15 
Publications 
The So-called Agropyron caninum (L.) Beauv. of North America. By M. 0. Malte. 
Annual Report for 1930, National Museum of Canada, Bulletin No. 68, pp. 27-57, 
5 plates. 
A New Subspecies of Willow Ptarmigan from the Arctic Islands of America. Lagopus 
lagopus leucopterus , susbsp. nov. By P. A. Taverner. Ibid-, pp. 87-88. 
A New Hybrid Grouse, Lagopus lagopus (Linnaeus) X Canaiites canadensis (Lin- 
naeus). Ibid., pp. 88-91, Plate I. 
A Partial Study of the Canadian Savannah Sparrows, with Description of Passerculus 
sandwichensis campestris, the Prairie Savannah Sparrow. By P. A. Taverner. 
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 45, 1932, pp. 201-206, 
William Spreadborough — Collector, 1856-1931. By P. A. Taverner. The Canadian 
Field Naturalist, vol. 47, No. 3, 1933, pp. 39-41. With portrait. 
Five New Mammals from British Columbia. By R. M. Anderson. Annual Report for 
1931, National Museum of Canada, Bulletin No. 70, pp. 99-119, Plate 1. Issued 
November 24, 1932. 
Methods of Collecting and Preserving Vertebrate Animals. By R. M. Anderson. 
National Museum of Canada, Bulletin No. 69, Biological Series No. 18, Ottawa, 
1932, pp. 1-141, 46 figs. 
The Last of the Heath Hens. By P. A. Taverner. The Canadian Field Naturalist, 
Dec., 1932. 
Lectures 
The Wild Mammals of Ontario. By R. M. Anderson. Free Public Lecture, First 
Series. National Museum of Canada. 
Some Thoughts on Wild Fowl Conservation. By P. A. Taverner. Provincial and 
Federal Game Conference, Ottawa, April, 1932. 
Accessions to Museum 
Zoological Collections 
Mammals received and catalogued . 323 
Birds received and catalogued 169 
Amphibians and reptiles received and catalogued 74 
Nests and eggs received and catalogued 7 
Mammals 
By Gift 159 
R. A. Gumming, Vancouver, B.C. 18 skins and 17 skulls, including Douglas 
squirrels, western bushy-tailed wood rat, Olympic long-tailed vole, Wash- 
ington white-footed mouse, Pacific big brown bat, Alaska little brown bat, 
Keen bat, and northwestern long-legged bat. 
R. W. Tufts, Wolfville, N.S. 3 young flying squirrels, in alcohol. 
Frank L. Farley, Camrose, Alberta. 2 least weasels, 1 juvenile pocket gopher. 
Kenneth Racey, Vancouver, B.C. 13 skins and 13 skulls of Olympic dusky 
shrew ( Sorex obscurus setosus) showing various pelages and stages of 
moult, 2 skins and 2 skulls of Wrangell lemming mouse ( Synaptomys 
borealis wrangeli), 1 skin and skull of Yellow-haired porcupine from 
Chilcotin district, B.C., 2 Chilcotin hoary marmots ( Marmota caligata 
raceyi Anderson) type and allotype described in Annual Report for 1931, 
issued Nov. 24, 1932. 
Hon. W. A. Gordon, Ottawa. Skin and skull of Northern White-tailed deer 
( Odocoileus virginianus borealis). 
D. Alford, Ottawa. 1 star-nosed mole in the flesh. 
F. Bradshaw, Director, Provincial Museum, Regina. 1 “ hunter’s skin ” of 
black-footed ferret. 
E. C. Powell, Ottawa :1 big brown bat, taken alive March 25, 1932. 
R. I. Hamilton, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 1 Drummond meadow 
mouse, from Jasper Park, Alberta. 
