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B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 289
I n this connection much might also he accomplished by
land surveyors and prospectors of gold and other minerals,
and it would be well i f the Chief Executive of the several
railway and telegraph companies duly encouraged all favourably
circumstanced officials to do their part i n the premises.
The Geological Survey Department has a grand record in
this regard, and its present officers w i l l , no doubt, continue
the good work, while the recent appointment of Professors of
Botany and Zoology, etc., i n the University of Manitoba,
should have the effect of placing the study of N a t u r a l Science
on a somewhat higher plane than it has hitherto occupied.
It has been already elsewhere stated that during his three
years- ' ( 1859- 1862) sojourn i n the Mackenzie R i v e r District,
the late notable naturalist, M r . Robert Kennicott, managed
to infuse much of his own zealous and indefatigable collecti
n g spirit into all of the Company's northern officers. This,
taken i n conjunction with the powerful influence exercised
by the late lamented Professor Spencer F. Baird. of the
Smithsonian Institution, w i l l largely account for the magnificent
contributions to the Natural History of the United
States and Canada made as a result of their combined exertions.
In a lesser degree, the New Caledonia and Cumberland
collections may be largely credited to the personal zeal
and relative correspondence of the late regretted Major
Charles E . Bendire, U . S. A . , one of the most successful of
American collectors, and the author also of several minor
publications, while his splendid " L i f e Histories of North
American B i r d s , " i n two volumes ( the completion of the
work was prevented by his death i n 1895. Dr. Ralph was
appointed to do so, but his recent departure has again intervened,
and a further delay w i l l no doubt take place), will
assuredly perpetuate for many years his memory and services,
to science.
I n his valuable and very interesting " Catalogue of
Canadian B i r d s , " the well- known Professor John Macoun,
of Ottawa, has inadvertently overlooked the presence of
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| OCR | B I R D S OF N O R T H E R N C A N A D A 289 I n this connection much might also he accomplished by land surveyors and prospectors of gold and other minerals, and it would be well i f the Chief Executive of the several railway and telegraph companies duly encouraged all favourably circumstanced officials to do their part i n the premises. The Geological Survey Department has a grand record in this regard, and its present officers w i l l , no doubt, continue the good work, while the recent appointment of Professors of Botany and Zoology, etc., i n the University of Manitoba, should have the effect of placing the study of N a t u r a l Science on a somewhat higher plane than it has hitherto occupied. It has been already elsewhere stated that during his three years- ' ( 1859- 1862) sojourn i n the Mackenzie R i v e r District, the late notable naturalist, M r . Robert Kennicott, managed to infuse much of his own zealous and indefatigable collecti n g spirit into all of the Company's northern officers. This, taken i n conjunction with the powerful influence exercised by the late lamented Professor Spencer F. Baird. of the Smithsonian Institution, w i l l largely account for the magnificent contributions to the Natural History of the United States and Canada made as a result of their combined exertions. In a lesser degree, the New Caledonia and Cumberland collections may be largely credited to the personal zeal and relative correspondence of the late regretted Major Charles E . Bendire, U . S. A . , one of the most successful of American collectors, and the author also of several minor publications, while his splendid " L i f e Histories of North American B i r d s , " i n two volumes ( the completion of the work was prevented by his death i n 1895. Dr. Ralph was appointed to do so, but his recent departure has again intervened, and a further delay w i l l no doubt take place), will assuredly perpetuate for many years his memory and services, to science. I n his valuable and very interesting " Catalogue of Canadian B i r d s , " the well- known Professor John Macoun, of Ottawa, has inadvertently overlooked the presence of |
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