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0m" pr Migratory Turdus inigralarius.

Redbreast lierry Bird flmpelus garrulus. now Bird Embyreza hyeanalés. ellow Bird Fringilla tristis. everal species of g Phitgillidce. Sparrows . _ at Bird Muscicapa carolincnsts. lue Bird Motacilla sialis. om Tit rParus atricapillus. ank Swallow Hirmtdo riparia. lack Martin eHirundo purpurea. arn Swallow Hirundo subis. himney Swallow Hirundo pelasgia. hip-poor-VVill Caprimulgus Europas. ‘ ight-Hawk Caprimulgus flmericanus.

CHAPTER XVII,

'ENTOMOLOGY.

'IN the Entomological department of Natural Hisd ory, very little has yet been done here, but the field is wide and interesting. Entomology—or the natu- ral history ofinsects-is a study that in Prince Edb ward Island might be pursued with almost infinite pleasure,»for, apart from its own interest, the fact that the field is rich, yet unexplored, and affords op- portunities for fine collections, is enough to rec-0m- mend it.

Insects as a class are pre-eminent, not only among the articulated series, but throughout the whole animal kingdom, in reference to the vast number of distinct species it comprehends. The infusorial ani~ malcules alone exceed in regard to the number ofindi- viduals at one time existing on the earth’s surface,

which belong to these numerous and diversified I