LIST OF MAMMALS 



OBTAINED BY 



MR. THADDEUS SURBER, 



Official Collector of the Museum 



IN THE PROVINCES OF NEW BRUNSWICK AND QUEBEC, CANADA, 

 IN THE SUMMER OF igoo. 



BY D. G. ELLIOT, F.R.S.E. 



The following named species were procured by Mr. Surber in 

 New Brunswick and Quebec at eight different points in the two 

 Provinces. He began to collect at Dalhousie, on the Bay of Chaleur, 

 then went to Metapedia, Salmon Lake, and Riviere du Loup. Here 

 he crossed the St. Lawrence to Murray Bay, and from that place 

 went to Lakes Edward and Ecarte. From this locality he pro- 

 ceeded to Tadousac via Lake St. John, and then, passing again to 

 the south shore, he returned to Metapedia and ascended the Resti- 

 gouche River to the mouth of Two Brooks. Here he ascended to 

 the higher plateau to a small lake, and a stream called Grog Brook, 

 situated on the divide between the Upsalquitch and Restigouche 

 Rivers. At this place, during his absence, the camp was burned 

 with the loss of all the specimens he had collected since leaving 

 Metapedia. This misfortune compelled him to return. Up to the 

 month of August the season had been very wet, making collecting 

 difficult and unpleasant. At Tadousac not a single mammal was 

 taken and no signs of any noticed, and it would appear that the place 

 had been abandoned by four-footed creatures. A week was passed 

 there in a vain search. I have added Mr. Surber's notes, and they 

 will be found attached to each species over his initials. 



ORDER I. UNGULATA. 

 FAM. CERVID^:. 



i. Rangifer caribou. 



Rangifer caribou. Gmel. Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 177. 



No Examples obtained. 



"Caribou are somewhat common back to the westward of 

 Lake Edward and I saw numerous tracks of this species be- 

 tween Lake Edward and Lake Ecarte. They are numerous 



