THE 



CANADIAN NATURALIST 



^uarttrlg |ournaI of Sritnct, 



WITH THE 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATURAL HISTORY 

 SOCIETY OF MONTREAli. 



CONDUCTED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE SOCIETY. 



NEW SERIES -Vol. 4. 



(with two plates and a map. 



EDITING COMMITTEE. 



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 ^1869. 



