30 BULLETIN OF THE .NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
ARTICLE II. 
Reprint of Article IV. in Bulletin No. III. 
Mammals of New Brunswick. 
BY MONTAGUE CHAMBERLAIN. 
INTRODUCTION. 
So far as has been ascertained, there have been but two 
catalogues of the Mammals of this Province previously pub- 
lished ; one of these appeared in a work by Abraham Gesner, 
Esq., issued in 1847, entitled “New Brunswick; with notes 
for Emigrants, comprehending the early History, etc. ; '' the 
other is placed among the appendices to “ Field and Forest 
Rambles,” a work on New Brunswick, by Dr. A. Leith-Adams, 
published in 1873. Neither of these catalogues being correct 
— when judged by the result of more recent investigations — 
a new one has been called for, and it is to meet this demand 
that the present paper is now published. 
All of the species mentioned have been identified by the 
writer, excepting a few otherwise noted in the text ; but in 
deciding upon the relative abundance he has had to depend, 
to a large degree, upon the opinions of others, and while the 
best available information has been obtained, it is very 
probable a difference of opinion may exist regarding the 
correctness of some of the determinations. A criticism of the 
catalogue is invited from observers throughout the Province, 
with a view to having whatever errors it may contain rectified 
in a future edition. 
Want of space prevents his mentioning the names of all 
the gentlemen who kindly gave the writer the benefit of their 
observations, and to whom he desires to express his thanks ; 
but he is under especial obligation to Mr. James Vroom, St. 
Stephen, and to Mr. John Stewart, Woodstock, for valuable 
notes. 
The classification and nomenclature is that of Jordan's 
“ Manual of the Vertebrates,” excepting a slight difference 
in the Bats, copied from Dobson's “ Catalogue of the 
Chiroptera,” 
