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Twenty-two specimens, including a porcupine, muskrat, and weasel 
were added to the school loan collection. Since the specimens in this 
collection were installed in boxes damage to them has been slight. Four 
hundred and ninety-six mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and photo- 
graphs were lent to educational institutions for use in art and nature study. 
Four hundred Ottawa Normal School students in twelve groups, and 
eighty North Bay Normal School students in four groups were conducted 
through the biological hall and initiated into the uses of the mammal and 
bird exhibits. 
Mr. Patch, assisted by Mr. J. E. Perron, collected material for and 
installed a biological and botanical display at the Central Canada Exhibi- 
tion held in Ottawa from August 21 to 26. 
Inquiries for information relating to herpetology and taxidermy were 
received from coast to coast and from the northern states. Suggestions 
were given officials of the Canadian National Parks concerning material 
and the construction and arrangement of exhibits for the new museum in 
Riding Mountain national park. 
Joseph Rochon, 'who had been osteological preparator in the Museum 
since 1919, having been transferred to this department after long service 
in the Department of Marine and Fisheries, on the closing of the old 
Fisheries Museum, died in May, 1933. 
Claude E. Johnson, artist of the Biological Division, accomplished the 
following work: 
Lantern slides coloured 224 
Drawings 25 
Colour plates 15 
Range maps (mammals) 18 
Plaster moulds 86 
Plaster casts 6 
Wax pieces (leaves, accessories, etc.) 908 
Photo enlargements, coloured, retouched, or altered .* 29 
Special colour- work on celluloid coal-area models: 
One 17-eection model of Hillcrest coal area, Alberta. 
One old model of above given general all-over retouching. 
One 26^section model of International Coke and Coal Company area. 
One 22-section model of Michel coal area. 
Miss W. K. Bentley, museum assistant, in addition to colouring num- 
bers of lantern slides, spent much of her time making large portraits in oil 
of pioneers in natural science work in Canada who have been directly 
connected with the Geological Survey and National Museum of Canada. 
Publications 
A Study of Kumlien’s Gull {Lancs kumlieni). By P, A. Taverner. Canadian Field 
Naturalist, May, 1933. 
Flicker Hybrids. By P. A. Taverner. Condor, January, 1934. 
Purple Martins Gathering Leaves. By P. A. Taverner. Condor, January, 1933. 
The Madeira Petrel in Ontario. By P. A. Taverner. Auk, January, 1934. 
Lectures 
The Wild Mammals of Quebec. By R. M. Anderson. Province of Quebec Society 
for the Protection of Birds, Mechanics’ Institute Hall, Montreal, Que., April 24 
1933. 
The Study of Birds As a Cultural Pastime. By P. A. Taverner. Radio address, Janu- 
ary 12, 1934. 
