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LIFE ANI1 NATURE IN SOUTHERN LABRADOR. 



(Pieris frigida), a C alias labradorensis, Argynnis trtclch 

 ris, and some geometrid moths, while a few owlet moths 

 flew out of the grass at the late twilight, which now 

 lasted until near eleven o'clock at night, when fine print 

 could be read. 



We were told that the average temperature in June 

 here is 48°, that of July 56°. In the warmer days of 

 summer the thermometer rises from 64° to 68°, rarely to 

 70°. July 17th was one of the warmest and most pleas- 

 ant days of the month; the temperature was 60° F. The 

 2ist, however, was much warmer, the thermometer 

 being 72° F. 



July 18th was the day of the eclipse ; the sun was ob- 

 scured in the forenoon ; the light of day was much modi- 

 fied, though not approaching twilight. The steamer 

 which we saw on the day of the storm in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence was without doubt that which bore the Coast 



Survey eclipse party to Cape 

 Chidley, where the eclipse was 

 total. 



After roaming over the island 

 and making pretty full collections 

 of the insects, we paid attention 

 to the marine zoOlogy. Shore 

 collecting is not as remunerative 

 in Labrador as on the Maine and 

 Massachusetts coasts. The most 

 noticeable form is the six-rayed 

 starfish {A steracanthion polaris) , 

 which sometimes measured 

 twenty inches from tip to tip of 

 its opposing' rays ; its color was a dirty yellowish white. 



PELICAN S FOOT SHELL. 



