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Notes, Reviews and Comments. 





of the more recent fossil Ostracoda of Canada, from the pen of Prof. T. 



Rupert Jones serves to increase our indebtedness to him for his zeal, 



patience and assiduity in working out the material which has been sent 



to him from Canada during the past thirty-six years. 



Conchology. Recent Mollusca from the headwaters of 



the Ottawa. The following recent shells were collected by Mr. A. E. 



Barlow, of the Ceological Survey Department. These have been 



kindly determined by Mr. Whiteaves of the same department, as 



follows : 



A. Foot of Lake Temiscaming. 



Fresh Water Mollusca . 



pelecypoda. 



i. Sphserium secure, Prime. 



2. " striatinum, Lamarck. 



3. " sulcatum, Lamarck. 



4. Pisidium abditum, Haldeman. 



5. Anodonta, sp. 



gasteropoda. 



6. Valvata sincera, Say. 



7. " tricarinata, Say, 



8. Amnicola porala, Say. 



9. Physa heterostropha, Say. 



10. Planorbis bicarinatus, Say. 



11. " deflectus, Say. 



12. " trivolvis, Say. 



13. '" " var. macrostomus, Whiteaves. 



14. Limnsea desidiosa, Say. 

 15 " humilis, Say. 



Land Mollusca. 



16. Patula alternata, Say, sp. 



B. Emerald Lake. 



From Emerald Lake at the head of the South Branch of the 

 Opemican Creek, district of Nipissing, the following fresh-water shells 

 were also obtained by Mr. Barlow, in a thick deposit of shell-marl : 



1. Sphserium sulcatum, Lamarck. 



2. Planorbis trivolvis, Say, var. macrostomus, Whiteaves. 





Ornithology Winter Birds. Bohemian Waxwing (Ampelis 

 GABRULUS.) A Bock of 20 or 30 of these rare cold weather visitors 

 has been spending the winter with us. They first appeared on 

 the 8th of January and since then have frequently been seen 



