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In Memobiam. 



Professor John Macoun, one of the oldest members of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club, 

 died at Sidney, Vancouver Island, B.C., on July 18th, 1920, in his ninetieth year. He was 

 born at Maralin, Ireland, about 20 miles from Belfast, on April 17th, 1831. He came to Canada 

 in 1850. 



In 1872 Mr. Macoun accompanied Sir Sanford Fleming as Botanist on an expedition to the 

 West to explore and determine the line for the first transcontinental railway, now known as the 

 Canadian Pacific. 



In 1S75 Mr. Macoun was appointed Botanist to an expedition in the Peace River country 

 under the leadership of the late Dr. Alfred Selwyn, then Director of the Geological Survey. 

 Ottawa, and in 1881 was appointed Botanist to the Dominion Government, although he had, at 

 intervals, been doing work for the Government since 1872. 



Perhaps the strongest trait in Professor Macoun's character was a sympathetic understanding 

 of his fellow-men, one that made him hosts of friends and a much-sought adviser in questions of 

 doubt and difficulty. The honesty of his opinion and the straightforwardness with which his 

 advice was given, in conjunction with his sympathetic manner of giving it, secured for him a 

 respect and affection that lasted a lifetime. His wonderful magnetism and ready tact constituted 

 him a leader of men, and had his great abilities turned to statesmanship he would have been a 

 great power for the good of his country. He was a true Imperialist and a firm believer in the 

 strength and integrity of the British Empire. 



He had many strong and outstanding personal characteristics. His determination and 

 perseverance are marked through all his early explorations, and many accounts might be related 

 where it was nothing but sheer determination that carried him safely through perilous and 

 exhaustive situations. 



The late Professor Macoun was the highest authority on botanical research in Canada. His 

 loss will be keenly felt not only by the Department in Ottaw 7 a with which he had been so long 

 connected, but also by the Provincial Museum in Victoria, to which he was a constant 

 contributor and visitor. 



ACCESSIONS. 



Leg-bones of humpbacked whale taken at Kyuquot Station and presented to the Provincial 

 Museum by Mr. W. Lawson, Vice-President of the Consolidated Whaling Corporation, Victoria, 

 in January, 1920. 



Log of wood, Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata), showing portion of tree which had been 

 cut into many years ago and how Nature provides for the covering of the hewn part. Presented 

 by Mr. E. W. Haskell, Red Gap, B.C., March, 1920. 



Collection' of Fungi, Musci, Lichens, Hepaticas, and Algoe. Collected and presented by 

 Professor John Macoun, Sidney, B.C., April, 1920. 



Plants collected and presented by : Dr. C. F. Newcombe, W. B. Anderson, W. R. Carter. 

 W. A. Newcombe, J. G. French, Victoria, B.C. ; Professor J. K. Henry, Vancouver, B.C. ; and 

 Miss Susan Beaman, Prince Rupert, B.C. 



Fork-tailed Gull (Xema sabinei), taken at Glacier Point, Sooke, B.C.. and presented by 

 Mr. J. G. French, October, 1920. 



Log of wood containing larva of Long-horned Beetle (Priomis calif ornicus). Presented 

 by Mr. C. R. Pooley, Cobble Hill, January, 1921. 



Two specimens of White-winged or Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus), collected by Mr. 

 William McKay, Kildonan, V.I., January and February, 1921. 



Publications of other Institutions. 



(Alphabetically arranged.) 



American Museum of Natural History, New York City 1 



Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 7 



Alpine Club Journal, Banff, Alberta 1 



Archaeological Society of Ontario, Toronto, Ont 1 



British Museum, London, England 6 



Carried forward 16 



