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DIVISION OF BIOLOGY 
R. M. Anderson, Chief of the Division, reports: 
Field Work 
Since 1930 field work has been limited to the immediate vicinity of 
Ottawa and to the collecting of specimens and exhibition material needed 
as working materials in the Museum. Some fresh material was collected 
in this way during 1934 by C. L. Patch, C. E. Johnson, and D. Blakely 
to make replacements in the school loan collection and for settings for 
exhibition groups. C. H. Young was loaned to the Entomological Branch, 
Department of Agriculture, to collect insects for the systematic collection. 
He secured and mounted over 1,000 specimens, mostly of minute species. 
Also, by collecting and rearing larvae, he has learned a good deal about the 
feeding habits of various species. 
Other Investigational Work 
Routine occupied much of the time of the head of the division. He 
continued the compilation of two books, upon which he has been engaged 
for some years. One of these, a Check List of Canadian Mammals, is now 
in card-catalogue form. The other, “ The Mammals of Canada,” is designed 
to be one of the series of works, like “ Birds of Canada ” and “ Indians of 
Canada,” intended for dissemination of knowledge concerning Canadian 
natural history. Outside the department he continued to serve as a member 
of the Interdepartmental Advisory Board on Wild Life Protection, the 
Northern Advisory Board, the Interdepartmental Reindeer Committee, and 
as honorary member of the Fish and Game Protective Association of 
Gatineau, Hull, Papineau, and Pontiac counties. 
P. A. Taverner also served on the Interdepartmental Advisory Board 
on Wild Life Protection. He completed writing “ Birds of Canada,” a book 
that now takes the place of the two former books, “ Birds of Eastern 
Canada ” and “ Birds of Western Canada.” 
Since the death of Dr. M. O. Malte in 1933 his position as museum 
botanist has been vacant and botanical work has been suspended. 
Publications 
Reports and scientific papers published during the year are: 
Notes on the Distribution of Hoary Marmots. By R. M. Anderson. Canadian Field- 
Naturalist, April, 1934. 
Sorex paliistris brookd, a New Water Shrew from Vancouver Island. By R. M, Ander- 
■ son. Canadian Field-Naturalist, November, 1§34. 
Mammals of the Eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay. By R. M. Anderson. In Canada’s 
Eastern Arctic; Dept, of the Interior, December, 1934. 
Arctic Flora. By R. M. Anderson. In Canada’s Eastern Arctic; Dept, of the Interior, 
December, 1934. 
Effects of the Introduction of Exotic Animal Forms. By R. M. Anderson. Proceed- 
ings Fifth Pacific Science Congress, June, 1934. 
The Distribution, Abundance, and 1 Economic Importance of the Game and Fur- 
bearing Mammals of Western North America. By R. M. Anderson. Proceedings 
Fifth Pacific Science Congress, June, 1934. 
