604 REPORT — 18C3. 



ploring the regions south of the political boundary, similar explorations, on 

 u less extensive scale, were being made under the direction of the Kriti^h 

 liovernment. The naturalist to the I5riti>h North American Jioundary (.'oni- 

 mission, during the years LS^S-lStJi, was J. K. Lord, Esq.. F.Z.S. He made a 

 very valuable collection of shells in Vancouver Island and Liitish Columbia, 

 tlie hrst series of which was presented to the British Museum. The new 

 species were described by W. liaird*, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., in a paper com- 

 municated to the Zool. Soc, and publislied in its ' Proceedings,' Feb. l(nh, 

 ]s(i;}, pp. (jH-7U. — Another series of shells, from the same district, was i)re- 

 eented to the Brit. Mus. by the Lords of the Admiralty, collected by Dr. Lyall, 

 of H. M. Ship ' Plumper.' Two new species Irom this collection were describe il 

 by Dr. Laird, in a separate paper, P. Z. S., Feb. 1 0th, liHi'S, p. 71. The new 

 epecies from Mr. Lord's collections have been drawn on stone by Sowerby. 

 The figure-numbers here quoted correspond with the proof-copy kindly fur- 

 nished by Dr. Baird. — A third series was collected by Dr. Forbes, K.N., in the 

 same Expedition. After Mr. Cuming had made his own selections, this passed 

 into the ordinary London market. It contained several species of peculiar 

 interest. The following are the (supposed) new species of the Survey : — 



P.Z.S. Plate I. 



Fugs; No. Fig. 



Gli 1 1. Chrijundonmn fnhulaiiis,'Ba\vA. One broken specimen, EsquimaltHarb., 

 Vancouver Island, Lord. [One perfect shell, Xeenh Bay, «S'mvj«.] 



,, 2 2. Vifidaria aspra, IW. Several living specimens, Esquimalt Ilarb., 

 Vauc. Island, Lard. [Belontrs to a group of srrooved niuricoid Pur- 

 purids, iutemiediate between Rhizochcilxs and Cerostmiia, for which 

 the sul)freniis Orinrhra may be reconstituted. These shells are the 

 rough form of Oriucbra birida, Midd.] 



C7 3 3. Chnnnitzid V(i)ic<tiicerensis,\\<\. =torqt«tta,(^\\A.']. Esquimalt Ilarb., 

 Vane. Island, Lord. From the crop of a pintail Duck. [The 

 artist has failed to represent the peculiar character of the species, 

 which is, that the ribs end above the periphery, so that a smooth 

 belt appears roiuul the spire above the sutures.] 



,, 4 4. Amiiicolu Ilindxii, ]}J. Seven sp.. River Kootauie East; nine sp., 

 Wigwam IJiver, west slope of Kocky Mts., 4(il'(j ft. hi^h, Br. Col., 

 Lord. Resembles Pahidina \_Ffinni)iicoln~\ setiii/inh's, Ilds. 

 ,, 5 5. Bidlina (Tonintitia)e.ii)iii(i. lid. Esquimalt llarb., V. I., i(»>W. Alive 

 in 12 fm. ; dead in Ducks stomach. [Not Btdlhia, Add. Gen.] 



68 6 6. Svrcinea Hiuvkinaii, Jid. Six sp. Lake Osoyoos, Brit. Col., i'wt/. 



7 7. Limnaa Siimnsmf, Bd. Like Z. elodes. Say. Plentiful. Sumass 



Prairie, Eraser R., Brit. Col., Lord. [Extremely like L. pcdn!<fn\<.] 



., 8 8. Phi/sa Lordi,Bd. Plentiful. Lake Osoyoos, British Columbia, Zo/v/. 



[Larger than Ph. Innuerosa, Gld., and with strong columellar told.] 



69 9 9. Anoylm Koofaiiietiv's, Bd. Six sp.. River Kootanie Eastj live sp., 



River Spokane, British Columbia, Lord. 



• It is due to the memory of Dr. Kennerley, as well as to the other naturalists con- 



reeted with the various American surveys, and the officers of the Smiths. Iiist., who so 



generously entrusted to the writer their unique specimens for coniparisoii with the 



London museums, to state, that (with two exceptions) the new marine species of the 



British Survey would have been published long before the appearance of Dr. Baird's 



paper, but for the derangement of the U. S. natural-history publications, consequent on 



the secession movement. Although the Smithsonian Inst, had offered to preseut to 



the Brit. Mus. their first series of duplicate specimens from these expeditious, which 



was exhibited at the Manchester Meeting of the Brit. Assoc, where this Heport wus 



called for, no notice was given to the writer of the valuable results of the British 



survey; and it was only through the private kindness of Drs. Sclater and Bitu-d tiiat 



he was prevented from adding to the list of synonyms, already, alasl so numerous 



aud perplexing. 



f These species are named after places, not after persons, as would be supposed 

 by the terminatiuns. qq 



