52 On the Minerals of^ Canada. 



greyish-white bands, streaked with dusky, and four dull greyish- 

 l)rown bands similarly streaked ; cheeks, sides, and fore part of 

 the neck, with a portion of the breast, dull greyish-white, streaked 

 with dusky, the rest of the lower parts dull yellowish-white. At 

 the second moult the colours approximate tothoseof the old bird^. 

 but the central band on the head is dull yellowish-brown, the 

 lateral bands brownish-red ; while the lower parts are of much 

 duller tints. 

 Male, 11, 10^. 



Breeds from Newfoundland and Labrador northward. Abun- 

 dant. Migratory. Passes southward in autumn beyond the Texas. 

 White-crowned Bunting,. Emberiza leueophrys^ Wils. Amer. Orn, v. 



iv. p. 49. 

 Fringilla leucophrj-s, Bonap. Syn. p. 4*^9. 

 Fringilla (Zonotrichia) leucophrys, White-crowned Finch, SwAiN3» 



& Rich. P. Bor, Amer. v. ii. p. 255. 

 White-crowned Bunting or Finch,. Nutt, Man. v. i. p, 4T9. 

 White-crowned Sparrow, Fringilla leucophrys^ Aud. Orn. Biog. r. 

 ii. p. 88 ; v. v. p. 515. 



The above descriptions are from Audubon's Synopsis. 



ARTICLE VIIL — On the Minerals of Canada. A Lecture by 

 Professor Hind, Trinity College, Toronto,^ 



MINERALS OF CANADA. 



PROFESSOR HIND S SECOND LECTURE, 



The vast areas occupied by the rocks yielding Gypsum with 

 brine springs in Western Canada have for many years been regard- 

 ed as sources of great national wealth. Gypsum, or Sulphate of 

 Lime, is used in the Arts for numerous purposes. Our gypsife- 

 rous and brine-yielding rocks extend from the Niagara to the 

 Saugeen, and have a breadth varying from five to fifteen, and even 

 twenty miles. Gypsum has been quarried in the Townships of 

 Dumfries, Brantford, Oneida, Cayuga and others in the valley of 

 the Grand River. It will, probably, be found in great abundance 



♦^Extracted from the Toronto Daily Colonist of 21st February, ISST. 



