442 THE ZOOLOGY OF THE LABKAIJOR COAST. 



Procellaria tenuirostrts Aud. Slender-billed Fulmar^ 

 Port Burwell, 28tb- September. 



Mammals., 



Vesper tilio subulatus Say. Little Brown Bat. Natash- 

 quan. (Stearns.) 



Lepus aTnericanus Erxl. (Stearns.) 



Erethizon dorsatum (Linn.). Near Hopedale. 



Fiber zibethicus Cuv. Henley Harbor. 



Castor canadensis Kuhl. Rapidly becoming extinct 

 on the coast. 



Sciuropterus voiu ce//a (^PaWas). Specimens found at 

 St. Augustine. (Stearns.) 



Sciurus hndsoniiLS Pallas. "Common in the vvoods^ 

 along the southern coast. (Stearns.) 



Arctomys monax (Linn.). " Common at Mingan, 

 growing scarce towards Bonne Esperance." (Stearns.) 



Zapus hudsonicus (Zimmermann). Not rare on the 

 dry tops of many of the islands along the southern coast. 

 (Stearns.) 



Hesperoniys leucopiis (Rafinesque). Not rare.^ 

 (Stearns.) 



Arvicola sp. (Stearns). 



Balcenopiera. The Fin-back is frequently seen upon 

 the coast. 



Balcena mysticetus Linn. The Hump-backeJ Whale 

 is commonly seen. This species shows its tail and the 

 pale underside of the body when it "breaches"; the 

 Fin-back does not show its tail. 



Physeter macrocepkalus Linn. For many years the 

 fishermen on the coast have noticed a school of nine 



