550 NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [so. 27. 



1890. MacFarlane, It. On an Expedition down the Begh-ula or Anderson 

 River. <The Canadian Record of Science. IV, pp. 28-53, January, 

 1890. Introduction by George M. Dawson. 



Account of an exploration from Fort Good Hope on the Mackenzie 

 to Lockhart River, and thence down the Lockhart and Anderson rivers 

 nearly to the sea, and on the upper Anderson. 



1890. MacFarlane, Roderick Ross. Land and Sea Birds nesting within the 

 Arctic Circle in the Lower Mackenzie District. <The Historical and 

 Scientific Society of Manitoba. Transaction 39. Season 1888-9 (1890) . 

 An annotated list of the birds observed and taken in the Anderson 

 River region, from April, 1S62, to June, 1865, inclusive; annotations 

 mainly in reference to nesting habits, nests, and eggs. (See 1891, Mac- 

 Farlane.) 



1890. Ogilvie, William. Exploratory Survey of part of the Lewes, Tat-on-duc, 

 Torcupine, Bell, Trout, Peel, and Mackenzie Rivers. <Ann. Rept. 

 Dept. Interior [Canada] for the year 1889. Part VIII, pp. 1-114. 



General description of a route followed during the seasons of 1887 

 and 1888. The report contains much general information regarding 

 the country traversed, with many notes on the timber, agricultural and 

 mineral resources, and the fauna. 



1890 ? Rae, John. Notes on some of the Birds and Mammals of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company's Territory, and of the Arctic Coast of America. (Com- 

 municated by G. J. Romanes.) <Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 

 NN, pp. 136-145, 1880 to 1890. (Read Feb. 16, 18S8.) 



The same, with a few omissions and minor changes, as the article 

 published in the Canadian Record of Science for 1888, above cited. 



1890. Thompson, W. T. Survey of Township Outlines [in Lesser Slave Lake 



region]. <Ann. Rept. Dept. Interior [Canada] for the year 1889. 

 Tart II, No. 12, pp. 06-72. 



This report contains a brief general description of this region, to- 

 gether with a few notes on the fauna. 



1891. [Canadian Government.] Report of the Select Committee of the Sen- 



ate on certain documents relating to the resources of the Great Mac- 

 kenzie Basin. Pp. 71. Ottawa. 



This supplementary report of the select committee comprises infor- 

 mation from several sources received too late for incorporation in the 

 main report (1888). MacFarlane contributes lists of the mammals 

 and birds of the region. 



1891. MacFarlane, R. Notes on and List of Birds and Eggs collected in 



Arctic America, 1861-1860. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, pp. 413-400. 



A reprint, with corrections and additions, of the paper published 



in Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. 



(See 1890. MacFarlane.) 



1891. McConnell, R. G. Report on an Exploration in the Yukon and Macken- 

 zie Basins. X. W. T. <Annual Report Geological Survey of Canada, 

 IV (new series), 1888-89, pp. 1D-103D, with map. 



A detailed physiographical, geographical, and geological report on 

 the Liard and Mackenzie rivers and parts of Slave River and Great 

 Slave Lake. A few notes on natural history are given. The dates of 

 arrival of a number of species of birds at Forts Simpson and Provi- 

 dence in the spring of 1888 are noted. 



1891. Petitot, Emile. Autour du Grand Lac des Esclaves. Ouvrage accom- 

 pagne de gravures et d'uue carte par l'auteur. Pp! 304. Paris. 

 (Deuxieme edition. 1891.) 



