240 Bangs — Mammals from Hamilton Inlet, Labrador. 



Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus l-^ 



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Red Hquii-rels were not at all coininon, four being all that Mr. Goldtli- 

 waite was alile to get, though constantly on the lookout for them. 



Sorex personatus I. GeofFroy St. Hilaire. 



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

 natus by " V "^-^rrit S. Miller, Jr. 



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

 Goldthwaite caught but one shrew and no moles.* 



Putorius cicognani cicognani (Bonaparte). 



Mr. Goldthwaite's collection contained 2 specimens J^ 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 Putorins 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, cf adult : total length, 300 ; tail verte- 

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

 vertebme, 66 ; hind foot, 31. 



Possibly another form may be found farther inland, as the sj^ruce 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 toi-)otypes of Evotomys proieus, in collection of E. A. and O. 

 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 sevei'al dogs nosing about a star- 

 nosed mole {Condglura, 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 secui'ed 

 no specimens. 



