136 WHITEAVBS ON MAEINE INVEBTEBBATA, ETC., 



CHIMERA COLLI^I, 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. 



DIEMYCTYLTJS 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. 



ETJTAINIA 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. 



BIRDS. 



BRACHYRHAMPHTJS MARMORATUS, Gmelin. (Sp.) Marbled Guillemot. Northern end of 

 Vancouver Island, two specimens. 



PODICEPS CORNUTTJS (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. Eed-necked Grebe. A young grebe which may be 

 referable to this species was shot in Broughton Strait. 



CHROICOCEPHALTJS PHILADELPHIA (Ord) Lawrence. Bonaparte's Gull. False Bay, Lasqueti 

 Island, one immature specimen. 



LARUS (BLASIPUS) HEERMANNI, Cassm. "White-headed Gull. Malcolm Island, Broughton 

 Strait, one not quite adult specimen. 



LARTJS GLATJCESCENS, Lichtenstein. Glaucous-Winged Gull. Cullen Harbour, Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, one nearly adult specimen. 



OCEANODROMA FUROATA, 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. 



