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assistance from Mr. G. F. Guernsey, who is responsible for the 

 records from QirAppelle. 



3. The Red River Valley. This includes the country east of 

 the first region, south of the large lakes, west of the 96th meri- 

 dian, and north of the United States Boundary. This also is 

 a prairie region, but of lower level than the preceding and char- 

 acterized i)y extensive tracts of marsh. It is partially wooded 

 in the southwest. Geologically it is chiefly Silurian on the east 

 side of the river, and Devonian on the west. Long Lake is a 

 long, marshy body of water lying just west of Winnipeg. Shoal 

 Lake is an extensive marshy lake near the southeast end of Lake 

 Manitdba. Although I have visited this region myself, my notes 

 are chiefly from information supplied by Mr. Wm. L. Hine of 

 Winnipeg, and Mr. C. W. Nash of Portage la Prairie. 



3. Tlie Winnipegoosis Basin. This includes the country 

 which drains into Lakes Winnipegoosis and Manitoba. This is 

 a forest region, and is apparently all of the Devonian formation. 

 Red Deer Lake and River, and Swan Lake and River empty 

 into the northwest end of Lake Winnipegoosis. Waterhen River 

 and Lake empt}' into the same lake on the east. Porcupine 

 Mountain is at the northwest point of the region. Manitoba 

 House is on the east side of Lake Manitoba, thirty miles south of 

 the narrows. I have visited this region myself, but my informa- 

 tion is chiefly based on notes by Professor Macoun. 



The fauna of the basin of Lake Winnipeg appears to resemble 

 that of the Winnipegoosis region, but as \et almost nothing is 

 known of the district. Norway House, on the Nelson River at 

 the north end of the Lake, is outside of the province, but is 

 referred to in several brief notes on distribution. 



Except when otherwise stated, all records for the Assiniboine 

 region are to be accredited to myself; all for Red River region 

 to Mr. Hine ; all for the Winnipegoosis region to Professor John 

 Macoun of tlie Canadian Geological Survey ; and all for the 

 Nelson River region to Professor Robert Bell of the Canadian Geo- 

 logical Survey. And I would here take the opportunit\- of thank- 

 ing these gentlemen for their courteous assistance. 



By ''all over," 1 mean in suitable places tliroughout the Red 

 River and Assiniboine Valleys. The generalizatioii is sometimes 

 based on the occurrence of a species in five or six chief localities, 

 but usually on more extensive observation. Dates for arrival and 



