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Lawrence red foxes are the rule, the other varieties the 

 exceptions. North of the St. Lawrence and in Anti- 

 costi silver-greys and patch foxes are the rule, while 

 the others are the exceptions. In fact, as with all the 

 other fur-bearing animals, the farther north they are 

 taken the more valuable will their fur be found ; and I 

 am inclined to think, notwithstanding the great differ- 

 ence inc olour, that they are merely varieties of the same 

 species. 



" On a summer's evening, on the opposite shores of 

 Canada and New Brunswick, the bull frogs, the night 

 hawks, and the owls join in a chorus of sounds which one- 

 misses in Anticosti. Whether St. Patrick ever paid a 

 flying visit to the island or not, I cannot say, but cer- 

 tainly there are no frogs, toads, or snakes on it, and 

 I never saw or heard an owl or a night hawk. Two 

 partridges (so called) are found on the island, viz. the 

 * birch ' ( Tetrao Umbellus) and the Newfoundland ptar- 

 migan (T. JRupestris), the latter only a visitor. The other 

 birds that I noticed were the goose (A. Canadensis), brant 

 (A. Bernicla), black duck (A. Obscura), shell-duck (Mergus 

 Serrator), blue-winged teal (A. Discors), eider duck (F. 

 Mottissima), scaup duck (F. Marila), surf-duck (F. Perspi- 

 cillata), whistler (F. Clangula], scoter (F. Americana), 

 buffel-head (F. Albeola), old squaw (F. Glacialis), and two 

 or three other sorts of ducks. Of the divers I saw three, 

 viz. the loon (C. Glacialis), the red-throated diver (C. Sep- 

 tentrionalis), and the black-throated diver (C. Arcticus). 

 Of seagulls and terns I saw a great many varieties, but I 

 cannot give them their proper names ; also two sand- 

 pipers and two cormorants ; yellow-legs (Totanus Flavipes), 



