48 SECOND REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



(luring tlio year and many donations, tocj. were received. The 

 work of classifying and labelling the collection is tinished and a 

 fine large cabinet was procured, in which the collection is placed. 

 A few of the winter liirds of the Miramichi have not yet been 

 secured. Some interesting or rare specimens were collected, 

 such as the Laughing Goose, Anser hyperboreus, and the Brown 

 Thrasher, Har}jorhynchus rvfus, the latter never before, it seems, 

 reported from New Brunswick. A. Scott Dawson, taxidermist, 

 of Pictou. N. S.. has been engaged to do work for the Associa- 

 tion. 



Mammology. 



A few mounted small New Brunswick animals and a fine 

 specimen of the Bay Lynx. Lynx rvjus, have been added to this 

 department. 



Ichthyology. 



Many alcoholic .specimens, especialh' of fresh-water fishes, 

 were added to the large number already on hand. They were 

 collected from the Miramichi and Tobique, N. B., and Annapo- 

 lis and La Have rivers. N. S.. by the Corresponding Secretary, 

 who also obtained small collections from the Columbia River 

 and A^sinaboine. We are also indebted to Prof. Macoun for 

 Ontario eyprinids. A 9? ft. specimen of the Albicore was mount- 

 ed, and a medium sized Sturgeon also placed in the museum. 

 Steps are being taken to add mounted ro])resentatives of all oui 

 larger fond-fishes. 



Herpetology. 



There was a satisfactory growth under this head. Some 

 specimens of interest were donated, among them a mounted alli- 

 gator and a frog from Demerara, by Harry Creighton. A collec- 

 tion of salamanders, frogs, toads and snakes was made in the 

 valleys of the Tobique. N. B.. and the Annapolis and La Have, 

 N. S., besides a consideralde niiml)pr I'pceived from Manitolia 

 and British Columbia. 



