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By request of the Department of the Interior, which is issuing a book 
covering the different phases of history, natural resources, and development 
of the eastern Arctic region of Canada, Mr. Anderson wrote a chapter on 
“The Mammals of the Eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay Region.” 
Without the opportunity for field work the activities of P. A. Taverner, 
ornithologist, have been restricted to routine office work and researches in 
the collection of birds. There has been the usual rather considerable cor- 
respondence with other ornithologists in the Dominion and elsewhere, and 
in answering inquiries that grow more numerous from year to year. A 
continuing work in the intervals between other duties has been keeping 
the bibliographical files and species maps up to date and extending them 
back into older literature. Thus, some three thousand cards have been 
added to these records. 
The division has prepared a set of educational exhibits for the inter- 
museum loan series. The specimens, with descriptive labels, are in six 
individual glazed cases, 16 by 19 inches, fitting into an adequate shipping 
case, and all constructed to withstand usual transportation risks. 
Some work was necessary to bring the manuscript of the “ Birds of 
Canada ” up to date before going to press. A revision was made of the 
vernacular specific names and, with the assistance of Dr. Harrison F. 
Lewis who was kindly detailed by the National Parks of Canada, Depart- 
ment of the Interior, for the purpose, and of A. La Rocque of the Geological 
Survey, a similar list was prepared in French. 
The “ Birds of Churchill, Manitoba ”, written in collaboration with 
Dr. George Miksch Sutton, was finally sent to press and under the aus- 
pices of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh at latest information has 
advanced to galley proof. 
A manuscript on “ The Birds of the Eastern Arctic Islands ”, embody- 
ing an outline of the latest researches in this Tegion, was prepared for the 
Department of the Interior and awaits publication. 
A radio address entitled “ The Study of Birds as a Cultural Pastime ”, 
was prepared and delivered under the auspices of the Professional Institute 
of the Civil Service of Canada, January 12. 
A paper on “ French Vernacular Names for Canadian Birds ” was 
prepared by this office and delivered in French by Dr. Harrison F. Lewis 
before the French-Canadian Society for the Advancement of Science, in 
Montreal, November, 1933. 
The following mammals and birds have been prepared and installed 
in the biological exhibition hall under the supervision of C. L. Patch: 
white-tailed jackrabbit (winter pelage), varying hare (winter pelage), 
western cottontail rabbit, grey squirrel, Iceland gull, magnolia warbler, 
loggerhead shrike, sharp-tailed grouse (2), black-crowned night heron, long- 
eared owl, and northern spotted owl. The last named specimen is a rare 
species. Some of these were new additions to the biological exhibition 
collection, others replaced antiquated specimens. 
The following mammal skeletons were placed on exhibition: white- 
tailed deer, varying hare, marten, mink, skunk, black squirrel, flying 
squirrel, chipmunk, pika, woodrat, and domestic cat. 
