. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1996 Cranmer-Byng: A Life with Birds 61. Victoria Memorial Museum Building, about 1913. Viewed from the northwest looking past the building toward Elgin Street in background. The massive main entrance tower, on the north side, was subsequently removed after it start- ed to tilt and sink into the underlying clay. (Public Archives of Canada photo 9273, print courtesy of the Canadian Museum of Nature.) collection. He required species, and subspecies, not already represented in the collection in order to be able to work out the range of the subspecies. Also he need
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1996 Cranmer-Byng: A Life with Birds 61. Victoria Memorial Museum Building, about 1913. Viewed from the northwest looking past the building toward Elgin Street in background. The massive main entrance tower, on the north side, was subsequently removed after it start- ed to tilt and sink into the underlying clay. (Public Archives of Canada photo 9273, print courtesy of the Canadian Museum of Nature.) collection. He required species, and subspecies, not already represented in the collection in order to be able to work out the range of the subspecies. Also he needed series of various plumages, such as breeding and intermediate plumages, male and female, and if possible, between various juvenile plumages.^^ One piece of luck that came Tavemer's way was when Fleming presented the museum with a collec- tion of 350 birds, most of them mounted, but some study skins. In his Summary Report for 1913 Tavemer noted that the workmanship on the mounted birds of the Fleming gift was especially good, while the collection included some rare species and some type specimens. He also pointed out that it was "par- ticularly gratifying to receive such a valuable gift from a private individual, for it is through the interest and beneficence of public-spirited citizens, only, that a national museum can attain greatness and impor- ; Another point of importance was that the gift was made without conditions "so that for all time the curators will be free to make the most valuable use possible of the ; Conditions, Tavemer point- ed out, change during the course of time and restric- tions accompanying a gift, however wise they appear at the time, may in the long run prevent it from being used for as long as it might have been, had it been given without strings attached. "Mr. Fleming, with his knowledge of museums and museum work, has made no such ;^^ Other additions came through purchase, and by collection in a
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