30 NOKTH AMERICAN FAUNA. [No- 22, 



1824. Parry, W. E. Journal of a Second Voyage for the discovery of a North West 

 passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific in his Majesty's Ships Fury and 

 Hecla. 1821-2.3. 4to. London. 



Contains a few notes on the natural history of JMelville Peninsula. (See 

 also Appendix, 1825. ) 



1824. Sabine, Edward. A supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's [first] 



\'i5yage for the Discovery of a North-west passage, in the years 1819-20. 

 >Vertebrata, by Edward Sabine. 

 Collections and observations made mainly about Melville Island. 



1825. Lyon, G. F. A Brief Narrative of an unsuccessful attempt to reach Repulse 



Bay through Sir Thomas Koe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper, 

 in the year MDCCCXXIV. 8vo, pp. 198. London. 



Contains a few notes on the natural history of Southampton Island and of 

 the mainland in the vicinity of Cape Fullerton. 

 1825 (1827). Richardson, John. Appendix to Captain Parry's Journal of a Second 

 Voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific. 4to, pp. 1-432. London. >Zoological Appendix. Account of the 

 Quadrupeds and Birds, Vjv John Richardson. 



Refers mainly to natural history of Melville Peninsula, particularly Winter 

 Island and Igloolik. 



1826. Parry, William Edward, and Ross, James Clark. Journal of a Third Voy- 



age for the discovery of a North-west passage from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific, performed in the years 1824-25, by William Edward Parry. 1 vol., 

 4to, pp. i-xxviii, 1-186, 1-151. London. Appendix, Zoology. By Lieut. 

 James Clark Ross. 



The zoological appendix refers mainly to the natural history of Port 

 Bowen, where the expedition wintered, and other points about Prince 

 Regent Inlet. A few notes on natural history occur in the narrative. 



1828. Richardson, John. Short Characters of a few quadrupeds procured on Cap- 



tain Franklin's late expedition. <Zool. Journ. Ill, No. 12, pp. 516-520, 

 Jan. to Apr., 1828. 



Original description of Sorex palustris, "Hab. Marshy places, from Hud- 

 son's Bay to the Rocky Mts." Cricetus talpoides described from Hudson 

 Bay (specimen probably from Manitoba or Saskatchewan). 



1829. Douglas, David. Observations on some Species of the Genera Tetrao and 



Ortyx, natives of North America; with Descriptions of Four new Species of 

 of the former and Two of the latter Genus. <Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 

 XVI, pp. 133-149. 



Mentions abundance of Pedioecetes phasianellus about Oxford Lake, and of 

 Canachites canadensis on the streams which flow into Hudson Bay. 

 1829. Richardson, John. Fauna Boreali-Americana, Part First. Quadrupeds. 4to, 

 pp. i-xlii, 1-300. London. 



Contains much original matter on the mammals of the Hudson Bay 

 region. 

 1831. SwAiNSON, William, and Richardson, John. Fauna Boreali-Americana. Part 

 Second. The Birds. 4to, pp. i-lxvi, 1-524. London. 



Contains much original matter on the birds of the Hudson Bay region. 

 1836. Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in search of a North-west Pas- 

 sage, and of a residence in the xVrctic Regions during the years 1829, 1830, 

 1831, 1832, 1833. 1 vol., 4to, pp. i-xxxiv, 1-740. London. 



Contains many notes on the zoology of the country to the northward of 

 Hudson Bay, particularly about Felix Harbor, Boothia. 



