ORNITHOLOGY IN 1851. 
These are useful to compare with other similar lists in the works of 
Strzelecki and Eyre ; also with those of Gould. 171 species in all 
are noted ; of these, 60 are peculiar to or confined to one or other 
of the localities. The chief numbers of restricted species belong to 
the second column, which has forty ; the 1st, fifteen, and 3d only five. 
Arctic Searching Expedition . A Journal of a Boat Voyage , Ac. 
in Search of Sir John Franklin , by Sir John Richardson, C.B., 
F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo. 1851, Longman. — The expedition under the 
charge of Sir John Richardson, well known not only as an accom- 
plished zoologist, but as one of a former expedition, who by his 
prudence and energy, brought to a successful termination one of the 
most arduous journeys ever undertaken by man, wintered in high 
latitudes, and had opportunities at both spring and fall, of witness- 
ing the migrations of birds that take place there so regularly ; and 
from their mode of life, necessarily abroad at all hours, of seeing 
many species in their own haunts, which we know at home only 
by description, or at most by a skin, and we consequently find many 
interesting notices of habits, range and geographical distribution, 
interspersed throughout the work. 
In the district between Lakes Superior and Winipeg, when the 
Aspens were just putting on the early leaves, they met constantly, 
since the 1st of June, with the Fringilla leucophrys. The “ song 
has been heard day and night, and so loudly, in the stillness of the 
latter, as to deprive us at first of rest. It is a curious illustration 
of the indifference of the native population to almost any animal 
that does not yield food or fur, or otherwise contribute to their 
comfort or discomfort, that none of the Iroquois or Chippeways of 
our company knew the bird by sight. We were however enabled, 
after a little trouble, to identify the songster, his song, and breeding 
place.” 
At Halfmoon Lake, Haliaetus was abundant, as it was through- 
out the watery districts of Rupert’s Land. A nest may be looked 
for within every twenty or thirty miles. Each pair of birds seems 
to appropriate a certain range of country, on which they suffer no 
intruders of their own species to approach ; but the nest of the 
Osprey is often placed at no great distance from that of the Eagle, 
which has no disinclination to avail itself of the greater activity of 
the smaller bird. The Pelican (Pelicanus trachyrhynchus) ranges 
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