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This study presents a detailed description of the structure of the call note system of the Warbling Vireo, Vireo glivus gilvus, in southern Ontario. Properties or attributes used to describe calls are form, context, message, frequency of occurrence, and function. Relationships among calls with respect to each of the attributes and among the attributes are described. Attribute relationships are interdependent, and understanding of form and context relationships is facilitated by use of cluster and principal component analyses.

Description of the traditional clothing and lifestyle of Indians who inhabited the North Pacific coast from northern California to southern Alaska.

An exploration of the arctic sky--its constellations, legends and mythology, the sun, moon, planets, and ''shooting stars, '' as well as atmospheric phenomena such as aurora borealis. Combining interviews with the Inuit elders and the historical records of arctic explorers and other keen observers, The Arctic Sky is a guided tour of the arctic universe.

This study of leather coats made from caribou skin and painted with decorative motifs thought to influence the success of a hunt, focusses on sixty examples made between 1700 and 1930, and analyzes the development of the art form and the influence of European clothing on Indians in Quebec and Labrador.

This unique publication, produced in association with the Royal Ontario Museum, is the guide Ontario birders have been waiting for... The ROM Field Guide to Birds of Ontario is researched and written specifically for the Ontario bird watcher. It is the most authoritative, easy to use, and beautifully designed guide to Ontario birds available. This landmark publication features: - Detailed and clearly written descriptions of more than 300 migrant and resident Ontario bird species and accidentals, including notes on Appearance, Voice, Habitat and Behaviour, and Status. - Close to 400 stunning full-colour photographs from Canada''s top wildlife photographers, carefully selected for quick and easy identification in the field. - Over 300 easy-to-read colour distribution maps, showing summer and winter ranges and breeding grounds. - Handy page-per-species format, with photo, description, and range map all in one place. - Glossary, Checklist of Ontario Birds, and Index.

A new genus is described from the Indo-west Pacific and contains four new species of gobies, which apparently form the sister group of Eviota

Throughout history people have been captivated by the exploration of civilizations foreign to their own familiar sights and sounds. Nowhere is this more evident than in the exhibition Silk Roads--China Ships, which unveils objects that chronicle the cultural, economic, political, and social effects of trade between the Orient and the West through nineteen centuries.--pg. vi.

Conodonts have been recovered from two sections through the Cambrian-Ordovician boundary beds of the upper Rabbitkettle Formation, near the headwaters of the Broken Skull River, western Mackenzie Mountains. This report contributes towards a biofacies evaluation of Cambrian-Ordovician boundary bed conodonts and illustrates the probable limitations on a highly resolved conodont-based correlation of this interval between strongly constrasting lithofacies.

A case study of the work of D.L. Clark and T.R. Carr in Permian hindeodus and diplognathodus : implications for late paleozoic conodont multielement taxonomy.

Study of traditional handweaving as it was practised in Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic Provinces up to 1900.

The latest in the ROM''s acclaimed series of beautiful and authoritative field guides Guaranteed to appeal to everyone from the casual Sunday stroller to the most dedicated amateur botanist, The ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario is researched, written, and designed specifically for the Ontario reader and visitor. It is the most authoritative, easy to use, and beautifully designed guide to Ontario wildflowers available, with a stunning selection of photographs unsurpassed anywhere. This landmark publication features: - Detailed and clearly written descriptions of 400 of Ontario''s most common wildflowers, including notes on habitat, characteristic features of each species'' leaves, flowers, and fruits; description of similar species; and in many cases interesting additional information about the plant, such as traditional uses, origin of its name, and biology. - Approximately 1,000 stunning full-colour photographs drawn from the ROM''s celebrated collection of more than 50,000 botanical photos. - Specially designed colour-coded key to assist identification. - Handy size and format, with photos and description for each species all on one page. - Sized to fit in a backpack or pocket, with stitched binding and rugged cover for extra durability. - Glossary of botanical terms and index.

Study of the fossil fauna of the Delorme platform facies of dolostone and argillaceous limestone in the Mackenzie mountains of Yukon.

Describes the traditional lifestyle and clothing of the Plains Indians, who inhabited an area extending from central Alberta almost to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Scollard Formation is the uppermost division of the Edmonton Group, exposed in the valley of Red Deer River, Alberta, north of Drumheller and east of Red Deer. The lower portion of the formation contains fossil vertebrates, including dinosaurs and mammals that correlate with those of the Lance Formation of Wyoming and the Hell Creek Formation of Montana. The highest stratigraphic occurrence of this fauna is at the Henry Farm locality, west of Content Bridge, where a wide range of vertebrates is represented by isolated teeth and bones. This occurrence is well below the Ardley coal seam. Above this seam is a shell bed containing a fauna of freshwater molluscs, ostracods, and fish remains. The molluscs correlate with those of the Paskapoo and other nonmarine Paleocene formations, but one species is known elsewhere only from Cretaceous deposits. This fauna is assigned to the early Paleocene. On the basis of the highest occurence of dinosaur fossils, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary is taken to be about 11 m below the Ardley coal seam and about 20 m below the shell bed.