made, with scientists of all countries, thousands of exchanges of specimens of 

 insects, bird skins, and plants, thus helping greatly to m.ake our national trea- 

 sures of natural history known in foreign lands. 



An amateur inquiring for inforn.ation or bringing specimens for his ins- 

 pection was sure to receive every possible assistance, given in the kindest and 

 most gracious manner. In this excellent fashion Mr. Dionne popularized 

 natural history among the people of his province. 



Dr. C. E. Dionne was assuredly not a closet-naturalist and his knowledge 

 was not merely look knowledge, for he studied from nature's great open book. 



