176 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



l'REBLE, Edward A. 



North American Fauna. No. 27 — A Biological Investigation of the 

 Athabasca-Mackenzie Region. 



United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological 

 Survey, October 190S, pp. 1-574. with map of the region, and 

 numerous plates, illustrations, and maps of faunal areas in the text. 

 This extensive and valuable report, beginning with a description 

 of the physical geography, climatology and life zones of the 

 Athabasca-Mackenzie district, gives an account of previous ex- 

 plorations and collections, and of the routes traversed by Biological 

 Survey parties during 1901, 1903 and 1904. The last three- 

 fourths of the report are devoted to critical notes on the Mammals, 

 Brds, Reptiles, Batrachians, Fishes, Trees and Shrubs known to 

 occur within the area of the region investigated. A bibliography 

 and a full index complete the report. 



Prince, Edward E. 



The Biological Investigation of Canadian Waters, with special refer- 

 ence to the Government Biological Stations — Presidential Address. 

 Section iv. 



Transactions Royal Society of Canada, vol. 1, 3rd series, 1908, 

 pp. 71-92. 

 Infant Cannibalism among Animals. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, vol. xxii. No. 7, October 1908, pp. 1213-129. 



RuTMEN, Alexander G. 



The Faunal Alliuities of the Prairie Region of Central North America. 

 The American Naturalist, vol. xlii, June 1908, pp. 389-393, with 

 map in the text. 



TiLMANS, Henry. 



Les Bêtes Que Passent. 



Le Naturaliste Canadien, vol. xxxv, No .6, Juin 1908, pp. 83-93. 

 Whiteaves, J. F. 



Zoological Notes for 1908. 



Mammalia, ^1) Puiorius rixosus, Bangs, (2) Synaptomys 

 (Mictomys) wrangcU. Merriam. Birds. (3) Ceratorhina mono- 

 cerata (Pallas) Cassin. 



The Ottawa Naturalist, vol. xxii, No. 9, December 1908, pp. 182- 

 183. 



The spécimen of the Least Weasel (Bangs's Weasel) men- 

 tioned in this paper, was obtained by Mr. Joseph Keele, in 

 January, 1908, at Third lake, Ross river, Yukon, and is now 

 mounted in the museum of the Geological Survey at Ottawa. 

 The second small mammal, which Dr. Whiteaves refers to in his 

 notes as the Alaskan Lemming-mouse, is midway, as regards its 

 dentition, between the field mice and the lemmings. Dr. Whiteaves's 

 remarks have special reference to a specimen lately presented to 

 the Survey by the Reverend J. H. Keen of Metlakatla, B.C. 

 Under the third heading reference is made to an egg of the 

 Rhinoceros Auklet. from Lucy island, near Metlakatla, B.C., also 

 presented to the Geological Survey by Mr. Keen. 



