. Birds and nature . with powerfulwings. Who are the opponents of the doctrineof Evolution? In the scientific worldthey are difficult to find. Professor Vir-chow, of Berlin, the distinguished pathol-ogist must, I think, be classed as one, al-though his verdict is really not Haeckel, however, has pointedout that the opinion of a pathologist, nomatter how eminent, upon the subject ofevolution cannot carry much weight. Until recently we had with us two menof science whose opposition to some por-tion of the doctrine of evolution was ofimportance. These men were Sir Will-iam Dawson
. Birds and nature . with powerfulwings. Who are the opponents of the doctrineof Evolution? In the scientific worldthey are difficult to find. Professor Vir-chow, of Berlin, the distinguished pathol-ogist must, I think, be classed as one, al-though his verdict is really not Haeckel, however, has pointedout that the opinion of a pathologist, nomatter how eminent, upon the subject ofevolution cannot carry much weight. Until recently we had with us two menof science whose opposition to some por-tion of the doctrine of evolution was ofimportance. These men were Sir Will-iam Dawson, the Canadian geologist, andMr. Mivart, the English anatomist. Bothof these gentlemen have died within thepast two years. Having now written a brief outline ofthe doctrine of Evolution, I believe that Icannot do better than conclude this veryimperfect sketch with a quotation fromthe immortal Shakespeare:The truth can never be confirmed enough,Though doubts did ever sleep. Lawrence Irwell. 210 UNIVERSITY Of Illinois. THE SURF SCOTER. {Oidemia perspicillata.) The Surf Scoter is also known by sev-eral other popular names, such as theSurf Duck, the Surf or Sea Coot and, notinfrequently, the Booby. The name Vel-vet Duck, though more commonly ap-plied to the white-winged scoter, is alsosometimes used to designate this species. This Scoter is an American speciesand is only an accidental visitor to Euro-pean coasts. Its range includes thecoasts and larger inland waters of north-ern North America ; in winter, south toFlorida, to the Ohio River and to SanQuentin Bay, Lower California. Our illustration is that of a male female is a sooty brown, silvery graybelow and with much white on the sidesof the head. Immense flocks of the young of thisspecies winter on San Diego Bay, Cali-fornia. Here the adult birds are of ratherrare occurrence for they are able to with-stand the rigors of an arctic winter andstay far to the northward where they area common resident. In the vicinity ofSan
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