26 NORTH AMEKICAN FAUNA. [No. 22, 



Between 1829 and 1837 appeared Fauna Boreali-Americana, by 

 Swainson, Richardson, and others, the first volume treating of mam- 

 mals, the second of birds, and the others of fishes and insects. The 

 material accumulated on the \-oyag'es of Parry, the first voyage of Ross, 

 and the journej^s of Franklin, together with much additional informa- 

 tion on the natural historj^ of the northern parts of North America, is 

 elaborated in this valuable publication. 



The expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River under Captain 

 Back (1833 to 1835) was productive of much new information regarding 

 the natural history of the interior of British America, owing chiefly to 

 the labors of Richard King, surgeon and naturalist to the expedition. 

 A few notes appear in Back's narrative of the expedition, which also 

 contains a list by Richardson, unfortunately often without annotations, 

 of the specimens collected. King's narrative of the journey is replete 

 with information on the birds and mammals collected and observed, 

 and the localities and dates of many specimens merely listed in Back's 

 narrative are thus put on record. A few observations of the fauna 

 of the lower part of the Great Fish River and of the region between 

 Lake Winnipeg and York Factory, the route followed by King on 

 his return journey, were made within the boundaries of the present 

 Province of Keewatin. 



In 1846 and 1847 John Rae made a journey of exploration from 

 York Factory to the Arctic coast, wintering at Repulse Ba}'. A great 

 many notes on the natural histor}^ of the region appear in his narra- 

 tive, and the 'Appendix ' contains an annotated list, by J. E. Gray, of 

 the mammals secured, and nominal lists, by G. R. Gray, of the birds, 

 fishes, plants, and geological specimens collected. Man}' of the birds, 

 obtained mainly at Repulse Bay, are still in the British jNIuseum. 

 A few small woodland species, recorded in the British Museum Cata- 

 logue of Birds as taken at Repulse Bay, were probably collected far- 

 ther south during the early part of the expedition. 



Thomas Blakiston made some observations in the region between 

 York Factory and Fort Carlton, the results of which appeared in sev- 

 eral papers published from 1857 to 1863. 



A collection of birds and mammals gathered b}- officers of the Hud- 

 son's Bay Company, mainly from the west coast of Hudson Bay, was 

 reported by Andrew Murray in 1859. 



Between 1864 and 1869 C. F. Hall lived among the Eskimos in 

 northern Keewatin, with headquarters at Repulse Bay. whence he 

 made several overland journe3's, during which he visited Igloolik, 

 King William Land, and other points. His principal object was to 

 search for traces of Sir John Franklin. The nari'atives of his expedi- 

 tion contain a great deal of information regarding the game animals 

 of the region 



