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OIDEMIA AMERICANS. N//V/IMXOW. American Black Scoter. False Bay, Lasqucti Island, 

 Strait of Georgia, one adult male. 



HISTRIONICUS TORQi'ATi's (L.) Bonaparte. Harlequin Duck. One adult male of this 

 species, in fine plumage, was shot on Lasqueti Island, at False Bay ; and a young 

 male at Mittlonach Island, in the Strait of Georgia. 



MARECA AMERICANA (Gme/in) Stephens. American Widgeon. Beaver Cove, Broughton 

 Strait, a young male. 



NETTION CAROLINENSIS (Gme/in) Kaup. Green- winged Teal. Blunden Harbour, Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, one young male. 



ARDEA HERODIAS, L. Great Blue Heron. A young bird of this species was shot in 

 Culleu Harbour, and a similar one in Blunden Harbour both in Queen Charlotte 

 Sound. 



LOBIPES HYPERBOREUS (L.) Cuvhr. Northern Phalarope. Fresh Water Bay, Queen 

 Charlotte Sound, one specimen. 



STREPSII.AS MELANOCEPHALUS, Vigors. Black Turnstone. Forster's Island, Queen 

 Charlotte Souud, three specimens. 



HALIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Z,.) Savigny. Bald Eagle. Johnstone Strait, one young 

 specimen. 



COLAPTES MEXICANUS, Swainson. Red-shafted Flicker. Comox, Vancouver Island, one 

 specimen. 



CERYLE ALCYON (L.) Boie. Belted Kingfisher. Cullen Harbour, Queen Charlotte Sound, 

 two males and one female. 



CYANURA STELLERI (Gmelin) Baird. Steller's Jay. Comox, Vancouver Island, two speci- 

 mens. 



MAMMALIA. 



SCIURUS HUDSONIUS, Pallas, var. Red Squirrel. Comox, Vancouver Island ; one specimen, 

 which differs only from the eastern form of the species in being a little smaller and 

 not so distinctly rufous on the back. 



PHOCA VITULINA, L. Harbour, Hair, or Leopard Seal. One specimen of the North Pacific 

 variety of the Harbour Seal was shot in Broughton Strait. The species may be 

 readily distinguished from all the other earless seals of both coasts of North 

 America by the oblique implantation of its molars. 



MUSTELA AMERICANA, Turton. Sable. Pine Marten. Johnstone Strait, one specimen. 

 CANIS LUPUS, (L.) Wolf. A large red wolf was shot near Cullen Harbour ; and a small 

 grey and black variety at Knox Bay, in Johnstone Strait. 



MARCH 4th, 1887. 

 Sec. IV., 188<i. 18. 



