240 Bangs Mammals from Hamilton Inlet, Labrador. 



Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus Erxl. 



Red squirrels were not at all common, four being all that Mr. Goldth- 

 wuite was able to get, though constantly on the lookout for them. 



Sorex personatus I. Geoffrey St. Hilaire. 



This species is represented by one skull, kindly identified as S. perso 

 natus by Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr. 



It is strange that in all the trapping he did near Hamilton Inlet Mr. 

 Goldthwaite caught but one shrew and no moles.* 



Putorius cicognani cicognani (Bonaparte). 



Mr. Goldthwaite's collection contained 2 specimens cf and 9, which, 

 though taken at a locality so strictly Hudsonian in character, are per 

 fectly referable to the Canadian form, true cicognani. This would seem 

 to indicate that typical Putorius cicognani pushes farther north in the east 

 than it does in the central part of the continent. The two specimens col 

 lected measure as follows : No. 3951, $ adult : total length, 300 ; tail verte 

 bra, 90; hind foot, 43. No. 3952, ? young adult : total length, 256; tail 

 vertebrae, 66 ; hind foot, 31. 



Possibly another form may be found farther inland, as the spruce and 

 fir forest only extends in a narrow belt along the coast, the whole inte 

 rior being open ' barren grounds,' where the conditions of life must be dif 

 ferent from those near the coast. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IV. 



A series of topotypes of Evotomys proteus, in collection of E. A. and 0. 

 Bangs, showing some of the color phases to which the species is subject. 

 (All specimens are from Hamilton Inlet, Labrador.) 



Fig. 1 , No. 4054 ; Fig. 2, No. 4053 ; Fig. 3, No. 4068 ; Fig. 4, No. 4088 ; 

 Fig. 5, No. 4085; Fig. 6, No. 4118; Fig. 7, No. 4139. 



* One morning Mr. Goldthwaite saw several dogs nosing about a star- 

 nosed mole (Condylura cristata) which they had caught but did not relish. 

 One of them, however, instantly swallowed it when he tried to rescue 

 it. He was unable to find any signs of this mole anywhere and secured 

 no specimens. 



