BIOLOGY 



LIBRARY 



HONORABLE R. A. PYNE, M.D., 



Minister of Education : 



SIR, The following- check list and catalogue of biological specimens 

 now in the Provincial Museum has been prepared under your authority 

 and direction by Mr. C. W. Nash, Lecturer on Biology for the Ontario 

 Department of Agriculture. 



There is reason to believe that the presentation of these lists will 

 greatly facilitate the study of animal life on the part of our people, and 

 especially of the young, whether they are pursuing systematic studies in 

 natural history, or merely from a desire to acquire casual information 

 relating to the subject. 



The economic importance of knowledge concerning all forms of life 

 is especially valuable in this Province, where so much depends on the 

 science of agriculture. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Yours respectfully, 



DAVID BOYLE. 



Superintendent. 



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