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A general account of the Great Slave Lake region, mainly based on 

 several journeys made by the author, formerly ;i missionary in this 

 region. Contains many notes on natural history. 



1892. | Editorial.! Summer Migrants at Fort Simpson. <Ibis, IV (sixth 

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Quotes R. G. McConnell, in Kept. Geol. Surv. Canada, 1888-9, regard- 

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1892. McConnell, K. G. Ovis canadensis dalli, Nelson. <Otta\va Naturalist. 

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Record of specimen killed in mountains west of Fort McPherson in 

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1892. Pike, Wabbubton. The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. 8vo, pp. 

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Contains much original information regarding the fauna, especially 

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1892. Raine. Walter. Bird-nesting in North-West Canada. By Walter Raine. 

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An account of an egg-collecting excursion made along the line of the 

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1892. Tyrrell, J. B. The Winter Home of the Barren Ground Caribou. 



Ottawa Naturalist, VI, pp. 128-130. 



General notes on the species, mainly relating to the country south- 

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1893. Howling, D. B. Narrative of a Journey in 1800, from Great Slave Lake 



to Beechy Lake, on the Great Fish River. From the journal of James 

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Short description of the region visited in 1889 and 1890 by Warbur- 

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1893. McConnell, R. G. Report on a Portion of the District of Athabasca, 

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A geological and general description of the region from explorations 

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1893. Ogilvie, William. Report on the Peace Liver and Tributaries in L891. 

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This report contains a large amount of varied information regarding 

 the Liard, Nelson, and Peace rivers, including many notes on the 

 fauna, and in addition many notes regarding other portions of the 

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 Slave Lake in 1890. 



