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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 27. 



This narrative of the voyage of the Investigator is replete with 

 notes on the natural history of Prince of Wales Strait, Prince Albert 

 Land, Banks Land, Bay of Mercy and other points in the region, 

 1857. [Billings, E.] Gleanings in the Natural History of the Hudson's Bay 

 Company's Territories. <Canad. Nat. and Geol., II, pp. 170-18S, July, 

 1857. 



Notes on various mammals and birds, extracted from M'Clure's 

 Discovery of the North- West Passage (edited by Osborn), and Rich- 

 ardson's Journal of a Boat Voyage. 

 1857. M'DouGALL, George F. The Eventful Voyage of H. M. Discovery Ship 

 Resolute to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin and 

 the missing crevi^s of H. M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, 1852, 

 1853, 1854. To which is added an account of her being fallen in with 

 by an American whaler after her abandonment in Barrow Straits, and 

 of her presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the 

 United States. 8vo, pp. 530. London. 



This narrative, by the Master of the Resolute, contains a great 

 many notes on the fauna of Melville and Prince Patrick islands. 

 1860. M'Clintock, F. L. The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas. A Nar- 

 rative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his 

 companions. With maps and illustrations. 8vo, i3p. 375. Boston. 



After spending nearly a year in the ice-pack in Baffin Bay, the Fox 

 passed through Lancaster Sound in the summer of 1858, entered Bar- 

 row Strait, visited Beechey Island, and sailed south into Prince Re- 

 gent Inlet. A year was spent in Bellot Strait and sled^jing parties 

 examined the coasts of Prince of Wales Island, Boothia Felix, King 

 William Island, etc., and first settled definitely the fate of Franklin 

 and his companions. The notes on natural history refer mainly to 

 Bellot Strait. 



1860. Walker, D. Notes on the Zoology of the last Arctic Expedition under 



Captain Sir F. L. M'Clintock, R. N. <Proc. Roy. Soc. Dublin, III, 

 pp. 61-67. 



Notes taken during the voyage of the Fox. Refers mainly to re- 

 gion about Bellot Strait. 



1861. Cassin, John. [Communication in reference to a new species of Goose 



from Arctic America.] <Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. [XIII], pp. 72, 

 73, March, 1861. 



Anser rossii, new species, described from specimens sent to the 

 Smithsonian Institution from Great Slave Lake by Robert Kenni- 

 cott; Anser hyperhoreus, Anser albatus, and Anser ccerulescens briefly 

 characterized. 



1861. CouES, Elliott. A Monograph of the Genus Aegiothus, with descriptions 

 of new species. <Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. [XIII], pp. 373-390, 

 November, 1861. 



A. exilipes described from specimens collected by B. R. Ross at Fort 

 Simpson; and A. fuscescens {—A. linaria) recorded from Forts Simp- 

 son and Resolution. 

 1861. Richardson, John. The Polar Regions. 8vo, pp. 400. Edinburgh. 



A general account of the physical geography, progress of discovery, 

 currents, ice, winds, temperature, geology, fauna, flora, etc., of the 

 Polar Regions. Chapter XVII on Zoology, pp. 274-284, gives a short 

 account of the distribution and general characteristics of some of 

 the more common mammals, birds, and fishes. 



