. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. 51^-1 38S CANADA: AN I'-NCVCLOIMDIA. .A 'is- » 1. Goose, Wliite Fronted Goose, Ciiiuidii Goose, Hntchin's Goose, Hrant Goose, Whistling Swan, Trumpeter Swan. OKUEK LIMICOL/K. Northern Phalarope, Wilson's Fhalarope, American Avocet, America


. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. 51^-1 38S CANADA: AN I'-NCVCLOIMDIA. .A 'is- » 1. Goose, Wliite Fronted Goose, Ciiiuidii Goose, Hntchin's Goose, Hrant Goose, Whistling Swan, Trumpeter Swan. OKUEK LIMICOL/K. Northern Phalarope, Wilson's Fhalarope, American Avocet, American Woodcock, Wilson's Snipe, Dowitcher, Long-billed Dowitcher, Stilt Sandpiper, Knot or Robin Snipe, Pectoral Saml- pipur, White-rumped Sandpiper, Baird's Saml- piper. Beast Sandpiper, Red-backed Sandpiper or Blackheart, Semi-palmatcd Sandpiper, San- derling. Marbled Godwit, Hudsonian Godwit Greater Yellow Legs, Lesser Yellow Legs, Soli- tary Sandpiper, Willet, Bartrainian Sandpiper or Quail, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Spotted Sand- piper, Long-billed Curlew, Eskimo Curlew, Black- bellied Plover, American Golden Plover, Kill- deer, Ring-necked Plover, Piping Plover, Turn- stone. OKIJEK Ruffed Grouse, Grey Ruffed Grouse, Willow Ptarmigan, Rock Ptarmigan, Pinnated Grouse, Sharp-tailed Grouse. Sketch of the Flora of Canada. The following description of the flora of the Dominion was written by Professor John Macoun, Naturalist of the Geological Survey of Canada, for the British Association Meetmg Hand-book in 1897 : " In a general sketch of the flora of the Dominion of Canada, the whole northern portion of the North American Continent must be considered, includ- ing Newfoundland on the east and Alaska on the west. This immense region, extending from Cape Race, the ruDst easterly point of Newfound- land, to Behring Straits on the west, is in round numbers 3,500 miles wide. On the south, the forty-ninth parallel forms the boundary from the Pacific Ocean eastward, to the


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