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rRKKACK. 



The memoir thus projected by Pennant and completed 

 and pubh'shed by Forster is of much interest, as being one 

 of the earliest authorities on North American Zoology. It 

 is quoted by Forster himself in his paper on the Birds 

 of Hudson's Bay as his " Faunula Americana." This name 

 is, therefore, given as its second title. 



The "Mr B." of the catalogue who, as mentioned in 

 Forster's Preface, formed a collection "in his voyage to 

 Newfoundland" is believed by Prof. Newton to be the 

 xMr Bolton, of Halifax, mentioned by Latham and Lewin, 

 and the Lancashire lady who possessed a "most select 

 and numerous Collection of American Animals" (Mus. 

 Bl.) to be Mrs Anna Blackburn, of Orford, near Warrington, 

 as referred to in Pennant's Arctic Zoology, Vol. I. (ad- 

 vertisement). 



Copies of the original pamphlet are scarce. The 

 reprint has been made from an example in the possession 

 of Prof. Newton. 



P. L. S. 



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