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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



1890. MacP'arlaxe, R. On an Exi: -edition down tbe I'cLxli-nUi or Anderson 

 River. <Tbe Canadian Record of Science, 1\. itj). 2'^-r>;:{. Jannary. 

 1890. Introduction by George M. Dawson. 



Account of an exploration from Fort Good Hope on tbe :Muckenzie 

 to Lockbart River, and tbence down tbe Lockbart and Anderson rivers 

 nearly to tbe sea, and on tbe upper Anderson. 



1890. MacFaelane, Roderick Ross. Land and Sea Birds nesting witbin tlie 

 Arctic Circle in tbe Lower Mackenzie District. <Tbe Historical and 

 Scientific Society of Manitoba. Transaction 39. Season 1888-9 (1890 ). 



An annotated list of tbe birds observed and taken in tbe Anderson 

 River region, from April, 1862, to June, 1865, inclusive; annotations 

 mainly in reference to nesting babits, nests, and eggs. ( See 1891, Mae- 

 Farlane.) 



1890. Ogilvie, William. Exploratory Survey of part of tbe Lewes, Tat-on-duc, 

 Porcupine, Bell, Trout, Peel, and Mackenzie Rivers. <Ann. Rept. 

 Dept. Interior [Canada] for tbe year 1889. Part Till, pp. 1-114. 



General description of a route followed during tbe seasons of 1887 

 and 1888. Tbe report contains mucb general information regarding 

 tbe country traversed, witb many notes on tbe timber, agricultural and 

 mineral resources, and tbe fauna. 



1890 ? Rae, John. Notes on some of tbe Birds and Mammals of tbe Hudson's 

 Bay Company's Territory, and of tbe Arctic Coast of America. (Com- 

 municated by G. J. Romanes.) <Journ, Linn. Soc. London, Zool., 

 XX, pp. 1.36-145, 1886 to 1890. (Read Feb. 16, 1888.) 



Tbe same, witb a few omissions and minor cbanges, as tbe article 

 publisbed in tbe Canadian Record of Science for 1888, above cited. 



1890. Thompson, W. T. Survey of Townsbip Outlines [in Lesser Slave Lake 



region]. <Aiin. Rept. Dept. Interior [Canada] for tbe year 1889. 

 Part II, No. 12, pp. 60-72. 



Tbis report contains a brief general description of tbis region, to- 

 getber witb a few notes on tbe fauna. 



1891. [Canadian Government.] Report of tbe Select Committee of tbe Sen- 



ate on certain documents relating to tbe resources of tbe Great Mac- 

 kenzie Basin. Pp. 71. Ottawa. 



Tbis supplementary report of tbe select committee comprises infor- 

 mation from several sources received too late for incorporation in tbe 

 main report (1888). MacFarlane contributes lists of tbe mammals 

 and birds of tbe region. 

 1891. MacFarlane, R. Notes on and List of Birds and Eggs collected in 

 Arctic America, 1861-1866. <Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI Y, pp. 413-466. 



A reprint, witb corrections and additions, of tbe paper publisbed 

 in Transactions of tbe Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba. 

 (See 1890. MacFarlane.) 

 1891. McConnell, R. G. Report on an Exploration in tbe Yukon and Macken- 

 zie Basins, N. W. T. <Annual Report Geological Survey of Canada, 

 lY (new series), 1888-89, pp. 1D-163D, witb map. 



A detailed pbysiograpbical, geograpbical, and geological report on 

 tbe Liard and Mackenzie rivers and parts of Slave River and Great 

 Slave Lake. A few notes on natural bistory are given. Tbe dates of 

 arrival of a number of species of birds at Forts Simpson and Provi- 

 dence in tbe spring of 1888 are noted. 

 1891. Petitot, Emile. Autour du Grand Lac des Esclaves. Ouvrage^accom- 

 pagne de gravures et d'une carte par I'auteur. Pp. 364. Paris. 

 (Deuxieme edition, 1891.) 



