ON THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. 71 



about 5,000 specimens : Minerals, 230 ; rocks, a small collection ; fossils, 

 65 ; zoological collection miscellaneous, and divided as follows : — 



Birds 398 specimens 



Keptiles J,^ " 



Fishes -''y i> 



Mollusca 102 „ 



Molluscoidea •^> i. 



Insects ......■•• '''7 ,> 



Annuloida 1!^ » 



Coelenterata 11 ,. 



Protozoa 1 » 



In all . . . 1,422 



The botanical collections, comprising dried plants and seeds for agricul- 

 tural purposes, European plants, ifcc, contain 1,698 specimens and 

 samples, besides a fair collection of Canadian woods. 



Museum and college under the supervision of the Department of 

 Education for Ontario, Dr. S. P. May, Toronto, organiser of the museum, 

 and J. Hoyes Panton, officer in charge, Guelph Agricultural College, 

 Guelph, Ontario. 



Entomological Society of Ontario, London, Ontario. — Contains the 

 leading collection of entomological specimens in Ontario. The Society 

 has also a botanical and a geological section. Curators of the Museum : 

 J. Moffiitt, Esq., Professor Dearness, and S. Woolverton, London, Ontario. 



Museum of the Literary and Historical Society of Manitoba, Wi7mipeg, 

 Manitoba. — Contains several thousand specimens. The natural history 

 collection comprises the birds, mammals, and insect fauna of the province 

 and the North- West Territories of Canada. Very fair collection of 

 minerals, rocks, and fossils from various geological formations in Mani- 

 toba and the other provinces. Housed in special apartments in the City 

 Hall of Winnipeg. Curator : Charles N. Bell, Esq., City Hall, Winnipeg, 

 Manitoba, Canada. 



Provincial Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba. — Contains several hundred 

 specimens of fossils from the Trenton limestone of Manitoba, and from 

 the Cretaceous shales of the North-West Territories. Located in the 

 Parliament Buildings, Winnipeg, and supported by a grant from the 

 Provincial Legislature. 



Rocky Mountain Parh Museum, Alberta, Cfflwoc?a.— Supported by the 

 Dominion Government. The majority of the specimens exhibited were 

 sent from the Geological Survey Department and Museum at Ottawa. 

 Contains interesting collections of the birds, plants, woods, &c., of local 

 interest to tourists and travellers. Illustrates the fauna and flora of the 

 Rocky Mountain region of Canada. Superintendent : H. Douglas, Esq., 

 Banff', Alberta, North- West Territories. 



Provincial Museitm, Victoria, Britislo Columbia. — This is one of the 

 best kept and most interesting collections in Canada. Upward of 11,000 

 specimens arranged and classified for reference. Good collections of 

 rocks, minerals, and fossils of British Columbia and other parts of Canada. 

 The Newton H. Chittenden collections in ethnology of special value and 

 interest. Zoological collections fairly complete. 



Types : Two type specimens of birds : (1) Melospiza Lincolnii, 

 Brewster; (2) Zaprora salivus, Jordan, from near Nanaimo, Gulf of 

 Georgia, British Columbia. Curator : John Pannin, Esq., P.O. Box 471, 

 Victoria, British Columbia. 



