348 LIEUT.-COL. II. W. FEILDEN ON THE ZOOLOGY OF 
Phocid^e. 
Captain Markham did not arrive at a definite conclusion as to 
how many species of Seals inhabit the waters of Hudson’s Straits. 
Phoca (jrcenlandica and Phoca foetida Avere recognised. Seals were 
not seen in any great numbers, and generally only single specimens 
at a time. 
Obs. 
hlr. Tyrrell obtained at Ashe Inlet the skin of an animal which 
from his description must have been the Ermine. It Avas killed in 
the neighbourhood by an Eskimo. 
Aves. 
Turdus migratorius. American Ptobin. 
Found breeding in the vicinity of York Factory by Captain 
Markham. 
Anthus ludoaucianus. American Titlark. 
A single example of this species Avas shot and secured Ity 
Captain Markham at the Pigges Islands on the 2Gth of July, 1886. 
This specimen is noAv in tlie collection of Messrs. Eeilden and 
Harvie-BroAvn. 
PiNicoLA ENUCLEATOR. Pine Gi’osbeak. 
A beautiful specimen obtained near York Factory. (In Mus. F. 
and II. -B.) 
Pleotropiianes nivalis. SnoAv Bunting. 
Hoted as very common on Pigges Islands, Avherc they Avere 
breeding. 
Pica rustica (hudsonica). Hudson Bay Magpie. 
A specimen procured at York Factoiy. (In Mus. F. and H.-B.) 
CoRvus CORAX. Eaven. 
These birds Avere seen by Mr. Tyrrell, near the Observatory at 
Ashe Inlet, during 1886, but not by Captain hlarkhain. 
PicoiDES ARCTicus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
A single specimen obtained near York Factory by Captain 
IMarkham, in August, 1886. (In Mils. F. and H.-B.) 
CoLAPTES AURATus. Ooldeii-Avingcd Woodpecker. 
Captain Markham obtained tliis species near York Factory, 
Avhore he found it breeding, and secured the bird Avith its eggs. 
(In Mus. F. and H.-B.) 
