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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



1821. Fisher, Alexander. A Journal of a Voyage of Discovery to the Arctic 

 Regions in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, in the years 1819 & 

 1820. 8vo, pp. 320 (second edition). London. 



The private journal of Alexander Fisher, assistant surgeon on 

 Parry's First Voyage. Contains many notes on the natural history 

 of the region visited, especially of Winter Harbor, and the interior of 

 Melville Island. 



1821. Parry, William Edward. Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a 

 N. W. passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific ; performed in the years 

 1819-20, in his Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper. 4to, pp. i-xxix; 

 1-310; i-CLxxix (appendices). London. 



Contains many observations relative to the natural history of Mel- 

 ville Island. (See also Supplement to the Appendix, 1824.) 



1823. Franklin, John. Narrative of a Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, 



in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. Zoological Appendix : Mammals and 

 Birds, by Joseph Sabine ; Notice of the Fishes, Botanical Appendix, 

 by John Richardson. 4to, pp. i-xvi, 1-768. London. 



An account of a journey to the Arctic Ocean by way of Athabaska 

 and Great Slave lakes and Coppermine River, eastward along the 

 Arctic coast to Point Turnagain, and overland across the Barren 

 Grounds to Great Slave Lake. Many notes on the natural history of 

 the region appear in the narrative, and in the appendices are scientific 

 accounts of the specimens of the birds and mammals brought back, of 

 the fishes collected and observed, and of the plants obtained. 



1824. Sabine, Edward. A Supplement to the Appendix of Captain Parry's 



[first] Voyage for the Discovery of a North-west passage in the years 

 1819-20. Vertebrata by Edward Sabine. 



A' scientific account of the collections and observations made on 

 Parry's first voyage, mainly relating to Melville Island. 

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

 Second Voyage. > Zoological Appendix, pp. 287-379. (Published prob- 

 ably in 1827.) 



Contains description of Arvicola trimucronata from Point Lake, 

 Mackenzie ; also notes on occurrence and habits of a number of 

 species of mammals and birds at Fort Enterprise, on Coppermine 

 River, and at other points in the Athabaska and Mackenzie region. 

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

 Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific ; performed in the years 1824-25, in His Majesty's Ships 

 Hecla and Fury, under the orders of Captain William Edward Parry. 

 4to, pp. i-xxviii, 1-186; 1-151. (Appendix on Zoology, Ross, pp. 1-151.) 



The zoological appendix refers mainly to the natural history of 

 Port Bowen, w^here the expedition wintered, and other points about 

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

 narrative. 



1828. Franklin, John, and Richardson, John. Narrative of a Second Expe- 

 dition to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 



1827, by John Franklin. Including an account of the progress of a 

 detachment to the eastward, by John Richardson, surgeon and natural- 

 ist to the expedition. 4to, pp. 1-320 ; and Appendix, pp. i-clvii ; with 

 31 Plates and six Maps. London. A Philadelphia edition, 8vo, pp. 318, 



1828, has been examined also, 



