60 Osgood — Mammals From Mount McKinley. 



tain islands of Bering Sea. Such records and notes in the fol- 

 lowing list as are not derived from actual specimens are based 

 upon information received from Mr. Sheldon, whose extended 

 natural history notes, it is to be hoped, will find pul^lication at 

 some future time. , 



Rangifer stonei Allen. 



STONES CARIBOU 



On his way into the base of Mount McKinley about the middle of July, 

 Mr. Sheldon saw many caribou, but it was then too early to secure speci- 

 mens with perfect antlers, so he planned to get them on his way out, but 

 on the return trip not an adult male was seen. However, he secured in 

 Tanana a pair of locked antlers which had been found near the head of 

 the Cosna River. These seem referable to li. stonei. One of them has a 

 considerable part of the skull attached, including nearly perfect toothrows. 

 The length of the toothrow is 104 mm. Measurements of the antlers are, 

 respectively, as follows : 



Length main beam (along side) 1090, 1265; greatest spread between 

 palmations 710, 570 ; greatest spread between bez tines 645, 665 ; circum- 

 ference of Ijeam between brow and bez tines 152, 136 ; number of points in 

 palmations 10 — 8, 3 — 3 ; number of points in bez tines 7 — 8, 4—3 ; number 

 of points in brow tines 7 — 4, 7 — 1 ; total number of points 42, 21. 



Alee americanus gigas Miller. 



ALASKA MOOSE. 

 A few moose and numerous signs were seen in the vicinity of the base 

 of Mount McKinley and near the mouth of the Toklat, but no specimens 

 were preserved. They are abundant throughout the timbered part of the 

 region, to which, however, they are not confined, as they frequently 

 traverse open country. 



Ovis dalli Nelson. 



BALL SHEEP. WHITE SHEEP. 

 Seven specimens, six adult males and one (skull) adult female, taken 

 August 10-30. Indefinite reports have been current to some extent to the 

 effect that the sheep of IMount McKinley and the Alaskan Range were 

 larger or smaller or otherwise difl'erent from the other Alaskan sheep. 

 Such reports seem to be groundless, for tlie specimens are identical with 

 those from the Kenai Peninsula, referable to On.^ dalli. The skins are 

 practically pure white, but careful search reveals a veiy few dusky hairs 

 here and there on the back and a very small and mos^tiy concealed pro- 

 portion of them on the tail. The pelage is entirely new and rather full 

 and long but shows considerable brown earth stain. The skulls and horns 

 do not appear to differ in any important respect from those of typical Onx 

 (lain. The region seems to be a great stronghold of the white sheep, but 

 although hundreds of ewes and lambs were seen almost daily, rams were 

 found only in very small numbers after long and determined hunting. 



