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PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
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PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
NATURAL HISTORY
FOR THE YEAR 1916
THE GOVERNMENT OF
THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMRIA.
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To His Honour Frank Stillman Barnard,
Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia.
May it please Your Honour:
The undersigned respectfully submits the Annual Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History for the year 191(5.
J. D. MacLEAN,
Prov inci al Beer eta ry .
Provincial Secretary's Office , Victoria ,
March, 1917.
Provincial Museum of Natural History
Victoria, B.C., March 24th, 1917.
The Honourable J. D. MacLean, M.D.,
Provincial Secretary, Victoria, B.C.
Sir,— I have the honour, as Director of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, to lav before you the Report for the year ending December 31st, 19 1G, covering the 'activities of the Museum.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
FRANCIS KERMODE,
Director.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
l’AGB.
Introduction ■ 9
Anthropology : 10
Bare Island Bird Sanctuary 12
Field-work in Okanagan and Skuswap Districts 12
Fishes new to British Columbia 18
Occurrence of Bcnthodcsmus atlanticus on the Coast of British Columbia 19
Further Notes on Erilepis 20
Entomology 22
Botanical Specimens collected in the Lillooet District 20
Plants collected in Henderson Lake District .30
Plants collected in Cranbrook District 31
Plants collected in Okanagan District 30
Plant Specimens collected in Chilcotin District 38
Paleontology 42
Accessions to Museum Library 43
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EiS- 1. Stone plle-ilrlver (Cut. No. 281111. Klg. 2. Carved atone baton.
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 1916.
In reviewing the activities of the Provincial Museum for the year ending December 31st, 1916, it is to he noted that considerable progress has been made, and that a number of rare specimens have been added to the collection, with valuable data.
At the beginning of the year the Director was informed that all departments of the Civil Service would be expected to exercise the strictest economy and still keep up efficiency. With that end in view the work in the Provincial Museum has been carried on throughout the year. Only two parties were sent afield for any length of time during the summer months.
Mr. J. A. Munro was engaged from the middle of April to the end of October to carry on the biological investigations commenced last year in the Northern Okanagan and Sliuswap Districts.
Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, was stationed in the Lillooet District from the beginning of May to the end of July, headquarters being established at the Provincial Government Hatchery, at Seton Lake, by kind permission of Mr. J. P. Babcock, Assistant to the Commissioner of Fisheries. Mr. Anderson made trips to Blackwater Lake, and also ascended Mount McLean, where some good material was secured, of which no detailed reports have been received.
The Director, accompanied by Dr. C. F. Newcombe, also visited this district, and secured some very interesting specimens for the Herbarium, also for the anthropological sections.
The matter of obtaining Bare Island for a permanent bird sanctury has not made any further advancement. However, the Director made special arrangements again with the Indian Depart- ment for this Department to place a guard on the island during the nesting season to look after the preservation of bird-life. This arrangement lias done away with the proposed matter of arbitration for the present, and is very satisfactory, as it does not prevent the Indians from camping there while gathering “ eamas,” which is used extensively by them for food.
It will be noticed by the following lists that the field collectors have collected a vast amount of material other than their special line of birds and mammals, more particularly in collecting the plants of the district where they were located, which means a great deal of labour and time in addition to their other duties. Nearly all the botanical specimens have been identified by Mr. J. M. Macoun, of Ottawa, who has always shown a great interest in the Herbarium of the Provincial Museum.
Mr. W. It. Carter, of Alberni, has also taken a keen interest in the botanical branch, and has secured some very rare and interesting specimens for this Department.
The Director is also pleased to report that to the collection of fishes has been added several species new to British Columbia, namely: Sunfish (Mol a viola), giant black bass ( Erilepi .<*• sonifer), also a species of frostfish (Benthodesmus atlanticus) , of which there is only one other known specimen.
The entomological collection has been greatly enriched by several new species, and others that are new to the Province.
Several good additions have been made to tne anthropological collection. Three stone hammers were presented to the Director for the Museum while on a trip to Seton Lake, and although the Indian reservations were visited by the Director and Dr. C. F. Newcombe. little or no information could be secured concerning them, the present generation not appearing to know for what use they had been intended.
Information was received later from Lieutenant F. C. Swannell, B.C.L.S., of this city, who has one of these hammers in his possession, who states that he had received the information from the chief of the Lillooet Indians, which confirms our theory that these implements were used as pile-drivers. One of these specimens is figured in this report.
One of the most interesting specimens that has been added to the collection of fossils is the molar tooth of an extinct Sirenian species ( Desmontyhin licxperux). which is a close relation to the recently extinct mammal, the arctic sea-cow of tin' North Pacific, that was practically exterminated about the year 1780.
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The Provincial Museum wishes to extend grateful thanks to the following gentlemen who have greatly assisted with identifications in their respective branches of biology : —
Identification of Birds and Mammals. — The Biological Survey, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. ; Mr. Ilenshaw, Chief of the Biological Survey ; also Mr. H. C. Oberholser and others.
Identification of Entomological Specimens. — The Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D.C. (L. O. Howard, Chief) : Mr. F. H. Wolley Dod, of Calgary; Doctors Barnes aud McDunnough, of Deeator, 111. ; Mr. L. W. Swett, Boston, Mass. ; and Mr. E. H. Blackmore, Victoria.
The thanks of the Department are also -due to Professor John Macoun, Naturalist of the Geological Survey, Ottawa, who is now a resident of Sidney, B.C. ; Mr. J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Curator of the Herbarium. Ottawa ; C. F. Newc-ombe, M.D., Victoria, B.C. ; Mr. Lawrence M. Larnfce, Palaeontologist, Ottawa : Dr. Merriam ; Dr. Kalph Arnold, well-known geologist of Berkeley, California; and Mr. B. L. Clark, of the University of California. Also to the following for notes on bird migrations and for specimens presented to the Museum ; J. E. Kelso, M.D. ; W. B. Johnson and others at Edgewood, Lower Arrow Lakes; W. B. Carter, Deputy Game Warden, Alberni; W. A. Newc-ombe, Victoria.
ANTHROPOLOGY.
Accessions, 1916.
Tsimsliian.
The following were purchased from Chief Aksidar, Kinc-olith : —
Stone mortar (2882). A large specimen; formerly used for pounding the native tobacco.
Shaman's head-dress of grizzly-bear claws (2883).
Cellular lava (2884-2885). Used at dances.
Cannibal dancer’s head-rings (3) of cedar bark (2886-2887-2888).
Cannibal dancer’s neck-ring (2889).
Basket, spruce-root (2S98). From Kispiox, Skeena River. Presented by Lieutenant G. T. Emmons, U.S.A.
Mirror, stone (2899). From Hoquelget. Bulkley River, a village site belonging to the Tsimsliian Hazelton band, but occupied by the Hoquelgets, an Athabascan band (2900).
Mask, copper, representing a human face. Used in winter dances. From Kispiox, Skeena River. From Lieutenant G. T. Emmons, U.S.A., in exchange.
Salisltan of the Coast.
l’ictograph (2874). Cast of an Indian carving on the surface of an outcrop of sandstone near Chase River, Nanaimo. B.C. From a mould made by . Harlan I. Smith for the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, 1S98. and illustrated in his “ Arclueology of the Gulf of Georgia,-’ Vol. IV., Mem. Amer. Mus. of Nat. Hist. In exchange from Geological Survey of Canada.
Arrow-head of chipped stone (2897). From dry bed of ancient lake, Gonzales Farm, Victoria, B.C. Presented by W. P>. Anderson.
Mat of coloured wool (2903). Shows designs used in the old ceremonial blankets. Purchased from Mrs. W. Charles.
Sa l isli a n In terior—IAllooet.
Nephrite boulder (2890). Slices have been sawed off it of which to make stone chisels, etc. From Seton Lake. Presented by L. Keary.
Hammer, stone (2893). Seton Lake. Presented by L. Keary.
Hammer, stone (2894). Seton Lake. Presented by J. P. Babcock.
Pile-driver, stone, two-handed (28911. Seton Lake; probably used for driving piles when setting up fish-weirs. Presented by L. Keary.
Pile-drivers (2), stone, two-handed (2895-2896). North shore, Seton Lake. Presented by W. R. Bellamy.
Hammer, stone (2892). Purchased at Indian village, Lillooet.
PLATE II
Fig. 1. Slone chopper (Cut. Xo. 1N01).
Fig. 2. Stone Implement (Cat. Xo. 1703). Fig. 3. Stone hand-hammer l Cat. Xo. 173(5).
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Tlingit.
Chilkat blanket (2901). Purchased from Hon. Mr. Justice Martin.
Haitian.
Hat, spruce-root, with painted crest (2902). Purchased from Mrs. Wm. Charles.
Athabascan.
Tobacco-bag, with ornamental bead-work (2S77). From Hudson Hope, north of Peace River. Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons.
Bag ornamented with beads (2879). Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons.
Knife with wooden handle (2880). Used for barking trees. Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons.
Moccasins, rawhide (2881). Presented by Chief Constable Thos. Parsons.
Illustrations, Archaeology of British Columbia.
Plate I., Fig. 1. Stone pile-driver (2891). Size, 22 x 4% x 4% inches. Weight, 23% lb. Three specimens of this type were obtained at Seton Lake in 1916, and with the exception of a few specimens in the collection of W. H. Keary, Esq., of New Westminster, none others have been observed. So far as known, no such implements have been either described or illustrated and no reference is made to them in the report on the Lillooet Indians by the well-known writer, Mr. J. A. Teit, of Spences Bridge.
Plate I., Fig. 2. Carved stone baton. Size, 13)4 x 2 inches. Collected at Hoquelget, Bulkley River, in 1897, and presented to C. F. Newcombe by A. T. Vowell, Esq., Indian Superintendent for British Columbia. The specimen was found with many others some feet below the surface of the ground when digging over the foundation of an old house by Chief Johnny Muldoe.
Several of the batons were of hard stone and not carved, and these were suitable for use as weapons. Others, like that figured, were of sandstone, deeply carved and perforated, anci were too brittle, both as to material and make, to be serviceable as weapons.
The tradition obtained from Indians says that these were last used by the Gitanmax or Hazelton band of Tsimshians nearly a hundred years ago when fighting with the Kitsegukla band in alliance with the Kit-ksuns of the Upper Skeena.
The Gitanmax were nearly wiped out, but their weapons and insignia were collected after the battle by an old woman who cached them where they were found by the Babine chief mentioned.
Several similar batons are in the Victoria Memorial Museum, Ottawa, from Metlakatla. This type of batons has not hitherto been described or illustrated so far as known.
Plate II., Fig. 1. Stone implement (1801/557). Size, 6% x 5% inches. Of mica-schist. This specimen is shaped somewhat like the bone-bark choppers of certain Coast tribes or some of the fish-knives, having a straight upper edge and a curved lower one. It is, however, much thicker than either of these and the edge is blunt. Three similar specimens were collected in an old kitchen-midden on Digby Island, near Prince Rupert, together with a great number of bone and stone objects, and another has been in the Provincial Museum since 1SS9. This was collected at Port Simpson by Mr. W. B. Anderson and is numbered 753. No information as to history and use could be obtained from the Tsimshian people.
Plate II.. Fig. 2. Stone implement (1793/232). Size, 3% x 1% inches. Of porous sandstone, with numerous deep grooves. This is one of a few similar specimens found in the kitchen-midden at Digby Island, already referred to. No information as to use obtained from Indians. It is suggested that it might have served as a scraper for the gut used for bow-strings and other purposes.
Plate II., Fig. 3. Stone hand-hammer (1736/561). Size, 7 x 4 x 1% inches. Weight, 4% lb. Of tough igneous rock, rounded oblong, narrow at the ends, each of which has two shallow grooves. There are two flattened striking surfaces parallel to each other.
In the Museum, collected from the kitchen-midden at Digby Island, there is a series of sixteen stones of similar size and shape, ranging from the natural smooth, water-worn pebble to the fully manufactured object. The series shows intermediate stages of manufacture beginning with shallow grooves made by battering the natural pebble with another hard stone.
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Some of the set are very symmetrical and pointed at each end. Others are squared oft' narrowed ends and one circular shallow pit on each flattened side, in this respect resembling hammer stones found in shell mounds near Victoria.
The range of this implement is not confined to the Tsimshiau country, as two similar specimens were collected by Dr. Neweombe at Masset, Q.C.I., where they had been found by Indians when digging up old house-sites.
BARE ISLAND BIRD SANCTUARY.
The Director arranged with Duncan C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, to again give the Provincial Museum authority to place a guard on Bare Island during the nesting season of 3910. (This island is known as Indian Reserve No. 9, Saanich Tribe, and is situated in Haro Strait about twenty miles north-east of Victoria.)
Mr. W. B. Anderson was again appointed warden, he being an ardent lover of nature, and much interested in the preservation of “ wild life.” I do not think the Government could have engaged a more competent person to take charge of the sanctuary. Mr. Anderson remained on the island from the middle of June until the end of July continuously. The Director made several trips to Bare Island during the nesting period, and it was very gratifying to note the benefit that had resulted in protecting this island for the last two seasons; the breeding glaucous-winged gulls ( Lotus glaucesceus) have about doubled in number. The pigeon guille- mots ( Cepplius columba ) have increased, but not so great in numbers as the gulls-: “and it is to be hoped that as the rabbits get killed off that had been turned out on the island several years ago,” that the guillemots will again be able to return, and take up their old nesting-places under the broken rocks and in the deep crevices. The violet-green cormorants ( Phalacrocorax p. robust us) have increased in considerable numbers, as is to be noted by a visit to the high cliffs on the western side of the island, where these birds build their nests. The tufted puffins ( Lunda cirrhata ) do not seem to be returning, as only about four pairs were observed, they having also been driven out of their deep burrows by rabbits.
The guard was pleased to report that the Indians did not go to the island this last season to gather carnas, also that the birds had not been disturbed during the incubation period, and that no other persons had been allowed to land on the island, other than those who had been given a special permit from the Director.
Many thanks are due to W. E. Ditehburn, Inspector of Indian Affairs for British Columbia, who gave Mr. Anderson a letter giving him protection, and a warning to any person or persons interfering with him in the discharging of his duties.
REPORT ON FIELD-WORK IN OKANAGAN AND SHUSWAP DISTRICTS, 191G.
By J. A. Munro.
Biological investigations in the Okanagan and Shuswap Districts were continued during the season of 1916, from April 20tli to October 33 st. Several months were spent in the vicinity of Okanagan Landing, enlarging the collections and adding to the field-notes commenced last season. A resume of the topographical and forest conditions of this district was published in the field report for 3915. Collecting trips were made to the following points: —
Nahun Plateau.
Three camps were made on the Nahun Plateau. This plateau is on the west side of Okanagan Lake, twenty miles south of Okanagan Landing. The highest point is at the eastern end, where the altitude is 3,200 feet. Field operations were confined to this portion, where the fauna and flora is typically Canadian. A considerable quantity of zonal notes and data relating to the distribution and breeding habits of some of the rarer species of birds were obtained.
The principal trees are Murray pine ( Pi nits murrayana) and western larch* ( Lari.v Occident alls ) , with small stands of western red cedar (Thuja plica t a) and clumps of Engelmann's spruce ( Ticca engelmanni) in the bottoms.
The valley slopes gradually south-west to Bear Creek. As the altitude decreases zonal characters become less sharply defined. The Murray pine and western larch give way to yellow pine, which gradually becomes the prevailing tree. With the appearance of yellow pine there is a corresponding infusion of transitional faunal forms.
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Swan Lake.
Several trips were made to Swan Lake. This is a shallow alkaline lake, about four miles long and half a mile wide, lying immediately north of the North Arm of Okanagan Lake. Tbe shores are muddy and grown up with tides, rushes, and sedges. The rich bottom land is under cultivation as close to the water as possible, but sufficient cover to make the shores an attractive breeding-ground for birds is afforded by dense patches of second growth, chiefly aspen (Pop ulus tremuloides) , mountain-birch (B etui a fontinalis), willow ( Salix sp.), and alder ( Alnus sp.). The following species of birds were breeding : —
Holboell’s Grebe (Columbus holbadli) .
Horned Grebe (Colymbus auritns).
Loon (Gavia immer).
Black Tern (llydrochelidon nigra surinamensis) .
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) .
Redhead (Manila americana) .
Ruddy Duck (Erismatura jamaicensis) .
Bittern (Botaurus leniiginosus) .
Coot (Fulica americana) .
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularia).
Killdeer ( Owyechus vociferus).
Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius) .
Osprey (Pandion lialiaetus carolinensis) :
Short-eared Owl (Asio fiammeus) .
Western Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon caurina).
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis).
Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus).
Western Wood Pewee (Myiochanes nchardsoni richardsoni) .
Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax trailli alnorum).
Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia).
Western Crow (Corvus brachyrliynchos lies per is).
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthoceplialus xanthocephalns) .
Northwestern Redwing (Agelaius pliceniceus caurinus).
Western Meadowlark (St amelia neglecta).
Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullocki).
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphaga cyanoceplialus) .
Pale Goldfinch (Astragalinus tristis pallidas).
Western Vesper Sparrow (Pooccctes gramineus con finis).
Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passcrina arizonce).
Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospiza mclodia rufina).
Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus) .
Lazuli Bunting (Passerine ameena).
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum).
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacea).
California Yellow Warbler (Dendroica cestiva brewsteri).
Pacific Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas arizela).
Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) .
Western Marsh Wren (Telmatodytes palustris plesius).
Chickadee (Pcntliestcs atrieapillus atricapillus) .
Willow thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens sali-cicola) .
Western Robin (Planesticus migrator ins propinquus).
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) .
Shuswap District.
Tbe Shuswap District was visited in the early part of June and again in the latter part of October. Board was obtained at a ranch near Shuswap Falls. This proved much more satisfactory than establishing a camp, as more time could be given to the collecting and preparing of specimens.
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Although only slightly higher than the Okanagan, biological conditions are quite different. On the mountain-slopes the fauna and flora are distinctively Canadian. The principal trees are western white pine (Finns monticola ), Murray pine ( Finns murrayana), western larch ( Larix occidcntalis) , Engelmann's spruce ( Ficea engelmanni), and western hemlock (Tsuga lieteropliylla) .
Conditions in the wide bottoms show a surprising resemblance to the humid Coast belt. Western red cedar ( Thuja plicata) is the prevailing tree, varied by clumps of giant black cottonwood (Populus trichoccirpa) . The black-headed grosbeak (Zamclodia mdlanocephala) , a characteristic Coast bird, is a regular summer resident.
Bird-life in these coniferous forests is not plentiful either in number of species or individuals. The following species could be called common and were undoubtedly all breeding : —
Spotted Sandpiper ( Actitis macularia).
Western Redtail ( Buteo borealis calurus).
Dusky Horned Owl ( Bubo virginianus saturatus).
Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium gnoma gnoma).
Rocky Mountain Hairy Woodpecker (Drgobates villosus monticola) .
Red-naped Sapsuc-ker ( Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis).
Northern Pileated Woodpecker ( Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola) .
Alaska Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoidcs americanus fasciatus) .
Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus virginianus) .
Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyr annus).
Western Wood Pewee ( Myiockanes richardsoni richardsoni) .
Wright’s Flycatcher ( Empidonax wrighti).
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nuttallornis borealis).
Magpie ( Pica pica hudsonia) .
Black-headed Jay ( Cyanocetta stellcri annectens) .
Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus).
Western Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis arizonm) .
Sooty Song Sparrow (Melospisa melodia ruflna).
Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus) .
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) .
Tree Swallow (Iridoprocnc bicolor) .
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia).
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacca).
Calaveras Warbler (Vermivora rubricapilla gutturalis) .
Audubon’s Warbler (Dendroica auduboni auduboni) .
Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla).
Rocky Mountain Creeper (Certhia familiaris manta a a).
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) .
Chickadee ( Pentbestcs atricapillus atricapillus) .
Mountain Chickadee (Penthestcs gambcli gambeli).
Willow Thrush (Hylociclila fuscescens salicicola).
Olive-backed Thrush (Hylociclila ustulata swainsoni).
Western Robin (Planesticus migratorius propinquus) .
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) .
Kettle River District.
Through the courtesy of Mr. George P. Melrose, of the Forest Branch, the writer was enabled to accompany a timber-cruising party to the Kettle River Divide.
The party left Okanagan Landing for Penticton on September 25th, and reached Myra, on the Kettle River Railway, at noon of the next day. Camp was made close to the railway near Canyon Creek. Daily trips were made into the heavy forest on the north slope of Little White Mountain until October 1st, when the party returned to Vernon.
Conditions where field-work was conducted may be described as follows : A dense coniferous
forest, sloping gradually east to the base of Little White Mountain and at a maximum altitude of 5,000 feet. The principal trees are Engelmann’s spruce (Ficea engelmanni), which greatly outnumbered the other species; balsam fir (Abies lasiocarpa) ; and Murray pine (Pinus murray-
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ana). There was no undergrowth, but the fallen timber made travelling impracticable off the one trail. Owing to the lateness of the season no insects or plants were collected. The weather was cold and stormy and 2 inches of snow fell. A small collection of mammals, principally voles of the genus Microtis , was taken, and specimens of the following species of birds : —
Franklin’s Grouse ( Cana chit es franlclini).
Gray Ruffed Grouse ( Bonasa umbellus umbelloides) .
Alaskan Three-toed Woodpecker ( Picoides amcricanus fasciatus) .
Rocky Mountain Jay ( Peresoreus canadensis capitalis) .
Lincoln Sparrow ( Melospiza lincohii liiicolni) .
Rocky Mountain Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator montana) .
Columbian Chickadee ( Penthestes hudsonicus columbianus) .
Mountain Chickadee ( Penthestes gambcli gambcli).
Varied Thrush ( Ixoreus ncevius nmvius) .
Goshawk (Astur at Heap illus atricapillus) .
Richardson’s Grouse ( Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni) and Northern Raven ( Gorvus corax principalis) were seen, but none were secured.
During the early part of the summer and in the autumn the trapping of small mammals was systematically pursued, at varying altitudes, in every locality visited. The results were particularly gratifying. Series of several species of the genus Microtis, hitherto unrepresented in the Provincial collection, were taken ; also large series of the following mice, voles, and shrews: Evotomys gaperi, Microtis mordax , Microtis drummondi, Microtis nanus cannescens,
Perognathus lordi, Peromyscus maniculatus artemisioe, Sorex obscurus, Sorex personatus, and many others which have not yet been classified. Altogether 290 specimens were preserved, a detailed report of which is being prepared.
While a general collection of zoological material was attempted, particular attention was directed to the gathering of ornithological material and data. A check-list that will serve as a basis for future investigation is in the course of preparation. To determine the specific standing of the more mutable forms a considerable series of skins is required. The writer is pleased to report that a collection of the breeding species is now fairly complete for this locality. The series of each species includes breeding birds of both sexes, moulting adults and juvenals of both sexes in their various plumages.
Nests and eggs of the following species were taken : —
Plolboell’s Grebe ( Colymbus holbailli) .
Horned Grebe ( Colymbus auritus).
Black Tern ( Hydroohelidon nigra surinamensis) .
Redhead ( Manila americana) .
Barrow’s Golden-eye ( Clangula island ica) .
Richardson’s Grouse ( Dcndragopus obscurus richardsoni) .
Marsh Hawk ( Circus liudsonius) .
Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virginianus virginianus) . £
Calliope Hummingbird (fi Uellula calliope).
Western Wood Pewee ( Mycochan.es richardsoni richardsoni) .
Alder Flycatcher (Ernpidonax trailli alnorum).
Magpie ( Pica pica hudsonia) .
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthoccphalus xanthoccphalus) .
North-western Redwing ( Agelaius phocniceus canrinns).
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta).
Brewer’s Blackbird ( Enphagus cyanocephalus) .
Sooty Song Sparrow ( Melospiza mclodia merrilli).
Spurred Towhee ( Pipilo maculatus montanus) .
Lazuli Bunting ( Pa.sserina a mania ) .
Western Marsh Wren ( Felmatodytes palustris plesius).
Itedbreasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis) .
Willow Thrush ( Ilylodchla fuscescens salicicola).
Olive-backed Thrush ( Hylocichla ustulata swaiusoni) .
Western Bluebird ( Sialict mexicana occidentalis) .
Mountain Bluebird {tiialia currucoides) .
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The collection for the season numbered approximately as follows : 290 mammals, 528 birds, 1,118 insects. 10 reptiles and batrachians, 300 plants, 35 fishes, 40 sets of birds’ eggs.
The writer wishes to take this opportunity of expressing his thanks to Mr. George Heggie*, of Vernon, for permission to shoot over the property of the Land and Agricultural Company; to Mr. B. Thorlacson ; Mr. William Johnstone and Mr. H. R. Hanna, of the Commonage, for a similar privilege; and to Mr. George N. Gartrell, Deputy Game Warden, of Summerland, for his valuable assistance in securing certain specimens.
Some of the ornithological notes made during the past two years are as follows
Holbcell's Grebe ( Columbus holboclli).
Found breeding commonly at Swan Lake on May 18th and June 8th, 1916. Twenty nests were found and three sets of fresh eggs were taken. The nests were composed of dead rotting vegetation, held in place by growing rushes, and floating, half-submerged, in water from 2 to 4 feet in depth. In some cases the eggs were partly or wholly covered when found, but usually were exposed. When a nest was visited both birds of the pair swam up and down in the open water 20 or 30 yards beyond the nest, showing no signs of alarm. A peculiar fact noted was that near every nest, generally within a few yards, there was invariably a coot’s nest.
Red-throated Loon ( Gavia stellata).
A juvenal female picked up dead on the shore of Okanagan Lake on November 22nd, 1915, is the first record of this species in the Okanagan. The body was in a very emaciated condition and the stomach and digestive tract empty and contracted.
Eared Grebe ( Cailymlms rrigricollis calif amicus) .
This species was first recorded from the Okanagan by Major Allan Brooks on April 17th, 1914. Another individual was seen by the writer two weeks later and was again noted on May 27th, 1915.
Black Tern ( Hydroch elidon nigra surinamensis).
Usually a scarce, irregular migrant. On May 18th. 3916, a breeding colony of twenty pairs (estimated) was observed at Swan Lake. On June Sth three sets of fresh eggs were taken. The nests consisted of a few pieces of water-soaked rushes or other aquatic plants, resting on the floating mass of dead tules that had drifted against the outer fringe of marsh. This bed of flotsam, anchored securely to the growing tales and rising and falling on the waves, without wetting its upper surface, formed an ideal nesting-place. While hunting for the nests, breast- deep in mud and water, the terns kept flying about in restless excitement, often within arm's length.
Blue-winged Teal ( Querquedula discors).
Once fairly c%mmon throughout the Interior of British Columbia, this species has been of rare occurrence in the Okanagan during the past ten years. Five individuals were seen during May, 1915, and three of them secured.
Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanoptera).
Rare summer resident. Five were seen at Swan Lake on May ISth, 1916.
Redhead (Manila americana).
Found breeding at Swan Lake. On June Sth a nest with four fresh eggs was taken on the side of a musk-rat house. The hollow containing the eggs was well lined with dry tides, but as the female had not laid her complement of eggs, no down had been added. This is the commonest duck on Okanagan Lake during the winter; large flocks gather in the shallow water at the north end of the lake, reaching the maximum number about February 15th.
Barrow’s Golden-eye (Clang ud a island ica) .
A common summer resident. A series of skins collected includes an adult male and half- grown and immature birds of both sexes. Usually for a nesting-site this species selects an old woodpecker's hole that has become enlarged by decay, and generally in a tree close to the shore
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of a small lake. On May 12th, 1916, a nest containing eleven fresh eggs was found in the hay-loft of a log barn built on the shore of an alkaline lake. The nest was concealed in the hay under one of the big cross-beams. The loft was open in many places between the logs; there was also a large opening at the end of the building, and through this the female visited the nest.
Buffle-head ( Charitonetta atbeola).
A common resident. A set of ten partly incubated eggs was taken on May 22nd, 1915. The nest was in an old flicker’s hole, 40 feet from the ground, at the top of a dead Douglas fir on the shore of a small alkaline lake. The cavity was much enlarged by decay, and at a touch the whole side pulled away and exposed the eggs in their bed of down. The same nest had evidently been used for several years, as there were fragments of old shells in the bottom of the hole and mixed through the down.
Long-billed Dowitcher ( Macrorhaniplrns griseus scolopaceus) .
An adult male in summer plumage taken on July 30th, 1915, and two immature males taken on September 9th, 1916, are the only Okanagan records.
Least Sandpiper ( Pisobia minutilla) .
Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6th, 1916, when five were seen. A few seen daily until May 11th.
Yellow-legs ( Totanus flavipes).
Common fall migrant. None observed during spring migrations until May 6tli, 1916, when one was seen which remained in the vicinity until May lltli.
Richardson's Grouse ( Dendragopus obscurus rich ardsoni) .
On May 3rd, 1916, a nest containing ten fresh eggs was found under an old rail fence. The nest was a shallow depression in the ground 8 inches in diameter and 5 inches deep, well lined with pine-needles and grouse-feathers. A nest with seven partly incubated eggs was found in a similar situation on May 13tli, 1915.
Marsh Hawk ( Circus hudsonius).
Two pair found breeding at Swan Lake. Nest and eggs taken on May 15th and May 18th. The nests were loosely constructed of sticks, weed-stalks, and dry grass, built in the marsh 20 yards from shore. The tules had been beaten down for a distance of 3 feet around the nest, forming a small clearing in the marsh.
Goshawk (Astur atricapillus atricapillus) .
All specimens taken here appear to be referable to this form. Both adults and young are much paler than examples of striatulus from the Coast.
Pygmy Owl ( Qlaucidium gnoma gnoma).
Common summer resident, more plentiful in the region of Murray pine and larch. A nest containing seven downy young was found in a deserted woodpecker hole, 30 feet from the ground, in a dead larch, on June 9th, 1915.
Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker ( Picoides arcticus).
Resident in the Canadian Zone. Less common than fasciatus. A breeding female was taken on the Nahun Plateau on May 30th, 1916.
Alaska Tiiree-toed Woodpecker ( Picoides dmcricanus fasciatus) .
A common resident in the Canadian Zone, preferring the burnt areas of spruce and larch. Taken on the Nahun Plateau, al Shuswap Falls, and Little White Mountain. A juvenal male collected at Shuswap Falls on June 17th showed the yellow crown patch, but more restricted than in the adult male.
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Olive-sided Flycatcher ( Nutt alio rni-s borealis).
A common summer resident in the Canadian Zone. Taken on the Nahun Plateau and at Shuswap Falls.
Yellow-headed Blackrird ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) .
Several breeding colonies found at Swan Lake, the only locality in this region where the writer lias found them breeding. An example of how very local some species are in mountainous countries : On May 15th a number of incompleted nests were found, and on June 8th four sets of eggs were taken. The nests are more loosely constructed than those of the North-western Redwing, and are lined with flat pieces of tule fibre. Those of the North-western Redwing are lined with coarse grass. Nests of both species were found close together and they made common cause in driving away crows, marsh hawks, and other marauders from the vicinity of the nests. In common with other blackbirds, the males of this species have the habit, when uttering their harsh grating song, of elevating the shoulders and erecting the feathers until the singer appears twice his natural size.
Western Grasshopper Sparrow ( Ammodramvs savannarvm bimaculatus) .
This handsome, unobtrusive little sparrow is common locally breeding on the dry, open hill- sides above Vernon. They arrive early in May and remain until the second week in October ; one of the last sparrows to leave in the fall. Contrary to the published accounts of this bird’s habits, it is the writer’s experience that the males generally sing while on the ground or hidden in a thick clump of sage-brush. On only two occasions has the writer heard it singing while clinging to a weed-stalk or bush in full view. A series of skins collected includes breeding males, moulting adults, and juvenals.
Slate-coloured Junco ( Junco hyemalis hyemalis) ; Situfeldt’s Junco ( Junco Ivy emails connec- tens) ; Montana Junco ( Junco hyemalis montanus) .
These three subspecies occur here as migrants ; also another form, evidently intermediate between oregamis and connectens. The breeding form has not yet been determined.
Black-headed Grosbeak ( Zamelodia melanocephala) .
An adult male taken on August 24th, 1916, is the only local record. Major Allan Brooks found the species breeding in the Shuswap District, but it was not observed by the writer.
Townsend’s Warbler ( Dendroica toicnsencli) .
Of regular occurrence during migrations at Okanagan Landing; also taken on the Nahun Plateau on May 30th, where it appeared to be common.
FISHES.
Early in the month of June the Director drew the attention of Dr. C. H. Gilbert, of Stanford University (who was visiting the Museum), to a strange fish that had been caught and presented to the Museum by the Bentinck Island fishermen, near Race Rocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca, about ten miles south of Victoria. Dr. Gilbert noticed at once that the specimen was one that he had never seen in this portion of the Pacific, and identified it as a species of Benthodesmus ; also suggesting that I send it to him at Stanford University, along with other fishes, which he would be pleased to examine and identify for this Department upon his return to California. The extract from his letter of November 27th, 1916, is here quoted: —
“The long silvery fish which you showed me last summer turns out to be a Benthodesmus, as we thought at the time. There are three other species of this genus known — one from New Zealand, one from Japan, and one from the Atlantic; each of these is known from a single specimen. A careful comparison with the brief description indicates that your specimen cannot be identified with either of the known species from the Pacific, but the differences from the Atlantic species are so small in amount that I do not care to risk describing it as a distinct species. This is the more unfortunate that the Atlantic species has received the name ‘ atlanticus.’ ”
PLATE III.
Hentliodexmw atlanticun. Specimen in Provincial Museum, Victoria.
PLATE IV.
Sunflsli (Mola mold).
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Note. — The United States National Museum, Washington, have accepted for publication the notes prepared by Dr. C. H. Gilbert, announcing the discovery of this interesting species Benthodesmus in the Pacific.
The Benthodesmus atlanticus is uniform silvery in colour throughout, with traces of dark colour on the head and tail — length, 41% inches — and was caught by fishermen fishing for cod near Victoria on May 30th, 1916. (F. K.)
“ The only other known specimen was taken from the stomach of a halibut caught on the western edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland in SO fathoms.” (Goode & Bean.) (See Plate III.)
ON THE OCCURRENCE OF BENTHODESMUS ATLANTICUS (GOODE & BEAN) ON THE
COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
By Dr. C. H. Gilbert, Professor of Zoology, Standard University, ual.
A specimen of Benthodesmus, 41% inches long, was obtained on May 30th, 1916, from a fish- dealer in Victoria, B.C., having been caught by fishermen off Bentinck Island, which lies near Race Rocks, about ten miles by water from Victoria. The specimen is the property of the Provincial Museum of Victoria, and has been submitted to us for identification by Mr. F. Kermode, the Director of the Museum.
Description : Greatest width of body, 2% in height at vent. Length of caudal peduncle,
half greatest height of body. Least height of tail, % bony interorbital width. Greatest width of head, % its length. Greatest height of head, 3% in its length. Width of interorbital area (bony), % height of head. Length of snout, 2% in head. Tip of maxillary not reaching the orbit, the length of maxillary equalling the postorbital part of head. Length of lower jaw, 1% times greatest height of body. Flexible part of mandibular tip short in the preserved specimen, about % diameter of orbit. Eye postmedian, 5% in head, 2% in length of snout.
Sides of maxillary with nine or ten triangular teeth, which decrease from middle of sides of jaw both forwards and backwards. Two pairs of narrow compressed fangs in the anterior part of the upper jaw, the anterior pair immediately behind the tip, the posterior pair separated by a considerable interspace, but located in front of the series of compressed lateral teeth already described. In advance of tli > most anterior of the compressed lateral teeth a series of six or seven short slender conical teeth continued forwards to the anterior pair of fangs and passing outside the posterior pair of fangs. Side of mandible with fourteen or fifteen compressed triangular teeth in a single series, decreasing in length forwards, and inclined slightly towards the front of the jaw. In advance of these, on each side of the symphysis, are two pairs of short retrorsely directed teeth, the anterior pair much shorter than the posterior pair. Other bones of the mouth toothless.
First gill-arch with four or five or seven or eight slender short distant rakers, the longest about 2 mm. in length. Each rise from a plate which bears short spines, and between each pair of these plates, on the outer surface of the arch, are interposed two similar smaller plates which do not bear rakers. The rakers are borne only on the posterior third of the horizontal limb of the arch, but the spinous plates are continued farther forwards, and become merged along the anterior part of the arch in a narrow spinous strip. The other arches are similar to the first, but contain fewer free rakers. The upper pharyngeals are well toothed and work against the spinous plates on the horizontal limbs of the arches.
First dorsal ray slightly in advance of the middle of the operculum, the front of the orbit midway between the first ray and the tip of the snout. There are 142 rays in all, the posterior the longest. The rays rise from the anterior ends of a series of interneural bones which form a sharp ridge along the dorsal profile.
The vent is beneath the 46th dorsal ray, its distance from the tip of the snout 3'/, times the length of the head. Distance from vent to postanal scute, % diameter of orbit. Immediately behind the scute begins a series of eighty-eight interhannals. which forms a continuous sharp ridge along the lower profile. The anterior ones bear no rays, but these gradually appear posteriorly, about forty of the posterior plates bearing evident free rays, which increase in length posteriorly.
The pectorals contain twelve rays, the lower distinctly the longest, equalling the postorbital length of the head. Ventrals mutilated, their base posterior to that of pectoral by ”r> diameter
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of orbit. Caudal deeply forked, its longest ray equalling the diameter of the orbit. Color silvery, becoming posteriorly steel-grey, and finally black. Lips black, as are also the inside of the mouth and the gill-cavity, including the gill-arches. Peritoneum also black.
One specimen, 41% inches long, the property of the Provincial Museum of British Columbia.
Bentliodesmus elongatus (Clarke) from New Zealand differs notably from this species in the much more elongate form, the depth scarcely exceeding one-fortieth of the length. The third species of the genus B. tenuis (Guenther) from Japanese waters has much shorter vertical fins, the dorsal having but 126 rays and the anal but 71 rays. The specimen in hand differs in only minor respects from the description of B. atlanticus given by Goode' & Bean. The width of the body is slightly greater, 2% in its height ; the snout slightly longer, its 2% in the head ; the mandibular tip shorter, % the orbit; the eye smaller, 2% in the snout. And there are four long teeth in the upper jaw, instead of three. The species has been known hitherto from a single specimen. — Sm ith so nian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 66, JVo. IS.
In addition to the record in last year's report, there has been a second occurrence of the sunfish ( Mola mala) in British Columbia waters. The specimen was caught by an Indian, Charles Stewart, off the coast of Princess Royal Island (which is about 450 miles north of where the first specimen was secured on Barkley Sound, V.I.) ; the second specimen was also secured and forwarded to the Museum by Mr. N. E. Wheeling, Butedale Cannery, at Butedale, B.C.
The sunfish in colour is a dark grey ; sides greyish-brown, with silvery reflections ; belly dusky ; a broad blackish bar running along bases of dorsal, caudal, and anal fins. Pelagic, inhabiting most temperate and tropical seas, swimming slowly about near the surface, the high dorsal above the surface. ( See Plate IV.)
The following is a list of species of fishes which the Director sent to Dr. Gilbert for identification :■ —
Two species of whitefish, Coregonus quadrilateralis and Leucichthys pu sill us, collected by F. Ivermode in Atlin Lake, September 29th, 1913; Menominee whitefish (Coregonus quadrilat- eralis), sent from Carcross, Yukon, by W. T. Townsend; Mylochitus caurirms , Ptychocheilus oregonensis, Coregonus williamsom, collected by J. A. Munro, Okanagan Lake; Leuciscus richardsoni, Ptychocheilus oregonensis, Cottas as per, Salmo gairdneri, Rhinichthys cataractce, collected near Hanceville by W. A. Newcombe ; Salvelinus malma, collected at Edgewood, Lower Arrow Lakes, by G. E. T. Pittendright ; Salmo gairdneri, Salmo . my Mss, collected by W. R. Carter, Deputy Game Warden, Alberni.
Giant bass ( Erilepis sonifer). This fish was presented to the Museum by A. L. Hager, manager of the Canadian Fishing Company, Vancouver, who also kindly gave permission to reproduce the accompanying photograph, which gives the comparison of its great size.
The Erilepis weighed when taken from the water 159 lb. ; measured 5 feet 9% inches in length and 19 inches in depth ; was caught on halibut gear, the hooks being bated with herring, in 200 fathoms of water off the west coast of Queen Charlotte Islands, fifteen miles from Tasu, by the Canadian Fishing Company’s schooner “Borealis,” Captain Chris. Johnson. ( See Plates V., VI.)
FURTHER NOTES ON ERILEPIS, THE GIANT BASS-LIKE FISH OF THE
NORTH PACIFIC.
By William F. Thompson, of Stanford University.
In Copeia for April 24th, 1916 (No. 30), the writer noted the second occurrence of Erilepis zonifer (Lockington) in the North Pacific. Since then several interesting facts have come to light concerning this huge fish that have modified what was previously said. It is especially noteworthy that there is no special reason for believing the fish a stray from Japan, as has been conjectured.
According to one of the fishermen, the specimen already recorded has been taken in South- eastern Alaska, in one of the long inland straits which form the inland passage, either in Frederick Sound or Chatham Strait: The captain of the halibut-schooner, when seen at a
later date, stated positively that the specimen was taken off the western coast of the Queen
PLATE V.
Giant Hass ( ErUepin zonifcr). Weight, 139 lb., and measured • > leet !* '<■ inelu
PLATE VI
Giant Bass ( Erilepis zonifer) . From a cast in Provincial Museum, Victoria, B.C.
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Charlottes, near the northern end. His record is undoubtedly correct, and it is evident that Erilepis was taken on the continental shelf, rather than in enclosed waters.
While in Vancouver during November, at the plant of the Canadian Fishing Company, the writer was shown two other specimens of this fish.
Under the heading of “ A Freak Fish,” a statement with a photograph of the larger was given in the Pacific Fisherman for November, as follows : —
While the halibut-schooner “ Borealis ” was fishing with halibut-trawls in 240 fathoms of water in Beimel Sound, on the west coast of Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia, during October, a fish which weighed, in the round. 175 lb., and when dressed 145 lb., was caught. It measured 5 feet 10 inches in length. The opinion was expressed that it was “ a large sea-bass ” from Southern Pacific waters. Through the kindness of the company manager a smaller specimen caught at the same time was sent to Stanford University in a frozen condition. There it has been carefully examined and compared with a Japanese specimen, undoubtedly the same species.
It will be noted that the locality was the same as the corrected one for the first specimen. The probability is that there is an available explanation for the occurrence. In the region indicated the continental shelf drops with great rapidity to oceanic depths, and a halibut-trawl set in 150 fathoms on its shoreward end frequently drops as far as its buoys will allow it on the seaward end. This may be as much as 400 fathoms. It has only been in recent years, particularly in the winter, that halibut-fishing has been carried on in depths of 140 fathoms and more, as has been shown in the reports of the British Columbia Commissioner of Fisheries for 1015. The cousin of the present species, the Alaska black cod (Anoplopoma) , inhabits considerable depths also, and in the last few years more of them are being caught by the halibut-boats. The fishermen even occasionally bring up Macrouroid species, formerly utterly unknown to them. This “ rare fish ” then has perhaps been caught by the fishermen while they were utilizing unusual depths, and it may well be common and relatively abundant in its peculiar habitat.
The Japanese fishermen, it is worthy of note, fish their waters more closely than is done on our coasts, and Dr. Jordan and Professor Snyder say : “ According to Kuma Aoki, an
intelligent fisherman of Misaki, it is occasionally taken in the Kuro Siwo, it is not rare, and reaches the weight of 200 lb. Although so rare in collections, the species is well known to the fishermen.” There is no good reason why more extensive exploitation of our fishing-ground will not bring to light at least an abundance equal to that of the species in Japan. It is hence unjust to call the fish a “ stray,” and one must be reserved in calling it “ rare.” Since the only specimens known to be preserved in museums have come from Japan, and the type of the species (from Monterey, California) which was in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has been destroyed, the following notes regarding the specimens now at hand are appended : —
The fish, 112 cm. in total length and 98 to base of caudal, is bass-like, with massive head and rotund body; its width % its depth, but with somewhat slender caudal peduncle, nearly round and quickly tapering. The interorbital is wide, convex, and the preorbitals are prominent, nearly overhanging. The eyes are small, slightly oval lateral in outlook, and over a wide sub- orbital. The maxillary ends below the centre of the pupil. The lower jaw projects somewhat, its tip lying in the axis of the body, continues the profile lines of the head and body, which taper anteriorly and posteriorly.
The teeth are in a band six or seven series wide anteriorly in the upper jaw, four or five below, narrowing posteriorly; recurved, slender, and sharp; none of them canine-like or enlarged; in a V-shaped patch on vomer; in narrow bands on palatines.
The gill-arches and viscera were removed when the fish was frozen.
The dorsals are apparently separated by the space of two spines, but dissection shows these to be present, buried below the thick skin; two anterior spines are very short; the third is tin' longest, with the margin of the fin falling straightly to the first buried spine. Preceding the soft rays are two unjoined rays (or spines), closely applied to tin' third. The soft dorsal is highest at the fifth ray. slightly amarginate in outline. When supine the longest dorsal ray reaches over the bases of the seven following rays, while at the similarly shaped anal reaches to the base of the last. The last rays in both fins are less in length than the eye diameter.
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The pectorals are a little falcate in shape, and extend back to the pevel of the eighth dorsal spine. The ventrals are inserted a short distance behind the pectorals.
Scales are present everywhere on exposed snrfac-es save the lips, edges of fins, membranes of spinous dorsal, edges of branchiostegal flaps, and the inner surfaces of paired fins; rough to touch, they are not roughly ctenoid ; they appear non-imbricate because buried deeply.
The colour is very dark, save for projecting whitish edges of scales ; only traces of dark bands are present, one as wide as % of the head-length lying under the pectorals, three others of equal width respectively just before the vent, over the posterior % of’ the anal, and on the caudal peduncle. Ventrally the body is not markedly lighter than dorsally. The peritoneum is scraped away, but the buccal lining shows very dark. Lips and the flu edges are black, with strong tinges of blue.
The measurements follow : Head, 0.32 of length to base of caudal ; 0.30 depth ; body width, 0.19: eye, 0.045; maxillary length, 0.13 ; width, 0.032; suborbital width, 0.04; snout length, 0.11; mandible, 0.16; interorbital, 0.12; pectoral base. 0.075; length, 0.18; ventral. 0.125; third dorsal spine, 0.0S5; fifth dorsal ray. 0.11; last, 0.037; fifth anal ray, 0.12; last, 0.037; soft dorsal base, 0.25; anal base. 0.16: depth of caudal peduncle, 0.085; width, 0.07; dorsal rays, XIII., 11, 17; anal. 11. 13; pores in lateral line, 126; scales from lateral line obliquely forward and upward to dorsal insertion, 30; downward aiid backward to anal. 51; pectoral rays, 19; brancliiostegals, 7. — (Published hi/ permission of J. P. Babcock, Assistant to the Commissioner of Fisheries.)
ENTOMOLOGY.
The season of 1916 was a very poor one from an entomological point of view, owing to the abnormal weather conditions experienced during the first part of the year. The spring was late in opening up. and the weather was cold and wet until well on in May. In addition, the Lower Mainland and the southern portion of Vancouver Island were visited by exceedingly cold winds which prevailed, more or less, until the end of July. Owing to these conditions there was a dearth of the early insects, and this adverse influence was felt right throughout the summer, causing collections to be far below normal, both in quantity and quality. However, in spite of this, many desirable insects were taken at various points, some of them being new to the Province.
Lillooet District.
Mr. E. M. Anderson, of the Museum staff, collected in the vicinity of Lillooet from the beginning of May until the end of July. Headquarters were established at the Provincial Government Hatchery at Seton Lake, about three miles from Lillooet.
On May 21st a trip was made over the Blackwater Trail about thirty miles from Reton Lake, starting in at the southern end of Anderson Lake and finishing at Blackwater Lake, getting back to headquarters on June 3rd.
An ascent of Mount McLean, which is situated eight miles north of Seton Lake, was made on July 15th, and many good things were taken during the twelve days’ sojourn on the mountain, at altitudes varying from 2,000 to 7.000 feet, chief of which was that very rare mountain butterfly, Ocneis beanii Elwes. The only previous record of this butterfly for British Columbia is Mount Clieam, near Chilliwack; its type locality is the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
The total number of insects taken on the trip numbered 1.065, made up as follows: Lepidoptera, 510; Coleoptera, 251;. Hymenoptera, 71; Diptera, 157; and 76 of various other orders.
The most noteworthy captures amongst the butterflies; of which 157 were taken, in addition to the one noted above, were: Portia napi flava Edw.; Phpciodcs mylitta pallida Edw. ; Incisalia polios Cook & Watson : Strymon sa’pium Bdv. ; and Pamphila juba Scud. Amongst the Sphingidor, two specimens of that beautiful little sphinx, Prosperinus clarkuc Bdv. were taken. The noctuids on the whole were disappointing, as sugaring was a complete failure owing to the cold winds prevailing at the time of their greatest abundance. In the early part of May, however, cherry- blossoms were attractive to a few species, and a long series of Polia crotchii Grote was taken (a moth new to British Columbia), also a fair series of Xylomiges perlubens Grote. Other noctuids taken during the season and worthy of special mention are: Sidemia longula Grt. ; Oncocncmis extremis Em.; Spargaloma sexpunota/ta Grt.; Synod a alleni Grt.; and 8'. liudsonica G. & R. The Goometridie made a better showing: 153 specimens were captured, comprising thirty-eight
PLATE VII.
NOCTUID.E NEW TO BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Cutocola fuustina race arrulcu Bent. Okanagan Landing, B.C. (Munro).
Apatela tartarea Sm. Cowickan Lake, B.C. (Blackmore).
Bomoloclui palparia Walk. Coldstream, B.C. (Blackmore).
Scotogramma trifolii race albifusa Walk. Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore).
Poliu crotchi Wrote. Lillooet, B.C. (Anderson).
Eu.ro a audcra Sm. Okanagan Landing, B.C. (Munro).
Epidemas mclanot/ruplia Ilamp. Victoria. B.C. (Blackmore).
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species, the following being new to the Museum collection, viz. : Hesperumia sulphuraria form baltearia Hulst ; Paraph iu subatomaria Wood; Sabulodes cervinaria Pack.; and S. forficaria Gn. Other desirable species taken were as follows : Epirrhce alternata Mull. ; Xystrota hepaticaria Gue. ; Acidalia f meat a Hulst; Bapth semiclarata Walk.; Dasyfidonia avuncularia Gue. ; Drepanu- latrix falcataria Pack.; D. pulveraria Hulst; and Spodolepsis substrialaria var. danbyi Hulst. Amongst the Microlepidoptera, Pyramta funebris Strom, and Adela septentrionella Wals. were the most noteworthy. The Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera have not, as yet, been worked over, but there are many in each order new to the Museum collections.
Okanagan District.
Mr. J. A. Munro collected in the neighbourhood of Okanagan Landing from April 20th until September 2Sth.
Trips were made to the Naliun Plateau, twenty miles south of Okanagan Landing, where some good insects were taken at an altitude of 3,200 feet. In June five days were spent at Sliuswap Falls, about thirty miles east of Vernon ; the insect fauna here is somewhat different from that .in the vicinity of Okanagan Landing, and a representative collection of some 200 insects were taken during the week. The total number of insects taken during the season was 1.118, comprising: Lepidoptera, 730; Coleoptera, 184; Hymenoptera, 101; Diptera, 45; and 58
of various other orders. Amongst the butterflies worthy of notice were Parnassius smintheus var. mugnus Wright; Papilio bairdii var. oregonia Edw.; Argynnis leto Behr. ; A. meadii Edw. ; CEncis chryxus Db.-Hew. ; JSlomiades lydgamas var. oro Scud.; Cupido icarioides var. pembina Edw.; Erynnis comma var. Manitoba Scud.; and Pholisora catullus Fab.
( In the above list N. lydgamas var. oro Scud, is new to British Columbia ; it has been probably associated with N. lydgamas var. behrii in Mainland collections, the males of these two forms bearing a close resemblance to each other. They are in the males differentiated by the much paler blue of the upper side of oro; in the females they are more easily separated, oro being of a uniform smoky brown with a few blue scales scattered at the base of the wing, while behrii is blue with a broad black border. The ground colour of the under side of oro is brown, that of behrii a light stone colour; the maculation is practically the same in both forms. Cupido icarioides var. pembina is also a new name to the British Columbia list. This insect has been masquerading under no less than four different names during the last fifteen years — viz., pheres, folia, phileros, and lycea.)
The weather conditions were much better during the summer months in the Okanagan District than they were west of the Cascade Range ; consequently the noctuid moths taken were greater, both in number and variety, than those taken in the Lillooet District during the same period. In the Catoealse two species were taken new to British Columbia — a short series of Catocala faustina var. cccrulea Edw. and a single specimen of C. californica Ily. Edw. A beautiful specimen of the rare C. relicta Walk, was also taken at sugar on August 25th.
Other specimens worthy of record are the following: Cara drill a extimia Walk.; Rhyncha- g rot is ruflpectus Morr.; R. variata Grt. ; Abagrotis erratica Sm. ; Porosagrotis catenula Grt. ; Mamestra discalis Gue.; Heliothis scutosus Falir. ; Heliaca n exit is Morr.; and Syneda anne.ro Hy. Edw.
The Geomotridie were far below the average both in quantity and quality, although two species new to the Museum collection were taken — Eudule mendica Walk, and Sabulocles lorata Grt. Other desirable species taken were C osymbia lumenaria Hub.; Acidalia sub f meat a Taylor; and Metanema inatomaria Guen.
The Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera still await classification and determination. Many of them, however, are new to the Museum collections, especially in the order Coleoptera.
Victoria District.
The following list of noctuids taken in the vicinity of Victoria during the past season by Mr. E. II. Blackmore. of this city, are of more than passing interest, as the first three are now to British Columbia, while the others are of rare occurrence; Rhynch a gratis morrisonistigma Grt.; Scotogramma trifolii var. albifusa Walk.; Bomolocha palparia Walk.: Cerma cuerva Barnes; Modena plutcmia Grt.; Epidcmas melanographa Damp.; Polio radix Walk.; Pyrophila tragopoginis Linn.; Adelphagrotis apposila Grt.; Euxoa costata Grt.; Polio rcstoro Sm. ; Zostcropoda hirtipes Grt.; Btretchia mnricina Grt.; Xylina dilotocnlo Sm. ; Ihlotrnplia reni- fortnis Grt.; and Ipimorpha nanaimo Barnes.
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Amongst the Geometric!* the same collector took a specimen of Hydriomena furcata var. periclata Swett. This is the first record for British Columbia of this insect, its type locality being San Francisco, Cal.; also two specimens of Ania Ihribata Haw., and one specimen of Metanema matomaria Gue. These are the first captures of these two geometers that have been recorded for over twelve years from this district.
GEOMETRIDAi NEW TO SCIENCE.
Through the activities of Mr. E. H. Blackmore, who is still pursuing his studies of the British Columbia Geometridse, two species and four varieties new to science have been discovered. They have been described by Mr. L. W. Swett, the well-known geometrid specialist of West Somerville, Mass., the descriptions appearing in the Canadian Entomologist , Vol. XLYIII., page 249 et scq. (July, 1916), and Vol. XLIX., page 64 et scq. (February, 1917), and are here illustrated for the first time. (See Plate VIII.)
They are as follows: Nomenia obsoleta Swett, described from three specimens taken at
Goldstream and Victoria, B.C., found in the collection of the late Captain R. V. Harvey, and one specimen found in the Provincial Museum collection taken at Victoria, and all dated April, 1908. The latter was made a male paratype and is now in the exhibition collection of the Museum; Hydriomena calif ornata ab. niveifascia Swett, described from two specimens — one taken at Goldstream and the other at Victoria — found in the collection of the late Captain Harvey; Diastictis andersom Swett, described from three specimens taken by E. M. Anderson on his trip to Atlin, B.C., in 1914. A male paratype of this new species is also in the Museum exhibition case; Dysstroma mulleolata ab. sobria Swett. described from a single male taken by E. H. Blackmore at Victoria in June, 1914; D. mulleolata ab. subumbrata, Swett, described from five specimens taken by Mr. Blackmore at Victoria in June and July, 1914-15; and D. mulleolata ab. ochrofuscaria Swett, described from specimens taken by Mr. E. H. Blackmore at Victoria, B.C., and by Mr. G. O. Day and Mr. A. W. Hanham, at Duncan, B.C.
Mr. Blackmore has kindly donated to the Museum collection a female paratype of D. mulleolata var. subumbrata Swett, and a typical specimen of D. mulleolata var. ochrofuscaria Swett.
Corrigenda and Addenda.
Owing to a further examination of the types of North American butterflies by that eminent lepidopterist, Dr. J. McDunnough, of Decatur, 111., two of the species figured in the Provincial Museum Report for 1915 have been found to he named incorrectly.
Parna'ssius smmtheus var. nanus Neu. (page 16 and Figs. 2 and 3, Plate VIII.) should be corrected to Parnassius smintheus Db.-Hew. ( vide Cont. Dep. No. Amer., Barnes & McDunnough, Vol. III., No. 2, Dec-., 1916). The specimens taken at Atlin in 1914 are identical with the type specimens in the British Museum taken by Lord Derby in the Canadian Rockies. The aberration nanus Neu. occurs in the male only, and is distinguished by having the two red occelli on the secondaries replaced by one black spot.
Brcnthis frigga var. improba Butler (page 16 and Figs. S and 9, Plate VIII.) turns out to be Brcnthis younyi Holland, described from Alaska in 1900. This is another new record for British Columbia and was taken at Atlin in 1914.
On page 17 CEneis noma var. taygcte Hub. should be changed to OH. taygete Hub., as the latter is a species quite distinct from noma Thun.
Owing to an oversight on the part of those making the “cut” of Rhachogaster kcrmodci Townsend (Plate X., Fig. 1) the name of the artist was omitted. The drawing was made by Mr. C. W. Young, who is attached to the Experimental Farm at Agassiz, and is an excellent piece of work.
PLATE VIII.
GEOMETKIDiE.
D.ysstroma mulleolata Hulst. Victoria, B.C. ( Blackmore) . (New to British Columbia.)
Dysstroma mulleolata form subumbrata Swett. Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore).
(New to science.)
Dpsstroma mulleolata form ochrofuscaria Swett. Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore).
(New to science.)
Aids sulphurariu form baltearia Hulst. Lillooet, B.C. (Anderson).
(New to British Columbia.)
Hijclriomena furcata race periclata Swett. Victoria, B.C. (Blackmore).
(New to British Columbia.)
Hpdriomena calif orniata form niceifuscla Swett. Victoria, B.C. (Harvey coll.).
(New to science.)
Nomenia obsoleta Swett. Goldstream, B.C. (Harvey coll.). (New to science.)
IHastictis an&ersoni Swett. Atlin, B.C. (Anderson). (New to science.)
PLATE VIII.
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BOTANICAL SPECIMENS COLLECTED IN THE LILLOOET DISTRICT, 1910. By F. Kermode and E. M. Anderson.
(Identified by J. M. Maeoun, Curator of Herbarium, Ottawa.) Poeypodiaceje.
Aspidium spinulosum (O. F. Muller) Sw. Mount McLean.
Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. Mount McLean.
Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth. Mount McLean.
Woodsia scopulina D. C'. Eaton. Lillooet.
Lycopodiaceac.
Lycopodium complanatum L. Lillooet.
I’inaceas.
Juniper us com munis L. Mount McLean.
Finns contorta Douglas. Mount McLean.
Selaginellace./e.
Selaginclla ? Wallacei. Lillooet.
Graminel®.
Agropyron tenerum Vasey. Lillooet.
Brornus sterilis L. Lillooet.
Poa prntensis L. Lillooet.
Phlcum alpinmn L. Mount McLean.
Koeleria cristata Pers. var. major. Lillooet.
Calamagrostis purpurasceus R. Rd. Mount McLean.
Setaria viridis ' (L.) Beauv. Lillooet.
JUNCACELE.
Lusula spicata (L.) D.C. Mount McLean.
Liliace.e.
Allium stellatum Ker. Lillooet.
Cnlocliortu * macroea rpus Dougl. Lillooet.
Clintonia mi iflora (Scliult.) Kunth. Mount McLean.
Disporum oreganum (S. Wats.) Benth. Seton 1/ake. (F. K.)
Disponun trachycarpum S. Wats. Lillooet.
Lilium parviflorum (Hook.) IIolz. Seton Lake. (F.K.)
Bmilacinn racemosa (L.) Desf. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Ycratrum viride Ait. Mount McLean.
Zygadenus venenosus S. Wats. Mount McLean.
Orchid ace/e.
(Uilypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes. Lillooet.
Frypripcdium montun urn Dougl. Mount McLean.
Corallorrhiza multiflora Nutt. ( macula t a Raf. )
Habmaria leucostachys. Mount McLean.
Salicace.k.
Populuu trcmuloides Miclix. Lillooet.
Populus trichocarpa T. & G. Lillooet.
Salix sp. Mount McLean.
Salix Bcbbiana Sargent. Lillooet.
Salix Scouleriana. Lillooet.
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Bet place®.
Betula alba var. papyrifera (Marsh) Spaeh. Lillooet.
Santa lace®.
Comandra pallida A. D.C. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
POLYGONACE®.
Erioffonum subalpinum Greene. Mount McLean. Oxyria digyna (L. ) Hill. Mount McLean.
Polygonum Convolvulus L. Lillooet.
Rumcx Acetosella L. Lillooet.
Cit enopodiace® .
Chenopodiurn sp. Lillooet.
Clienopodium album. Lillooet.
Amaranth ace®.
Amaranthus retro flexus L. Lillooet.
Caryopityllace®.
Arenaria capillaris var. nardifolia (Ledeb.) Regel. Mount McLean. Arenaria sajanensia Willd. Mount McLean.
Cerastium arvense L. var. A. Lillooet.
Cerastium arvense L. var. B. Lillooet.
Cerastium Behring ianurn C. & S. Mount McLean.
Silcne acaulis L. Mount McLean.
Silenc Menziesii Hook. Mount McLean.
Portulacace®.
Claytonia perfoliata Bonn. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Claytoniu lanceolata Pursh. Mount McLean.
Ranunculace®.
Anemone multifida Toil-. Seton Lake. (F.Iv.)
Anemone occidentals S. Wats. Mount McLean.
Anemone parvi flora D.C. Mount McLean.
Aquilegia formosa Fisc-h. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
(’lent, at is ligustici folia Nutt. Lillooet.
Delphinium bicolor Nutt. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Lillooet.
Ranunculus Eschsclioltzii Schleckt. Mount McLean.
Trollius larus Salisb. Mount McLean.
P.ERBERIDACE®.
Bcrberis aquifolium Pursh. Lillooet.
Fumariace®.
Corydalis aurca Willd. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Crucifer®.
Arabia sp. ('! addition to flora of British Columbia). Lillooet. Arabia canesccns T. & G. Lillooet.
Arabia Drummond i-i Gray. Mount McLean.
Arabia hirauta (L.) Scop. Mount McLean.
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Capsella Bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. Lillooet.
Draba alpina L. and var. glacialis Dickie. Mount McLean.
Draba (tinea Yahi. Mount McLean.
Draba nemorosa L. Lillooet.
Draba nivalis Lilj. (fruit wanting; identification not positive). Mount McLean. Erysimum parviflorum Nutt. Lillooet.
Lepidium apetalum Willd. Lillooet.
Radicula. nasturtium aquaticum (L.) Britton. Seton Lake.
Sisymbrium incision Engelm. Lillooet.
Crassulace^e.
Sedum divergens S. Wats. Mount McLean.
Sedum stenopctalum Pursh. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
SA(XIFRAGACE.E.
Hcndicra cylindrica Dough Lillooet.
Mitella trifida Graham. Mount McLean.
Philadelphus Lewisii Pursh. Lillooet.
Ribes irriguum Dough Lillooet.
Saxifraga bronchialis L. Mount McLean.
Saxifrage cnvspitosa L. Mount McLean.
Saxifraga occidentalis S. Wats. Mount McLean.
Saxifraga nivalis L. Lillooet.
Saxifraga oppositifolia L. Mount McLean.
Tellinia parviflora Hook. Lillooet.
Tiarclla unifoliata Hook. Mount McLean.
Rosace.®.
Amclanchicr florida Lindh Lillooet.
Amelanchicr Cusickii Fern. Lillooet. .
Cratcegus brevispina (Dough) Heller. Lillooet.
Dryas octopetala L. Mount McLean.
Frag aria cuneifolia Nutt. Mount McLean.
Fragaria glauca (S. Wats.) Ryal. Lillooet.
Geum trijiorum Pursh. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Potentilla fruticosa L. Mount McLean.
Potent ilia oregana Nutt. Lillooet.
Potentilla glandulosa (Lindh) Rydb. Lillooet.
Potentilla glavcopliylla Lehn. Mount McLean.
Potentilla monspeliensis L. Lillooet.
Potentilla nivea L. Mount McLean.
Potentilla rivalis Nutt. Mount McLean.
Primus demissa (Nutt.) Dietr. Lillooet.
Rosa pisocarpa Gray. Lillooet.
Rosa sp. Lillooet.
Rubus parvi floras Nutt. Lillooet.
Rubus leucodermis Dough Lillooet.
Spirant discolor Pursh. Lillooet.
Spirant htcida Dough Seton Lake.
Legiiminos.e.
Astragalus tcnellus Pursh. Lillooet. (F. K.)
Ilosaclcia denticulata S. Wats. Lillooet.
Lupinus auctions S. Wats. Lillooet.
Lupinus Lyallii Gray. Mount McLean.
Vida angustifolia Reich. Lillooet.
\'ieia saliva L. Lillooet.
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1917
Anacardiacee.
Rhus Rydberyii Small. Seton Lake. (F. K.) Rhus glabra occidentalis Torr. Lillooet.
Ageracee.
Acer Douglas ii Hook. Lillooet.
RHAMNACEE.
Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh. Lillooet. Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. Lillooet.
VlOLACEE.
Viola adunca Smith. Mount McLean.
Mola canadensis L. Mount McLean.
Viola orbiculata Geyer. Mount McLean.
Viola mistassinica Greene. Lillooet.
LOASACEE.
Mentzelia albicaulis Dougl. Lillooet.
Elaeagnacee.
Elccagnus argentea Pursh. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Onagracee.
Epilobium alpinum L. Mount McLean.
Epilobium angustifolium L. r.illooet.
Epilobium paniculatum Nutt. Lillooet.
Aralia'cee.
Aralia nudicaulis L. Seton Lake. (F. Iv.)
Fmbellifere.
Heracleum lanatum Michx. Mount McLean.
Lornatiurn macrocarpum (Nutt.) C. & R. Lillooet. Lomatium triternatum (Nutt.) C. & R. Lillooet.
Cornacee.
Cornus pubesccns Nutt. Lillooet.
Ericacee.
Cassiope Mertensiana Don. Mount McLean.
Kalinin glac.ua Ait. Lillooet.
Moncses uniflora (L.) Gray. Mount McLean.
Phyllodoce cmpetriformis (Sm.) D. Don. Mount McLean. Pyrola secunda L. Mount McLean.
Pyrola chlorantha Hook. Mount McLean.
Rhododendron albifiorum Hook. Mount McLean. Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg. Mount McLean.
Prime lacee.
Androsace occidentalis Pursh. Mount McLean. Dodecatheon vulgare (Hook.) Piper. Lillooet.
Gentianacee.
Gentiana acuta Michx. Mount McLean.
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Apocynace.e.
Apocynum androsccmifoliuni L. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
POLEMONIACEA3.
Polemonium liumilc R. & S. Mount McLean.
Phlox diffusa Bentli. Lillooet.
Gilia gracilis Hook. Lillooet.
Hydrophyllaceas.
Phacclia lencophyhlla Torr. Lillooet.
Phacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr. Lillooet.
Phacelia sericea (Graham) A. Gray. Mount McLean.
P.ORAGINACEoE.
Amsinckia l ycopso ides Lehm. Lillooet.
Lappula lcispida (A. Gray) Greene. Lillooet. (F. K.)
Lappula Redoicskii (Hornem.) Greene, var. occidentals (Wats.) Rydb. Lithospermum angustifolium Miehx. Seton Lake. (F. K.) lAthospermum pilosum Nutt. Seton Lake.
Myosotis alpestris Schmidt. Mount McLean.
Lakiat.-e.
Kcpcta cataria L. Lillooet.
SCROPH ULARIACEiE.
Pastille ja angustifolia Nutt., var Bradhurii Fernald. Lillooet.
Castilleja miniata Dough Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Castilleja Suksdorfii Gray. Mount McLean.
Collmsia grandiflora var. pusilla Gray. Lillooet.
Pentstenion diffasus Dough Mount McLean.
Pentsteiuon procerus Dough Mount McLean.
Pentstemon Scouleri Dough Mount McLean.
Pedicular is hraoteosa Bentk. Mount McLean.
Pedicularis Langsdorffii. Mount McLean.
Veronica alpina L. Mount McLean.
Rpbiace.e.
Galium aparinc L. Lillooet.
Plataginace.e.
Plantayo Purshii R. & S. Lillooet.
Capri eoliace.e.
Loniccra ciliosa Poir. Seton Lake. (F. K.)
Symphoricarpos raccmosus Miehx. Lillooet.
Valeria nace.e.
Valeriana sitchcnsis Bong. Mount McLean.
Compositor.
Achillea Millefolium L. Seton Lake. (F.Iv.)
Agoseris glauca (Pursh.) Steud. Mount McLean.
Agoseris aurantiaca (Hook.) Greene. Mount McLean.
Antenna ria Uowellii Greene. Lillooet.
Anfcnnaria rosea Greene. Mount McLean.
Antenna ria nulvinata Greene. Mount McLean.
Lillooet.
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Antennai ia racemosa Greene. Lillooet.
Aplopappus Lyalli Gray. Mount McLean.
Arnica cordi folia Hook. Lillooet.
Arnica laiifolia Bong. Mount McLean.
Artemisia frigida Willcl. Seton Lake.- (F. K.) Artemisia discolor Dougl. Lillooet.
Artemisia racemosa. Mount McLean.
Balsamorhiza sagittate Nutt. Seton Lake. (F.K.) Cardans undulates Nutt. Lillooet.
Chrysopsis villosa Nutt. Lillooet.
Crepis intermedia Gray. Seton Lake. (F. K.) Erigeron calliantliemus Greene. Mount McLean. Erigeron composites Pursh. Mount McLean. Erigeron fitifoUus. Lillooet.
Erigeron speciosus DC. Lillooet.
Gaillardia aristata Pursh. Lillooet.
Hicracium albiftorum Hook. Lillooet.
Solidago corymbose Nutt. Mount McLean.
Senecio exaltatus Nutt. Mount McLean.
Senecio Fremontii T. & G. Mount McLean.
PLANTS COLLECTED IN HENDERSON LAKE DISTRICT, 1910. By W. A. Newcombe.
POLYPODIACEiE.
Phcgopteris polypodioidcs Fee. Janiperus scopulorum Sarg.
PlNACE.E.
Liliace.e.
Topeldia intermedia Rydb. Erythronium revolutum Smith. Fritillaria lanceolate Pursh. Disporum oreganum (Wats.) B. & H.
Orchidace.e.
Habcnaria strict a Lindl.
RANUNCULACE/E.
Ranunculus Bongardi Greene.
Trautvetteria grand is Nutt Anemone Lyallii Britt.
Coptis asplcnifolia Salisb.
Aquilcgia formosa Fischer.
Orucifer.e.
Arabis sp.
Saxifragace.e.
Boylcinia occidentals T. & G.
Tiarella trifoliate L.
Tellima grand iftora Dougl.
Tolmiea Menziesii (Pursh) T. & G.
Rosace.e.
Cyras sitchensis (Roem.) Piper.
Sanguisorba latifolia (Hook.) Coville.
Ileum macropliylliim Willd.
Rosa sp.
HYPERIC ACE/E.
Hypericum Sconleri Hook.
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Viola sp. Epilobium sp.
Viol agile. Onagbace/E. Umbellifer.e.
Lomatium Mart in dale i var. angustatum C. & R.
Cornus canadensis L. Mcnzicsia ferruginea Smith.
CORNACEAE.
Ericace_e.
GENTIANACE.E.
Gentiana sceptrum Griseb. Uchucklesit Harbour. Mmyanthes crista-gdlli Menz.
POLEMONIACE.E.
Phlox diffusa Dougl.
Romanzoffla sitchcnsis Bong.
Hydrophyllace.e.
SCROPIIULARIACE.E.
Pcntstemon Menziesii Hook. Pentstemon diffusus Dougl. CastiUeja miniata Dougl. Mimulus Lewisii Pursli.
Galium cymosum Wiegaiul.
Rubiace.e.
Valerianace.e.
Valeriana sitchcnsis Bong., var. Scouleri (Rydb.) Piper.
Composit.e.
Erigeron sp.
Erigeron sp.
Eriophyllum lanatum (Pursli) Forbes.
Achillea Millefolium L.
Petasites spcciosa (Nutt.) Piper.
Arnica sp.
Lain a hypoleuca Bentb.
Nahalus alatus Hook.
PLANTS COLLECTED IN CRANBROOK DISTRICT.
By C. B. Garrett.
(Identified by J. M. Mac-oun, C.M.G., Curator of Herbarium, Geological Survey, Ottawa.)
Poly podiace.-e.
Phegopteris Dryopieris (L.) Fee. St. Mary’s Lake.
Ptcris aquilina L„ var. lanuginosa Bong. St. Mary’s Lake. Cryptogramma acrostichoides IL Br. St. Mary’s Lake. Asplenium cyelosorum Rupr. St. Mary’s Lake.
Woodsia scopjilina D. C. Eaton. Wbitefoot Creek.
Cyperace.e.
Carcx RichardsonU IL Br. Cran!«rook.
Carcx tcnella Scbk. Cranbrook.
J UNCACE/E.
Lunula glabrata Desv. Wbitefoot Creek.
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1917
Llliaceas.
Zygadcnus chloranthus Rich. Cranhrook.
Zygadcnus venenosus Wats. Cranhrook.
Allium cernuum Roth. Cranhrook.
Liliuni parviflorum (Hook.) Holtz. St. Mary's Lake and Whitefoot Creek. Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. Cranhrook.
Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh, var. parviflorum Wats. St. Mary’s Lake. Calochortus elegans Pursh. St. Mary’s Lake.
Galochortu.s macrocarpus Dough Cranhrook.
Clintonia uniflora Kunth. St. Mary’s Lake.
Smilacina stellate (L.) Dest. Cranhrook.
Disporum t) ach ycarpum B. & H. St. Mary’s Lake.
Smilacina amplexicaulis Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake,
Iridace.e.
Sisyrincliium angustifoliu m Miller. Cranhrook.
Orchidacea*:.
Habcnaria elegans Boland. St. Mary's Lake.
Habenaria dilatata Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Spirant lies Romanzofflana Cham. Cranhrook.
Calypso bulbosa (L. ) Oakes. Whitefoot Creek.
Betulace/e.
Alnus tenuifolia Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake.
SANTALACE/E.
Comandra pallida A. DC. Cranhrook.
Polygon ace.®.
Eriogonum umbellatum Torr. St. Mary’s Lake.
Polygonum amphibium L. Cranhrook.
Caryophyllaceas.
Arenaria lateriflora L. Cranhrook.
Arenaria serpyllifolia L. Cranhrook.
Stellaria graminea L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Stellaria longifolia Muhl. Cranhrook.
Cerastium arvense L. Cranhrook.
Cerastiuni viscosum L. St. Mary's Lake.
Silene Menziesii Hook. Cranhrook.
Portulaceac.
Claytonia lanceolate Pursh. Whitefoot Creek.
Lewisia rediviva Pursh. Cranhrook.
Ranunculace.e.
Ran unculus Flam mule L., var. reptans (L.) Meyer. Cranhrook.
Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Cranhrook.
Ranunculus Macounii Britt. Glabrate. St. Mary's Lake.
Ranunculus Eschscboltzii Schleclit. St. Mary’s Lake.
Anemone patens L., var. Wolfgangiana (Bess.) Koch. Cranhrook.
Anemone multifida Poir. Cranhrook.
Anemone occidentalis Freyn. St. Mary’s Lake.
Clematis Columbiana Hornem. Cranhrook.
Troll ius laxus Salisb. St. Mary’s Lake.
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Aquilegia formosa Fisch., var. flavescens (Wats.) Frye & Rigg. St. Mary’s Lake. Delphinium columTtianum Greene. -Cranbrook.
Actaca arguta Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake.
Berberidace.®.
Berberis aquifolium Pursh. Cranbrook.
Fumariace^®.
Corydalis aurea Willd. St. Mary’s Lake.
Cruciferaa
Alyssum calycinum L. Cranbrook.
Lesquerella Douglasii Wats. St. Mary’s Lake.
Thlaspi arvense L. (introduced). Cranbrook.
Capsella Bursa-pastoris (L.) Medic. Cranbrook.
Sisymbrium incisum Engelm. Cranbrook.
Sisymbrium incisum Engelm., var. H artwegianurn (Fourn) Wats. Cranbrook. Erysimum asperum DC. Cranbrook.
Erysimum parviflorum Nutt. Cranbrook.
Cardamine pennsylvaniea Muhl. St. Mary’s Lake.
Arabis Mrsuta (L.) Scop. Wbitefoot Creek.
CRASSULACEiE.
Sedum stenopetalum Prush. St. Mary’s Lake.
Saxifragace.^:.
Saxifraga occidentalis Wats. Cranbrook.
Saxifrage bronchialis L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Mitclla pentandra Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Mitella trifida Graham. St. Mary’s Lake.
Heuchera glabella T. & G. Cranbrook.
Tellima tenella (Nutt.) Walp. Cranbrook.
Ribes viscosissimum Pursh. Whitefoot Creek.
Rosacea.
Spircna lucid a Dougl. St. Mary’s Lake.
Pyrus sitchensis (Roem.) Piper. St. Mary’s Lake.
Fragaria platypetala Rydb. Cranbrook.
Potentilla monspeliensis L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Potentilla fruticosa L. Cranbrook.
Potentilla anserina L. Cranbrook.
Geum strictum Ait. Cranbrook.
Rubus pedatus Smith. St. Mary’s Lake.
Rubus pubescens Raf. Cranbrook.
Rosa sp. Cranbrook.
Prunus demissa Walp. St. Mary’s Lake.
Purshia tridentata DC. Mission.
Leguminoste.
Lupinus argenteus Pursh. Cranbrook.
Trifolium repens L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Trifolium hybridum L. (introduced). St. Mary’s Lake.
Astragalus campestris Gray. Cranbrook.
Astragalus spicatus Nutt. Cranbrook.
Oxytropis nionticola Gray. Cranbrook.
Vicia amcricana Muhl. Cranbrook.
Lathyrus ochroleucus Ilook. Cranbrook.
Q 34
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1917
GeRANIACEAS.
m •
Geranium viscosissimum F. & M. St. Mary’s Lake.
Acerace^e.
Acer Douglasii Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Rhamnaceas.
Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. St. Mary’s Lake.
Hypertcaceas.
Hypericum Seoul eri Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Violaceae.
Viola sp.f Cranbrook.
Viola adunca Smith, var. Cranbrook.
Viola neplirophylla Greene. Cranbrook.
Viola orbiculata Geyer. Whitefoot Creek.
Viola glabella Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake.
Viola canadensis L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Onagraceas.
CEnothera muricata L. Cranbrook.
Araliaceac.
Arabia nudicaulis L. Cranbrook.
Lmbelliferas.
Lomatium triternatum (Nutt.) Cranbrook.
Leptotaenia multifida Nutt. Whitefoot Creek.
Corn ace al
Cornus slolonifera Miebx. Cranbrook.
Cornus canadensis L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Ericaceas.
Moneses uni flora (L.) Gray. Cranbrook.
Pyrola secunda L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Pyrola bracteata Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Phyllodoce empetriformis (Sm.) D. Don. Whitefoot Creek. Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. Cranbrook.
Primulaceas.
Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene (?). Cranbrook.
Gentianaceas.
Gentiana Amarella L., var. acuta (Michx.) Herder. Cranbrook. Gcntiana affinis Griesb. Cranbrook.
Menyanthes trifoliata L. Cranbrook.
Pole mon i ace as.
Phlox diffusa Bentb. Cranbrook.
Gilia linearis (Nutt.) Gray. St. Mary’s Lake.
Hydrophyllaceas.
Pliacelia Menziesii Torr. (R. Br.). Cranbrook. .
Phacelia leucophylla Torr. St. Mary’s Lake.
7 Geo. 5
Provincial Museum Report.
Q 35
Boraginace^e.
Lappula occidentalis (Wats.) Rydb. Cranbrook.
Lappula diffusa (Lehm.) Greene. Wbitefoot Creek.
Mertensia oblongifolia Don. Mission.
Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. Cranbrook.
Labiate.
Scutellaria galericulata L. Cranbrook.
Prunella vulgaris L. St. Mary's Lake.
Stachys scopulorum Greene. Cranbrook.
Monarda mollis L. Cranbrook.
Mentha canadensis L. Cranbrook.
SCROPHULARIACEAL
Collinsia parviflora Lindl. Cranbrook.
Pentstemon sp. Cranbrook.
Pentstemon confertus Dougl. Cranbrook.
Pentstemon scopulorum Piper. St. Mary’s Lake.
Pentstemon Scouleri Dougl. Cranbrook.
Mimulus nasutus Greene. St. Mary’s Lake.
Veronica americana Schvvein. Cranbrook.
Veronica alpina L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Veronica humifusa Dickson. St. Mary’s Lake.
Castilleja angustifolia Don., yar. Bradlmrii Fernald. St. Mary’s Lake. Orthocarpus tenuifolius Benth. St. Mary’s Lake.
Pedicularis racemosa Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
* Lentibuariace.®.
Utricularia vulgaris L. Cranbrook.
Rubiaceas.
Galium horeale L. Cranbrook.
Galium trifidum L., var. St. Mary’s Lake.
CaPRIFOLIACE/E.
Lonicera involucrata (Richards.) Banks. Cranbrook.
Linmra borealis L., var. americana (Forbes) Redder. St. Mary’s Lake. Sambucus melanocarpa Gray. St. Mary’s Lake.
Sambucus racemosa L. St. Mary’s Lake.
Campanulaceae.
Campanula rotundifolia L. Cranbrook.
Gompositve.
Chrysopsis villosa (Pursh) Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake.
Chrysopsis hirsuta Nutt. Cranbrook.
Solidago decumbens Greene. St. Mary’s Lake.
Erigeyon acris I;. St. Mary’s Lake.
Erigeron acris L. (a form of). Cranbrook.
Erigeron corymbosus Nutt. St. Mary’s Lake.
Erigeron hispidissimus (Ilook.) Piper. Cranbrook.
Erigeron salsuginosus (Rich.) A. Gray. St. Mary’s Lake.
Erigeron speciosus DC. St. Mary’s Lake.
*
Aster multiflorus Ait. Cranbrook.
Aster stcnomercs Gray. St. Mary’s Lake.
Antennaria racemosa Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
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1917
Antennaria rosea Greene. Cranbrook.
Antennaria anaphaloides Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake.
Antennaria Hoicellii Greene (small leaves form). Cranbrook. Anaphalis margaritacece (L.) B. & II. Cranbrook.
Balsamorhisa sagittata Nutt. Cranbrook.
Gaillarclia aristata Pursh. St. Mary’s Lake.
Achillea lanulosa Nutt. Cranbrook.
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. Cranbrook.
Arnica gracilis Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake.
Arnica cordifolia Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Arnica fulgens Pursh. Cranbrook.
Arnica grandifolia Greene. Cranbrook.
Senecio triangularis Hook. St. Mary’s Lake.
Senecio pseudaurcus Rydb. St. Mary’s Lake.
Senecio canus Hook, (unusual form with dentate leaves). Cranbrook. Hieracium albiflorum Hook. Whitefoot Creek.
Hieracium sp. Cranbrook.
Crepis intermedia Gray. St. Mary’s Lake.
Crepis gracilis (D. C. Eaton) Rydb. Cranbrook.
PLANTS COLLECTED IN OKANAGAN DISTRICT. 1915. By J. A. Munko.
P OLYPODIACEA5.
Asplenium Filix-femina (L.) Bernh. Polypodium vulgare L.
Liliaceae.
Zygadenus venenosus S. Watts.
Allium cern-uum Roth.
Lilium parviflorum (Hook.) IIolz.
Fritillaria lanceolata Pursh.
Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. Calochortus macrocarpus Dough Clintonia uniflora Kunth.
Smilacina stellata (L.) Desf.
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt.
Orciiidaceas.
Cypripedium montanum Dough Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb.
Habenaria dilatata (Pursh) Gray.
Habenaria unalaschensis (Spreng.) Wats. Habenaria obtusata (Pursh) Richards. Habenaria elegans Lind-1.
Epipactis decipiens (Hook.) Ames.
Listcra convallarioides Torr.
Corallorrhtsa multiflora Nutt.
Calypso bulbosa (L.) Oakes.
Santaeace.e.
Comandra pallida A. DC.
POLYGONACEAS.
Polygonum acre II. B. K., var. leptostachyum Meisn. Polygonum lapatliifolium L.
Eriogonum august if oli um Nutt.
Caryoph yllace.e.
Agrostcmma Gitliago L. (introduced).
7 Geo. 5 Provincial Museum Eeport. Q 37
Ranunculaceae.
Clematis Columbiana (Nutt.) T. & G. Ranunculus glaberrirnus Hook. Delphinium sp.
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Actaea arguta Nutt. Tellima parvi flora Hook. |
Saxifragace.il |
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Spiraea lucida Dougl. Spiraea discolor Maxim. Potentilla anserina L. Potentilla monspeliensis L. Geum triflorum Pursh. |
Rosace.®. |
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Astralagus campestris Gray. Vicia americana Muhl. Latliyrus ochroleucus Hook. |
Leguminosas. |
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GERANIACEvE. |
Erodium cicutarium (L.) L’Herit.
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Sphcaralcea acerifolia Nutt. |
Malvaceae. |
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Hypericum Scouleri Hook. |
IIypericaceal |
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Viola adunca Smith. Viola canadensis L. |
Violace.®. |
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Onagraceas. |
Epilobium angustifolium L.
Epilobium adenocaulon Haussk.
Ericaceae.
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Arctostaphylos TJva-ursi L. |
Primulaceae. |
Dodecatheon Meadia L., var. pauciflorum Durand. Steironema ciliatum (L.) Raf.
Hydrophyllaceas. Pliacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr.
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Pentstemon Scouleri Lindl. |
Sc ROPH ULARIACEAE |
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Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. Orobanche uni flora L. |
Orobanchaceae. |
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Plantago Purshii R. & S. |
Plantaginace.®. |
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Galium boreale L. |
Rubiaceas. |
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Caprifoliaceal |
Lbnncea borealis L., var. americana Forbes. Lonicera involucrata (Richards) Banks.
Valeri an ace.®.
Valerianclla macroccra T. & G.
Q 38
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1917
Campanulaceee.
Specularia perfoliata (L.) A. DC.
Composites.
Chrysopsis hispid a (Hook.) Nutt. Chrysopsis villosa (Pursk) Nutt. Solidago ellngata Nutt.
Erigeron macranthus Nutt. Erigeron corymbosus Nutt. Erigeron philadelphicus L. Antennaria rosea Greene. Gaillardia aristata Pursk.
Arnica cordifolia Hook.
Agoseris aurantiaca Hook. Hieracium columManum Rydb. Sonchus arvensis L.
Crepis intermedia A. Gray.
PLANTS COLLECTED IN CHILCOTIN DISTRICT, 1915. By W. A. Newcombe.
(Identified by J. M. Macoun, C.M.G., Curator of Herbarium, Geological Survey, Ottawa.)
P OL YPODIACEEE .
Cheilanthes Feei Moore.
Cheilanthes gracillima D. C. Eaton.
Pellcea occidentalis (Nels.) Rydb. Alexis Creek.
Cryptogramma acrostichoides R. Br. Hell’s Gate, Fraser River. Crystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernli.
Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.
Woodsia oregana D. C. Eaton. ‘Hell’s Gate, Fraser River. Woodsia scopulina D. C. Eaton.
Ophioglossace^:.
BotrycMum Lunaria L.
PlNACEEE.
Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
Juniperus communis L., var. sibirica (Burgsd.) Rydb.
Triglochin palustris L. Phragmites communis Trin.
Naiadacees.
Gramine^e.
Cyperaceee.
Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. & G.
Car ex sp.f
Carex vesicaria L.
LlLIACEuE.
Zygadenus venenosus S. Wats.
Allium cernuum Rotli.
Lilium parviflorum (Hook.) Holtz. Fritillaria pudica (Pk.) Spreng.
Smilacina sessilifolia Nutt.
Iridace.e.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Miller.
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Q 39
OrchidacezE.
Cypripedium parviflorum Saiisb. Orchis rotundifolia Banks.
TI abenaria obtusata (Ph.) Richards. II abenaria dilatata (Ph.) Gray.
Salix ? myrtilloules L.
Balix melanopsis Nutt.
Salix sp.
Populus tremuloides Michx. Populus trichocarpa T. & G.
Betula glandulosa Michx. Alnus sp.
Comandra pallida A. DC. Eriogonum heracloides Nutt.
SALICACEzE.
BetulacEzE.
SANTALACEzE. Polygon acezE.
ChENOPODIACEzE.
Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ascher.
Caryoph YLLACE/E.
Stellaria longipes Goldie.
Cerastium arvensc L.
Cerastium ? nutans Raf.
Silene Mcnziesii Hook.
RANUNCULACEzE.
Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. Ranunculus delphiivifolius Torr. Ranunculus sceleratus L. Ranunculus Macounii Britt. Ranunculus pedatifidus Smith. Ranunculus abortivus L. Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. Thaliotrum occidentale A. Gray. Anemone multifida Poir. Aquilegia brevistyla Hook. Delphinium bicolor Nutt.
Actwa arguta Torr.
Corydalis aurea Willd.
FuMARIACEzE.
CURCIFERzE.
Draba nemorosa L., var. leiocarpa Lindbl.
S isymbrium incisum Engelin.
Erysimum cheiranthoidcs L.
Cardaminc probably penmylvanica Muhl. Arabis br achy car pa (T. & G.) Britt.
Arabis lyrata L., var. occidentalis S. Wats. Arabis hirsuta Scop.
CRASSULACEzE.
Bcdum stcnopctalum Pursh.
SaXIFRAGACEzE.
lleuchcra Columbiana Rydb.
Chrysosplenium altcrnifolium I>.
Q 40
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1917
Parnassia palustris L.
Ribes hudsonianum Richardson.
Ribes oxyacanthoides L.
Rosaceae.
Spircea lucida Dougl.
Amelanchier florida Lindl.
Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duch.
Potentilla gracilis Dougl.
Potentilla glandulosa Lindl.
Potentilla anserina L.
Potentilla anserina L., var. concolor Ser. Potentilla pcnnsylvanica L.
Potentilla strigosa Pursh.
Oeum rivale L.
Geum strictum Ait.
Geum triflorum Pursh.
Rubus strigosus Michx.
Rubus triflorus Richards.
Rubus arcticus L.
Rosa acicularis Lindl.
Prunus demissa Nutt.
Astragalus alpinus L. Astragalus campestris Gray. Hedysarum boreale Nutt. Vicia americana Muhl. Lathyrus ochroleucus Hook. Astragalus hypoglottis L.’
Linum Lewisii Pursh.
Geranium erianthum DC.
Viola adunca Smith.
Viola blanda Willd.
Viola canadensis L.
Viola cognata Greene.
Leguminosae.
Linaceae. Geraniaceae. Viola cile.
Elaeagnaceae.
Elceagnus argentea Pursh. Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt.
Onagraceae.
Epilobium angustifolium L.
Umbelliferae.
Cicuta ? vagans Greene.
Heracleum lanatum Michx.
Corn aceas.
Cornus stolonifera Michx.
Ericaceae.
Pyrola uliginosa Ton*.
Arctostapliylos Uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.
Primulaceae.
Androsacc saptentrionalis I*.
Lysimachia thyrsiflora L.
7 Geo. 5
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Q 41
Apocynaceal
Apocynuni androscemifolium L.
POLEMONIACEA5.
Gilia linearis (Nutt.) Gray.
Polemonium elegans Greene.
Hydroph YLLACE/E.
Phacelia Menziesii (R. Br.) Torr.
Boraginaceal
Lappula Redowslcii (Hornem.) Greene, var. occidentalis (Wats.) Rydb. Lithospermum angustifolium Michx.
Lithospermum ruderale Dougl.
Mentha arvensis L.
Labiate.
SCROPHULARIACEE.
Pentstemon Scouleri Lindl.
Pentstemon procerus Dougl.
Mimulus Langsdorfii Donn.
Mimulus peduncularis Dougl.
Veronica americana Schwein.
Castilleja angustifolia (Nutt.) G. Dou. Castilleja miniata Dougl.
Orthocarpus luteus Nutt.
Orobancilacee.
Orohanche fasciculata Nutt. Galium, boreale L.
Rubiacee.
Caprifoliacee.
Lonicera involucrata (Richard.) Banks. Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx. Linnaa borealis L.
Viburnum pauciflorum Pylaie.
Valeria nacee.
Valeriana sitchensis Bong.
Composite.
Chrysopsis hispida (Hook.) Nutt.
Aster multiflorus Ait.
Erigeron flagellaris A. Gray.
Erigeron philadelphicus L.
Erigeron speciosus DC.
Erigeron compositus Pursk.
Antennaria lanata (Hook.) Greene.
Antennaria rosea Greene.
Antennaria parvifolia Nutt. lialsamorhisa sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. Gaillardia aristata Pursh.
Achillea Millefolium L.
Artemisia discolor Dougl.
Petasites speciosa (Nutt.) Piper.
Arnica alpina (L.) 01. & Lad.
Arnica cordifolia Ilook.
Q 42
Provincial Museum Keport.
1917
Senecio canus Hook.
Senecio cymbalarioides Nutt. Senecio mutabilis Greene. Cichorium Intybus L.
Ayoseris glauca (Pursh) Steud. Crepis occidentalis Nutt.
PALEONTOLOGY,
A noteworthy addition to the small collection of Tertiary fossils in the Provincial Museum was acquired in October, 1916. This consists of a fossil tooth of the rare Desmostylus, an extinct race of the mammalian group of sirenians, to which the living dugong and the recently extinct Steller’s sea-cow belong.
The tooth referred to was found by Miss M. Egerton, of Victoria, in the fossiliferous sand- stone cliff near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, in the summer of 1916, and was forwarded by R. E. Gosnell, at the suggestion of the Director, to Lawrence M. Lambe, Dominion Vertebrate Palaeontologist, Ottawa, for determination. Mr. Lambe’s reply included the following statement : — ■
“ The tooth from Otter Point, in the Sooke District, Vancouver Island, belongs to the sirenian species, Desmostylus hesperus Marsh, of Pliocene (? Miocene) age. This tooth is of particular interest as it is the first one of this kind found to our certain knowledge in Canada. Last year Dr. Newcombe, of Victoria, B.C., presented to this Department a large, perfect, unworn tooth which he obtained from a curio-dealer, and was supposed to be from Alaska. Miss Egerton’s specimen was happily secured in situ, and possibly a further search at the locality may reveal other remains of the species. It appears to be the first right upper molar ; Dr. Newcombe’s
being the second left molar. It is probable that the beds from which the specimen comes are
of Miocene age, but the genus may have ranged up into the Pliocene. Remains of Desmostylus have been found in Japan, California, and Oregon. The genus is closely related to the existing Manatus of Florida and the recently extinct Rhytina (Steller’s sea-cow) of the North Pacific. The specimen has been broken off at the top of the roots, which have remained in the rock, and may possibly still be recovered to make it complete if a visit is made to the locality and care is exercised in their removal.”
As several finds of Desmostylus had been reported from California, from which State the first specimen had been described, it was thought advisable to write to the well-known geologists, Dr. Merriam and Dr. Ralph Arnold, for further information. The former had already taken much interest in the Sooke formations and had published preliminary descriptions of fossils
found in them in 1897 and 1899. In the years 1906 and 1911 he had also published notes on the
genus Desmostylus, with special reference to the remains found on the Pacific Coasts of America and Japan. Dr. Arnold, it was known, had devoted a great deal of time to the Tertiary faunas of the Pacific Coast, and had in view a publication which might continue the work so well commenced by his report on the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene of San Pedro, California. Dr. Arnold had also sent field parties to our Coast, who had made large collections of fossils at and near Sooke.
Permission was readily given to make use of such conclusions as had been arrived at by the above geologists with regard to the age of the formation from which our Desmostylus tooth came.
Quoting from a letter received from Mr. B. L. Clark, of the University of California, who is now examining and describing the Tertiary fossils of this Coast in collaboration with Drs. Merriam and Arnold, the following statements are of interest: —
“ After studying the fauna from the Sooke beds and that from the Carmanah Point beds, my conclusion is that they belong to the same period of deposition and, very probably, to the same faunal horizon. A number of species common to the beds of the two localities are distinc- tive forms, such as, I believe, may be taken as good horizon markers. Some of these species are Agasoma acuminatum, Bullia buccinoides, Eudolium petrosu, Molopophorus Newcombei, Macrocallista Vancouver ensis, and Chione ? n. sp.
This fauna, from both localities, apparently belongs to the same horizon as that found in the Restoration Point beds near Seattle. These were referred to the Seattle formation by Arnold and Hannibal, and to his Blakely horizon by Weaver, the fauna of which he designates as that of the Acila y etty sburg ensis zone.
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PLATE IX.
Fig. 1. View of fossiliferous sandstone cl i IT near mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, Vancouver Island. Photo l>y C. F. Newcombc, M.I>.
Figs, '1 and 3 Tooth of Deamostylum hcnperus Marsh. Found In the sandstone cliffs near mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke, B.C.
PLATE X.
7 Geo. 5
Provincial Museum Report.
Q 43
“The question as to the exact position of the Acila gettysburgcnsis zone is debatable. Professor Weaver places it as the uppermost faunal zone of the Oligocene.
“My study of the Oligocene fauna of middle California, together with that of Oregon and Washington, appears to me to show that the faunas of the different horizons of the Oligocene of Oregon and Washington, as recognized by Arnold and Hannibal, and by Weaver, are very closely related. Much more work, however, must be done before the sequence and relative importance of the different faunal zones can be established for a certainty.”
Plate IX., Fig. 1. View of fossiliferous sandstone cliff near the mouth of Coal Creek, Sooke. The low Tertiary cliff is covered by heavy glacial deposits with heavy growth of timber. Erosion is going on with great rapidity, leaving ice-worn boulders on nearly level rocky beach, which extends far out to sea at low water.
Plate IX., Figs. II. and III. Tooth of Desmostylus, believed to be of the species hesperus of Marsh. The tooth is formed of several cylindrical pillars, each consisting of a thick layer of enamel enclosing a small body of dentine. The grinding surface shows a circular depression at the end of each of the principal pillars, the lip of which is formed by enamel, and the central pit is excavated by wear into the softer dentine.
Until this tooth was found the Desmostylus was only known to occur in America in Oregon and California ; outside of America it has also been found in Japan.
A. Side view of tooth showing pillars.
B. Grinding surface, showing circular pits. Height, 22 mm. ; length, 35 mm. ; width,
24 mm.
ACCESSIONS— PUBLICATIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1-566. Ext. Proc. No. 2117, Vol. 49 — A New Crustacean (Diaptomus). C. Dwight Marsh.
1-567. Ext. Proc. No. 2119, Vol. 49 — British Fossil Insects. T. D. A. Cockerell.
1-568. Ext. Proc. No. 2121, Vol. 49 — Crested Tern, Thalasseus bergii (Lichenstein), Oberholser.
1-569. Ext. Proc. No. 2122, Vol. 49 — Three New Species of Adodontites from Brazil. Wm. B. Marshall.
1-570. Ext. Proc. No. 2123, Vol. 49— Crustacea, Santa Marta, Colombo. A. S. Pearse.
1-571. Ext. Proc. No. 2124, Vol. 49 — Molluscan Sub-genus Nucella of the North-west Coast of America and Adjacent Regions. Wm. Healey Dali.
1-572. Ext. Proc. No. 2126, Vol. 49 — New Fresh-water Shells, Ozark Mountains. Anson A. Hinkley.
1-573. Ext. Proc. No. 2127, Vol. 49 — Osteology of Tlieseelosaurus, an Orthopodous Dinosaur from the Lance Formation of Wyoming. Charles W. Gilmore.
1-574. Ext. Proc. No. 2129, Vol. 49 — The Euphausiacean Crustaceans of the “Albatross” Expedition to the Philippines. H. J. Hansen.
1-575. Ext. Proc. No. 2135, Vol. 50 — New Species Crabs. Mary J. Rathbun.
1-576. Ext. Proc. No. 2137, Vol. 50 — Two New Species Fossil Turtles, Wyoming. C. W. Gilmore.
1-577. Ext. Proc. No. 2138, Vol. 50 — Description of Three Species of Crabs, Eastern Coast of North America. Mary J. Rathbun.
1-561. U.S. National Herbarium, Vol. 16, Pt. 14 — Plant Records, Lower California. E. A. Goldman.
1-562. U.S. National Herbarium, Vol. 17, rt. 7 — Tropical American Ferns. W. R. Maxon.
1-563. U.S. National Herbarium, Vol. 17, Pt. S — Cacao and Patashitem. O. F. Cook.
1-564. U.S. National Herbarium, Vol. IS, Tt. 3 — Tropical American Phanerogams, No. 2. Standley.
1-565. U.S. National Herbarium, Vol. IS, Pt. 4 — New Plants from Colombia and Central America. I’ittier.
1-578. Bull. No. 50, Museum — Birds of North and Middle America. Robt. Ridgway.
1-579. Bull. No. 93, Museum — Sessile Barnacles (Clrripedia) in U.S. National Museum Collection. Henry A. Pilsbry.
1-580. Bull. No. 94, Museum — Hand-book of the Meteorite Collection. Geo. P. Merrill.
Q 44
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1917
1-581. Misc. Collection, Vol. 66, No. S — Three New African Shrews, Genus Crocidura. N. Hollister.
1-582. Misc. Collection, Vol. 64, No. 5 — Cambrian Trilobites. Charles D. Walcott.
1-583. Misc. Collection, Vol. 66, No. 1 — African Mammals, New Genus and Species. N. Hollister.
1-5S4. Misc. Collection, Vol. 66, No. 10 — Murine Rodents from Africa. N. Hollister.
1-585. Misc. Collection, Vol. 66, No. 12 — Bones of Mammals, Cuba and Santo Domingo. G. S. Miller.
1-5S6. Misc. Collection, Vol. 66, No. 13 — Teeth of Monkey in Cuba. G. S. Miller, Jr.
1-5S7. Ext. Proc. No. 2142, Vol. 51 — Philippine Titmouse, Ed. Alex. Mearns.
1-588. Ext. Proc. No. 2146, Vol. 51— American Fossil Insects. T. D. A. Cockerell.
1-589. Ext. Proc. No. 2147, Vol. 51— Two Extinct Mammals, Texas. O. P. Hay.
1- 590. Ext. Proc. No. 2155, Vol. 54 — Two New I^md Shells from the Western States. P.
Bartsch.
T-591. Contributions, Herbarium, Vol. 16- — Investigations in Ferns, Mosses, Phanerogams.
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American Museum of Natural History.
21-61. Bull., Vol. XXXIV., Art. XXII. — New South American Mammals. J. A. Allen.
21-62. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XI. — New South American Mammals. J. A. Allen.
21-63. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XII. — The Neotropical Weasels. J. A. Allen.
21-64. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XIII.- — List of Mammals collected for the American Museum in Ecuador by William B. Richardson, 1912-13. (Allen.)
21-65. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XVII. — Some Apparently Undescribed Birds from the Collec- tion of the Roosevelt South American Exped. Geo. K. Cherrie.
21-66. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XVIII. — List of Mammals collected in Colombia by the American Museum Expeditions, 1910-15. J. A. Allen.
21-67. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XXIX. — On Dysithamnus mentalis- and its Allies. W. E. Clyde Todd.
21-68. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XXX.- — Mammals collected on the Roosevelt Brazilian Expedition, with Field-notes by Leo. E. Miller.
21-69. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. V. — The Proper Generic Name of the Macaques. J. A. Allen. 21-70. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. VI— Habits of Aplodontia. PI. E. Anthony.
21-71. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XX. — Panama Mammals collected in 1914-15. PI. E. Anthony. 21-72. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XXVII. — New Mammals collected on the Roosevelt Brazilian Expedition. J. A. Allen.
21-73. Bull., Vol. XXXV., Art. XII. — New Family Insectivories. H. E. Anthony.
United States Department of Agriculture,
2- 275. N.A. Fauna No. 40 — A Systematic Account of the Prairie-dog. N. Hollister.
2-276. Bull. No. 34 — Birds of Porto Rico. Alex. Wetmore.
2-277. Farmers’ Bull. No. 702 — Cottontail Rabbits in relation to Trees, Farm Crops. D. E. Lantz.
2-278. (Bureau of Education) — Educational Work of Museum, 1915. P. M. Rea.
2-279. (Bureau of Biological Survey) — Service and Regulatory Announcements: Bird
Protection.
2-280. Farmers’ Bull. No. 706 — Laws relating to Fur-bearing Animals, 1915. D. E. Lantz. 2-281. Report of Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey, 1915.
2-2S2. Bull. No. 39G — Second Annual Report of Bird Counts in PTnited States. W. W. Cooke.
California Academy of Sciences.
8-97. 4th Series, Vol. VI., Nos. 1, 2, 3 — 1. Eocene of the Lower Cowlitz River Valley, Wash.
2. The Post-Eocene Formation of Western Wash. 3. The Oligocene of Kitsap Co., Wash. Charles Weaver.
8-98. 4th Series, Vol. VI., Nos. 7, 8 — Report of the President for 1915. Report of the Director for 1915.
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8-99. 4tli Series, Vol. VI., No. 4 — The Pacific Coast Races of the Bewick Wren. Harry S. Swartfi.
8-100. 4th Series, Vol. VI., No. 5 — Monograph of the North American Species of Orthotylus (Hemiptera). Edward I*. Van Duzee.
8-30:1 . 4th Series, Vol. VI., No. 6 — A Catalogue and Host List of Anoplura. G. F. Ferris.
8- 102. 4th Series, Vol. VI., No. 7 — Four Species of Salamanders new to the State of California,
with Description of Plethodon elongatus, a New Species, and Notes on other Salamanders. John Aran Denburgh.
University of California.
9- 109. Arol. 12, No. 33 — Report upon Mammals and Birds found in Portions of Trinity,
Siskiyou, and Shasta Counties, Calif. Louise Kellogg.
9-109. Vol. 12, No. 14 — Analysis of the A^ertebrate Fauna of the Trinity Region. Joseph Grinnell.
9-110. Arol. 12, No. 35 — The Status of the Beavers of Western North America. W. P. Taylor. 9-111. Vol. 12, No. 36 — Two New Aplodontias from AVestern North America. W. P. Taylor. 9-112. Vol. 12, No. 17 — Local Distribution and Habits of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South-eastern California in the Vicinity of the Turtle Mountains. Clias. Lewis Camp.
9-113. Vol. 13, No. 11 — Study of the Structure of Feathers, with reference to their Taxonomic Significance. Asa C. Chandler.
9-113. Vol. 13, No. 12 — Anatomical Adaptions in the Thoracic Limb of the California Pocket Gopher and other Rodents. Charles Daniel Holliger.
9-114. Vol. 15 — Introduction, Dependence of Marine Biology upon Hydrography and Necessity of Qualitative Biological Research. Ellis L. Michael.
9-115. A^ol. 16, Nos. 2, 3 — 2, On Giardia microti sp. nov. from the Meadow Mouse. Charles Atwood Kofoid and Elizabeth Bohn Christiansen. 3. On Biauary and Multiple Fission in Giardia Muris (Grassi). C. A. Kofoid and E. B. Christiansen.
9-116. Vol. 16, No. 4 — The Cultivation of Tissues from Amphibians. J. C. Johnson.
9-117. Arol. 16, No. 5 — Notes on the Tintinnoina. Chas. Atwood Kofoid.
9-118. Arol. 16, Nos. 6, 7 — 6. Binary and Multiple Fission in Hexamitus. Olive Swezy. 7. On a Triehomonad Flagellate, Trichomitus Parvus, from the Intestine of Amphibians. Olive Swezy.
9-119. Arol. 16, No. 8 — On Blepharocorys equi sp. nov., a New Ciliate from the Ciecum of the Horse. Irwin C. Schumacher.
9-120. Arol. 16, No. 9 — Three New Helices from California. S. Stillman Berry.
9-121. Vol. 16, No. 10 — Trypanosoma triatomre, a New Flagettate from a Hemipteran Bug from the Nests of the Wood-rat (Neotoma fuscipes). Chas. Atwood Kofoid and Irene McCulloch.
9-122. Arol. 16, No. 11 — The Genera Monocercomonas and Polymastix. Olive Swezy.
9-123. Arol. 36, No. 32 — Notes on the Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) of the California Coast. Bennet M. Allen.
9-324. A^ol. 16. No. 13— Notes on the Marine Fishes of California. Carl L. Ilubbs.
9-325. Vol. 16, No. 14 — The Feeding Habits and Food of Pelagic Copepods and the Question of Nutrition by Organic Substances in Solution in the Water. Calvin O. Esterly. 9-120. Vol. 16, No. 15 — The Kinetonucieus of Flagettates and the Binuclear Theory of Hart- mann. Olive Swezy.
9-127. Arol. 16, No. 36 — On the Life-history of a Soil Amoeba. Chas. Woodruff Wilson.
9-328. Vol. 17, Nos. 3, 2 — 1. Diagnoses of Seven New Mammals from East-Central California.
Jos. Grinnell and Tracy I. Storer. 2. A New Bat of the Genus Myotis from the High Sierra Nevada of California. Hilda Wood Grinnell.
9-129. Vol. 17, No. 3 — Spelerpes platycephalus, a New Alpine Salamander from the Yosemite National Park, California. Chas. Lewis Camp.
9-130. Vol. 17, No. 4 — A New Spermophile from the San Joaquin A’alley. California, with Notes on Ammospermophilus nelsoni nelson i Merriam. W. I*. Taylor.
9-132. Vol. 17, No. 5 — Habits and Food of the Roadrunner in California. II. C. Bryant. 9-133. Vol. 37. No. 6 — Descrip. Bufo. canorus, a New Toad from .Yosemite National Park. C. L. Camp.
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Dominion Government Publications.
Memoir 50 — Upper White River District. Yukon. D. D. Cairns.
Memoir 55 — Geology of Field Map-area, British Columbia and Alberta. John A. Allen. Memoir 58 — Texada Island. R. G. McConnell.
Memoir 60 — Arisaig-Antigonish District, Nova Scotia. M. Y. Williams.
Memoir 72 — The Artesian Wells of Montreal. C. L. Cumming.
Memoir 76 — Geology of Cranbrook Map-area, British Columbia. Stuart J. Schofield. Memoir 77 — Geology and Ore Deposits of Rossland, British Columbia. C. W. Drysdale. Memoir 79 — Ore Deposits of the Beaverdell Map-area. Leopold Reinecke.
Memoir 80 — Huron and Wyandot Mythology (Anthropology). C. M. Barbeau. Memoir 81 — The Oil and Gas Fields of Ontario and Quebec. Wyatt Malcolm.
Memoir 83 — Upper Ordovician Formations, Ontario and Quebec. A. F. Foerste. Memoir 87 — Geology of a Portioq#of the Flathead Coal Area, British Columbia. J. D. MacKenzie.
Memoir 88 — Geology of Graham Island, British Columbia. J. D. MacKenzie. Fourteenth Report of the Geographic Board of Canada.
Summary Report of the Geoelogical Survey, Department of Mines, 1915.
Museum Bulletin No. 22, Geol. Series 31 — The Age of Killarney Granite. W. H. Collins.
Reprint from Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada — Bibliography of Canadian Entomology, 1913. Rev. Prof. C. J. S. Bethune, D.C.L.
Reprint from Transactions of* the Royal Society of Canada — Bibliography of Canadian Entomology, 1914.
Commission of Conservation — Museums as Aids to Forestry. H. I. Smith.
Memoir 51 — Geology of the Nanaimo Map-area. Chas. H. Clapp.
Memoir 73 — Pleistocene and Recent Deposits of the Island of Montreal. J. Stansfield. Memoir 90 — Time Perspective in Aboriginal American Culture. E. Sapir. Supplementary List of Publications of the Geological Survey, 1912.
Museum Bull. No. 23 — The Trent Valley Outlet of Lake Algonquin. W. A. Johnston. Museum Bull. No. 24 — Late Pleistocene Oscillations of Sea-level in Ottawa Valley. W. A. Johnston.
Report of the Work of Public Archives, 1914 and 1915. A. G. Doughty.
• University of Nebraska.
Vol. XIV., No. 2 — University Studies.
Vol. XV., No. 1 — University Studies.
Vol. XV., No. 2 — University Studies.
Vol. XV., Nos. 3, 4 — University Studies.
Vol. XVI., Nos. 1, 2 — University Studies.
Vol. XVI., No. 3 — University Studies.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station.
16-149. Circular No. 153 — Mushrooms.
16-150. Circular No. 154 — Insect Pests of the Greenhouse.
16-151. Circular No. 155 — County Experiment Farm Law (House Bill 163). 16-152. Circular No. 156 — To disinfect Tobacco-beds from Root-rot Fungus. 16-153. Technical Series, Bull. 6— Metabolism of Phosphorus.
16-154. Technical Series, Bull. 8- — Phosphorus in Plant and Animal Substance. 16-155. Bull. 277— Ohio Weather for 1913.
36-156. Bull. 280 — Animal Parasites affecting Ohio Live Stock.
16-157. Bull. 281 — Summer Treatment of Greenhouse Soil.
16-158. Bull. 282 — Corn Experiments.
16-159. Bull. 283 — Swine.
36-160. Bull. 2S4 — Fattening Roasters and Capons.
36-163. Bull. 285 — Tobacco.
36-362. Bull. 286 — Reports, County Experiment Farms, 3914.
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16-163. Bull. 287— Ohio Weather for 1914.
16-164. Bull. 288 — Thirty-fourth Annual Report.
16-165. Bull. 289— Dairy Heifers.
16-166. Bull. 290— Apples.
16-167. Bull. 295 — Mineral Metabolism of the Milch Cow.
16-168. Bull. 299 — lodiue Contents of Foods.
Manchester Museum.
15-53. Report, 1914-15.
15-54. General Guide.
Field Museum.
18-55. Zool. Series, Pub. 189, Yol. X., No. 14 — Mammals, Collins-Day, S. A. Exped. W. Hlosgood.
18-56. Ornth. Series, Pub. 190, Yol. 1, No. 10 — New South American Birds. Charles B. Cory.
Bureau oe Science, Manila.
2S-20. Birds in their Economic Relation to Man. Richard C. McGregor.
American Association of Museums.
37-6. Proceedings, Vol. IX., 1915.
Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh.
41-24. Series No. 89 — Annual Report, 1916.
41-25. Founders’ Day. 1916.
Province of Ontario : Reports.
43-9. Annual Arch. Report, 1915.
Bernice Pauaiii Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History.
62-12. Directors’ Report, 1913.
62-13. Directors’ Report, 1915.
New York Zoological Society, N.Y.
58-7. Zoological, Yol. II., Nos. 3, 4— Birds of Para, Brazil. Fauna of 4 square feet of Jungle Debris. C. W. Beebe.
58-8. Zoological, Vol. II., No. 5 — The Gaff-topsail. E. W. Gudger.
58-9. Zoopathologica, Vol. I., No. 1 — Some New Species of Parasitic Trematodes of Marine Fishes. G. A. McCallum, M.D.
58-10. Report of the Director of the Aquarium.
Miscellaneous Publications.
55-321. Proceedings, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Yol. 27.
55-322. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden, 1915.
55-323. Frederick Ward Putnam, 1839-1915. An Appreciation by Edward S. Moore.
55-324. Grand Rapids Public Library — Annual Report, 1915-16.
55-325. Charleston Museum Publications, 1916.
55-326. The Dominion Experimental Farms — “Seasonable Hints.” November, 1916.
55-327. Commonwealth of Massachusetts — Annual Report State Ornithologist, 1915. E. Howe Forbush.
55-328. Illinois State Museum of Natural History — General Guide, 1914.
55-329. Illinois State Laboratory, Vol. X. — Contents and Index.
55-330. Illinois State Laboratory, Vol. XL, Art. No. II.— Prairie and Forest Invertebrates. C. C. Adams.
55-331. Illinois State Laboratory, Yol. XI., Art. III.— Yeterbrate Life of Prairie and Forest Regions near Charleston, 111. T. L. Ilankinson.
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55-332. Illinois State Laboratory, Vol. XI., Art. IV.— Add. Records of Chironomidm for 111. and other Diptera. Jon. R. Malloch.
55-333. Illinois State Laboratory, Yol. XI., Art. V. — Phyllophaga Harris. Robt. E. Glasgow. 55-334. Illinois State Laboratory, Yol. XII., Art. I.- — The Relation of Evaporation and Soil Moisture to Plant Succession. F. T. Ullrich.
55-335. Illinois State Laboratory, Vol. XII., Art. II. — A Classification of the Lepidoptera. Mosher.
55-336. Louisiana State Museum. Report of the Board of Curators, 1915.
55-337. Philadelphia Museums — Report, 1915.
55-33S. Legislative Assembly of Ontario — Archteological Report, 1915.
55-339. Winnipeg Industrial Bureau — Report, 1915.
55-340. N.Y. Academy of Sciences, Vol. XXVII., pp. 193-203 — Preliminary Report of Fossil Mammals from Porto Rico. H. E. Anthony.
55-341. Manx Museum — Annual Report, 1916.
55-342. Zoological Society of Philadelphia — Report, 1916.
55-343. National Museum, Melbourne — Memoir 6.
55-344. National Museum, Melbourne, No. 1 — Carboniferous Fish Fauna. A. S. Woodward.
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