136 WHITEAVES ON MARINE INVERTEBRATA, ETC., 
CHIM&RA Conia, Bennett. “‘ Rat-fish” or “ Elephant Fish” of American icthyologists, 
but according to Dr Dawson known locally as the “Silver Dog Fish.” Queen 
Charlotte Sound at station No. 14, one adult male. A similar specimen was 
collected by Dr. Dawson in 1878, in deep water off the Queen Charlotte Islands. 
BATRACHIA. 
DIEMYCTYLUS ToRosus. (=Triton torosus, Eschscholtz, and Taricha torosa, Gray.) The 
Warty Salamander. Texada Island, in the Strait of Georgia, and Coal Harbour, 
Quatsino Sound,—one specimen at each of these localities. 
OPHIDIA. 
EUTAINIA PICKERINGII, Baird and Girard. Pickering’s Garter Snake. Oyster Bay, near 
Comox, one specimen two feet and three-quarters of an inch in length; and 
Georgina Point, Malaspina Inlet, one specimen not quite two feet long. 
Brrps. 
BRACHYRHAMPHUS MARMORATUS, Gmelin. (Sp.) Marbled Guillemot. Northern end of 
Vancouver Island, two specimens. 
PODICEPS CORNUTUS (Gmelin) Latham. Horned Grebe. Two young specimens of this 
species were shot at Growler Cove, Johnstone Strait, and one equally young at 
Farewell Harbour, Queen Charlotte Sound. 
PODICEPS GRISEIGENA ? Boddaert. Red-necked Grebe. A young grebe which may be 
referable to this species was shot in Broughton Strait. 
CHROICOCEPHALUS PHILADELPHIA (Ord) Lawrence. Bonaparte’s Gull. False Bay, Lasqueti 
Island, one immature specimen. 
Larus (BLASIPUS) HEERMANNI, Cassin. White-headed Gull. Malcolm Island, Broughton 
Strait, one not quite adult specimen. 
LARUS GLAUCESCENS, Lichtenstein. Glaucous-Winged Gull. Cullen Harbour, Queen 
Charlotte Sound, one nearly adult specimen. 
OCEANODROMA FURCATA, Gmelin. (Sp.) Fork-tailed Petrel. Goletas Channel, north end 
of Vancouver Island, one specimen. 
GRACULUS DILOPHUS, (Swainson) Gray. Double-crested Cormorant. Blunden Harbour, 
Queen Charlotte Sound; two specimens, both devoid of crests but with twelve 
feathers in the tail. 
OIDEMIA PERSPICILLATA (L) Fleming. Surf Scoter. Comox Harbour or Port Augusta, 
Vancouver Island, one adult male. 
