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Toord, Mr. W. R. Billings, Dr. H. M. Ami, and Mr. L. M. Lambe.. 

 Among special suites may be mentioned fossils characterising the ' Quebec 

 Group ' of Logan and Billings from Quebec and Newfoundland. 



About 150,000 specimens, illustrating the palseontological characters of 

 the various geological formations in Canada, from Atlantic to Pacific, and 

 from the United States boundary line to the Arctic Circle, are kept for 

 reference in the store-room and basement of the museum, together with 

 a series of duplicate specimens for collections intended for educationat 

 purposes. 



There is also a remarkably fine collection of Ordovician Crinoidea from 

 the Trenton of Ottawa and Hull, and a fine series of Devonian fishes 

 from Bay des Chaleurs, and the original specimens of Eozoon canadense. 



The zoological collections comprise 15,000 specimens, including the 

 ' Whiteaves collection ' of shells, Atlantic and Pacific coast shells of British 

 North America — corals, radiates, and sponges from various localities — 

 besides birds, mammals, reptiles, and the ' Geddes collection of Lepi- 

 doptera,' chiefly Bocky Mountain and Canadian. 



Types : North Pacific and N; Atlantic recent sponges described by 

 Mr. L. M. Lambe ; Mollusca, foraminifera and other invertebrates de- 

 scribed by Mr. J. F. "Whiteaves, A. E. Verrill, J. B. Smith, Alex. Agassiz 

 and others. 



Ethnological collection includes the 'Mercier collection ' (chiefly N.W. 

 Eskimo) ; the ' Herschfelder collection ' of Indian remains from Ontario ; 

 the Powell collection of Pacific or West Coast Indians of British Columbia, 

 besides various collections made by officers of the Geological Survey of 

 Canada. 



Madoc Meteorite, Thurlow Meteorite (pars) also in the collection. 



The herbarium contains upwards of 80,000 sheets, of which 50,000 

 form the most complete collection of Canadian plants. Besides numerous 

 types and co-types of Canadian species described by Hooker, Michaux, 

 Torrey, Pursh, Gray, Watson, Kindberg, Robinson, Peck, and other 

 botanists, the herbarium comprises large and representative collections 

 from Great Britain, Scandinavia, Northern Russia, France, Germany, 

 Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Greenland, the United States of America, 

 including Alaska, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Natal, &c. There 

 are also included the classic herbaria prepared by Menzies, Sir Joseph 

 Back, Sir John Richardson, Douglas, Drummond, and other arctic 

 explorers in the early years of this century, besides a complete collection 

 of Canadian woods and a fair collection of the native fruits from the 

 Atlantic to the Pacific. The herbarium is in charge of Professor John 

 Macoun, Dominion Botanist. 



Director of the Museum : Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S. 



The Fisheries Museum, Ottawa, Canada. — Under the immediate care 

 of the Department of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa. Contains the 

 best collection of Canadian fishes in the Dominion. This collection, 

 primarily brought together in 1883 as part of the exhibit from Canada at 

 the Fisheries Exhibition, London, England, gives a very fair idea of the 

 fisheries of the large bodies of fresh and salt water of the Dominion from 

 an economic standpoint. Specimens determined for the most part by Mr. 

 J. F. Whiteaves, of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1883. Now in 

 charge of Professor Ed. E. Prince, B.A., F.L.S., Commissioner of Fisheries 

 for Canada, Ottawa. 



Central Experimental Farm Museum, Ottawa, Ontario. — Contains a 



