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CANADIAN 



NATUBALIST AID GEOLOGIST. 



Vol. IV. AUGUST, 1859. No. 4. 



ARTICLE XVIII.— On the Natural History of the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence. By Robert Bell, jr. 



(Continued from, our last Number.) 



RADIATA. 



OpMocoma bellis. — Abundant at Ste. Anne adhering to the roots 

 of Agarum Turneri,* 



Astrophyton scutotum. — This beautiful species does not seem 

 to be very rare in the Gulf. I was informed by a person at Green 

 Island, who possessed a specimen, that about a dozen of them 

 were found clinging to a chaiu which had been submerged for 

 some time, at a short distance from the island. A fine specimen 

 from the Gulf in the collection of the Survey is about 16 inches 

 in diameter, and I saw a fresh specimen in the hands of some 

 fishermen who had, however, already disposed of it, which was 

 nearly as large. 



Cribella oculata. — Near Sto, Anne, I found two fine specimens 

 of this species which had just been thrown up by the waves. 



Solaster papposa. — Rather small specimens dredged at Mar- 

 couin in about 30 fathoms. 



* An Alga with large perforated fronds. 

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