. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. Forthcoming publication as a special issue of The Canadian Field-Naturalist Volume 110 Number 1 January-March 1996. A LIFE WITH BIRDS Percy A. Taverner, Canadian Ornithologist, 1875-1947 By John Cranmer-Byng From 1911 to 1942 Percy Taverner was Ornithologist at The National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa, now called The Canadian Museum of Nature. He laid the foundations of sci- entific ornithology in Canada by building up the necessary collections of birds at the museum, and studying their distribution, working through a network of people
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history. Forthcoming publication as a special issue of The Canadian Field-Naturalist Volume 110 Number 1 January-March 1996. A LIFE WITH BIRDS Percy A. Taverner, Canadian Ornithologist, 1875-1947 By John Cranmer-Byng From 1911 to 1942 Percy Taverner was Ornithologist at The National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa, now called The Canadian Museum of Nature. He laid the foundations of sci- entific ornithology in Canada by building up the necessary collections of birds at the museum, and studying their distribution, working through a network of people who collected specimens and gathered ornithological information from across the country. He was a leading advocate of the need for conservation and wild bird protection, and played a major role, through his research and recommendations, in the creation of a National Park at Point Pelee and bird sanctuaries along the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and at Perce Rock and Bonaventure Island off the south coast of the Gaspe Peninsula. Perhaps Taverner's most far-reaching contribution was an educator of public thought. His wide knowledge was passed to the public in his books, Birds of Eastern Canada (1919), Birds of Western Canada (1926) and Birds of Canada (1934). He presented scientific information about his birds in their many plumages and habitats and at the same time conveyed to the reader his own sense of appreciation of the birds he was describing. In this way he helped to make the study of birds and their habitats popular recreation. He was an active council member of the Ottawa Field- Naturalists' Club and an influential Associate Editor and frequent contributor to The Canadian Field-Naturalist. Throughout his life and career, his consistent devotion to the study of birds and their behavior, his achievements and difficulties at the National Museum, his bird expeditions to different parts of Canada, and his family life, show a warm-hearted person with a sense of hum
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