On EartJiquaJccs, 189 



outer, and five on the inner webs of the three longest quills ; four middle tail- 

 feathers black, the next white at the end, the rest ■\vV'ite, unless at the base, 

 but the outermost banded with black. Female with the head black, streaked 

 with white. 



Male, 9 ; wing, 4j^^. 



From Lake Superior to the Arctic Sea. Abundant. Resident. 

 Audubon's Synopsis, page 1S3. 



Picus Carolinus, (Linn.) Red-bellied AVoodpecker. 



Male w^ith the upper part of the head and hind neck bright carmine ; 

 the back and scapulars transversely banded with black and white ; the rump 

 and tall-coverts with the white predominating ; primaries black, with a band 

 of white ; tail black, with the inner webs of the middle, and both webs of 

 the outer barred with white ; lower parts yellowish white, abdomen red ; 

 lower wing and tail-coverts white, spotted with dusky. Female similar, but 

 with the top of the head ash-grey, and with less red on the abdomen. 



Male, n%, 153/. Feinah,^, 14-3^. 



Breeds from Kentucky in the West, and from Maryland to Nova Scotia 

 and Canada. Abundant in winter in all the Southern States, from Carolina 

 to Texas, and especially in the Floridas. 

 Audubon's Synopsis, page 1S3. 



ARTICLE XKKl.—A Chapter on Earthquakes. 



On Thursday the 1st of May last, about twelve o'clock, noon, the City of 

 Ottawa, and a portion of the surrounding country, experienced a shock which 

 is believed to have been an earthquake of no great force, and confined in its 

 effects to a limited area. In the house where we were engaged writing at 

 the ti!ne, we first heard for two or three seconds a rolling sound like that 

 made by a loaded waggon passing over a stony pavement, then felt a heavy 

 jar which shook the building and threw down some wood loosely piled in the 

 kitchen. The sound continued for a few seconds after the shock. In some 

 of the other houses of the city the same shock was felt with more or less 

 intensity, while in many it was not noticed. The Aylmer Times of Friday, 

 published at the village of Aylmer, nine miles from Ottawa, says : — " At 

 about half-past twelve yesterday, a smart shock of an earthquake was 

 distinctly felt by the inhabitants of this place. Its duration was about ten 

 seconds, sufficiently long and loud to create uneasy feelings in those who 

 knew what it was. The atmosphere was hazy at the time, but perfectly 

 calm thereby allowing the vibration in the houses and earth to be more 

 clearly defined." In the country for several miles South and East of Ottawa, 

 we have ascertained that the same phenomena were noticed at the same 

 time. Some of the houses were even shaken with so much violence as to 

 greatly alarm the inmates. In one, they supposed the chimney had fallen. 



