OBSERVATIONS 



ON THE 



GEOLOaY, ZOOLOGY, AND BOTANY 



OF 



HUDSON'S STRAIT AND BAY, 



MADE IN 1885. 

 EGBERT BELL, B.A.Sc, M.D., LL.D., F.RS.C. 



My preliminary report, of December, 1885, gave a general account 

 of the field-work of the year, and a narrative of the Second Hudson's 

 Bay Expedition by the steamship "Alert," as far as the geological and 

 biological work are concerned. I purpose, therefore, in the following 

 pages, to confine my remarks to a fuller description of the results in these 

 departments. These were, unfortunately, very limited, owing to the 

 fact that most of our time was spent either at sea or in the ice, or in 

 relieving the stations, which I had already visited on the "Neptune " 

 expedition of the previous year, and had done as much geological work 

 as possible in their neighborhoods. A month in the middle of summer, 

 was also consumed in oui- voyage from the Sti-aits to St. John's, New- 

 foundland, and back again, after the "Alert" had there undergone some 

 necessary repairs. 



Botanical specimens were again collected at all places visited. Col- Botanical^ 

 lections of plants hpd also been made by some of the observers at the 

 stations before the arrival of the " Alei-t." Although the number of 

 speciments obtained is quite largo, yet only five species can be added 

 to the list of 1884. In the appendix to the present report will be found 

 a catalogue, by Prof Macoun, of the plants collected while we were 

 in Newfoundland. I am indebted to Major II. II. Lyman, of 

 Montreal, for having prepared the accompanying list of the Lepidop- Entompiogioai 

 tera, and some other insects collected last year by myself and 

 Messrs. H. M. Burwell and Arthur Laperrik'e. The Coleoptera 



