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NATURAL HISTORY OF 



are nineteen species of Mammalia, and of these twelve are 

 terrestrial and seven aquatic. There are forty-one birds, of 

 which nineteen are terrestrial, and twenty-two aquatic. The 

 number of fishes is fifteen. There is no mention of Batrachian 

 or Saurian reptile. There are thirty-six insects ; of these, one 

 is a beetle, one earwig, four ichneumons, one ant, three bees, 

 one stone-fly, six butterflies, eight moths, two plant bugs, four 

 gnats, and flve flies. The Crustacea are sixteen in number, 

 and the Mollusca five. In the list it will be found there is a 

 total absence of quadrumanous, fehne, insectivorous, and eden- 

 tate mammalia, and of xygodactyle birds ; among the insects 

 there is only one example of Coleoptera, one of Orthojitera, 

 two of Hemiptera, and one of Neuroptera. The only new 

 forms that occur are among the Crustacea ; in these we have 

 two genera, which we have not previously met with. Both of 

 the new names given have been previously employed in ento- 

 mology, so that they must fall, and others be instituted in their 

 stead. The portion of the work which relates to entomology 

 is illustrated by three highly finished and accurate copper-plate 

 engravings, one of which, containing fifteen figures of insects, 

 is elegantly coloured. There are, moreover, numerous por- 

 traits of the natives of Boothia, drawn on stone, and accurately 

 coloured. 



Catalogue of Animals described by Captain J. O. Ross as 

 Natives of Boothia. 



MAMMALIOUS ANIMALS. 



Polar bear 

 wolverine 

 ermine 



tjrsus maritimus, 

 Gulo luscus, 

 Mustela Erminea, 

 Canis lupus occiden-l 

 talis, J 



lagopus, 



Vur. /B. fuliginosus 

 Arvicola Hudsonia, 



trimucronata, 

 Arctomys Parryi, 

 Lepus glacialis, 

 Cervus tarandus, 

 Ovibos moschatus, 

 Phoca foetida, 



Greenlandica, 

 Barbata, 

 Trichechus rosmarus, 

 Delphinapterus beluga, 

 Monodon Monoceros, 

 Balaena mysticetus, 



American wolf 

 Arctic fox 



Hudson'sBay Lemming 



Back's Lemming 



Parry's marmot 



Polar hare 



reindeer 



musk ox 



rough seal 



harp seal 



great seal 



Walrus 



white whale 



norwhal 



black whale 



Falco Islandicus, 

 Strlx Nyctea, 

 Alauda cornuta, 

 Sylvia ^nanthe, 



jerfalcon 

 snowy owl 

 shore lark 

 wheatear 



BIRDS continued. 



Emberiza nivalis, snow bunting 



Plectrophanes lapponica, Lapland finch 

 Corvus corax, raven 



Tetrao lagopus mutus, Ptarmigan 



salicetl, willow grouse 

 rupestris.rock grouse 

 Columba migratoria, passenger pigeon 



^ matu?' ''""''''^"} ^«'^^" "°g Pl°^«' 



pluvialis, golden plover 

 Vanellus melanogaster, grey lapwing 

 Strepsilas interpres, turnstone 



Grus Canadensis, 

 Tringa maritima, 



alpina, 

 Phalaropus fulicarius. 

 Sterna Arctiea, 

 Larus glaucus, 



argentatus, 



leucopterus, 



eburneus, 

 tridactylus, 

 Rossii, 

 Sabini, 



brown crane 



purple sandpiper 



American dunlin 



flat-billed phalarope 



Arctic tern 



glaucous gull 

 /black winged silvery 

 I gull 



/white winged silvery 

 I guU 



ivory gull 



kittiwake 



cuneate tailed gull 



fork tailed gull 



