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Strophomena filitexta 204 



Seal.— Fossil 238 



Saxicava kugosa 339 



Scalaria borealis 342 



Shale. — A kind of slaty rock, generally soft, and resembling hardened 

 mud, of various colors, yellow, green, often black. 



ScoLiTHUS. — Greek, scolax, a worm, and lithos, stone 32 



Stromatocerium. — A genus of fossil bryozoa ; Greek, stroma, a layer 



or lamina, and cerion a Honey-comb 127 



Stromotocerium rugosum. — A species characteristic of the bird's 



eye, limestone 127 



Spirifer. — A genus of fossil brachiopods, from the Latin spira, a spire, 



and fero, I bear 134 



Spiriferr adiatus 1^^ 



Spirifer sdlcatus l^ ' 



Spirifer jjiagarensis ^^ ' 



Syenite. — A rock composed of quartz, felspar, and hornblende 199 



Spruce Partridge 292 



ScoLOPAx. — Greek, a snipe 295 



ScoLOPAx WiLsoNii. — Snipe 29o 



ScOLOPAX MINOR. WoODCOCK 300 



StIOTOPORA ACUTA 317 



Skunk. — Mephitis Chinga 360 



SciURUS 431-434 



SciuRUs MiGRATORius. — Gray Squirrel 434 



SciURUS HUDSONius. — Red Squirrel , 438 



SciuRus l^iGER. — Black Squirrel 437 



Squirrel, Red 438 



Squirrel, Gray 434 



Squirrel, Black 437 



SURNIA 447 



SuRNiA NYCTEA. — Snowy Day Owl 447 



Trentox LimestoxVE. — So called from the village of Trenton, where it is 



largely developed 18-20 



Tarandus. — A genus of the Deer Tribe, probably derived in some way 



from the Saxon, Hrane, a reindeer 'J'l 



Tarandus hastalis. — The Woodland Caribou '^t 



Tarandus Arcticus. — The northern or barren ground Caribou 71 



Teal. — The green winged 1^^ 



Teal. — The blue winged 256 



Tertiary Formations of Canada 321 



Tellina Groenlandica 340 



Tellina Calcarea 340 



Tellinomya. — See Professor Hall's article 391 



Trap. — So called from the Swedish trappa, a flight of steps. Trap is 

 of volcanic origin, and is found filling veins, or where it has 

 overflowed, forms mountains, ex. the mountain of Montreal . 



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