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Publications 
R. M. Anderson continued work as general editor of scientific reports 
of Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18. No new parts were issued during 
the year, but preparations are being made to close up some of the unfinished 
volumes, and some progress has been made in preparing some of the com- 
pleted volumes of the series. 
At the request of Professor Julian Huxley, Departmental Editor of 
Section Biology and Zoology, Mr. Anderson wrote the article on “Fur- 
bearing Animals (Land)” which was published in the 13th Edition of the 
Encyclopedia Britannica, issued in 1929. He has also completed one 
section of the manuscript for a museum bulletin on ‘ ‘Methods of Collecting 
and Preserving Animals for Study.” Some progress has been made on the 
“Check-List of Canadian Mammals” and a large amount of data has been 
accumulated, adding to its completeness. A good start has also been made 
in the preparation of an illustrated book on “Mammals of Canada,” 
planned to include analytical keys for determination of species, adequate 
descriptions of every form of mammal known to occur in Canada, distribu- 
tion maps, bibliographical data, and general accounts of life histories and 
habits of the most important species. Several book reviews and mammal 
notes were published in The Canadian Field-Naturalist, Ottawa, of which 
Mr. Anderson is Associate Editor in Mammalogy. 
Mr. Taverner prepared an article on “Some Zoological Aspects of the 
Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1928,” which was published in The Can- 
adian Field-Naturalist, vol. XLIV, 2, February, 1930, pages 25-27. Mr. 
Taverner also completed the manuscript and drawings for a bulletin on 
“Water Birds, Game Birds, and Hawks of Canada.” This work was 
originally undertaken as a scientific account of the water birds of the 
Atlantic coast for the Biological Board of Canada. When the Biological 
Board abandoned its project, the scope of the work was enlarged to cover 
the wading-birds, game birds, and diurnal raptores of Canada, to provide 
ornithologists, sportsmen, and others practically interested in game birds, 
and other groups related therewith ecologically and genetically, with a man- 
ual on all the groups, covering the same ground as the corresponding part 
of the New American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List. The work is 
illustrated by abundant line drawings made by the author. It has been 
decided to prepare a new work on the “Birds of Canada,” combining “The 
Birds of Eastern Canada” and “The Birds of Western Canada” into one 
volume not much larger than “The Birds of Western Canada.” As a step 
towards preparing a “Birds of Canada,” Major Allan Brooks completed 
thirty new bird paintings to replace earlier drawings now in use, and Mr. 
Taverner expects to prepare the manuscript during 1930-31. Mr. Taverner 
also contributed several reviews of ornithological publications for The 
Canadian Field-N aturalist. 
During the year an edition of 3,000 copies of sixty picture postcards 
of birds was issued about December 18. The coloured illustrations were 
made from plates of “Birds of Western Canada,” some from “Birds of 
Eastern Canada,” and some from new paintings by Major Allan Brooks. 
Each card contains one coloured illustration, accompanied by descriptive 
text, and the cards are supplied in sets, in carton, for sale at $1, and also 
loose, for sale at two for 5 cents. 
