I30 The Ottawa Naturalist. [August 



/v. terrcB-novce. The specimen brought by Dr. Dawson is now 

 mounted in the museum of the Canadian Geological Survey at 

 Ottawa. And I have to thank that gentleman for the privilege 

 of describing this fine animal. 



This specimen, which I make the t\'pe of the new species ;■ 

 is a male, and was taken in the Illecillewaet a\ atershed, near 

 Revelstoke, Selkirk Range, B.C., in 1889. 



It stands 46)^ inches high at the withers; is 95 inches 

 from tip of the nose to the root of the tail ; the tail is 5 inches 

 long; the head from nose to occiput 19^, the hind foot 26 

 inches ; the ear 7^4 inches. 



The general colour is a deep umber brown, very gloss}', and 

 darkening nearly to black on the lower parts of the legs. 



The neck is dull greyish white, also the underside of the 

 tail, the buttocks, lips and belly. Along the ribs on each side is 

 a greyish patch a little lighter than the surrounding brown. 



The white fringe abo\e each hoof is shining white and very 

 narnn^'. 



The antlers of this specimen are not noticeably different from 

 those of the woodland species, but in general those of the Moun- 

 tain Caribou are distinguished by their great number of points, a 

 specimen with 72 points having been recorded. They are, I be- 

 lieve, less massive than those of the Newfoundland species. 



The species ranges or did range through the interior moun- 

 tains of British Columbia, extending northward into South 

 Eastern Alaska, eastward into the Rockies of Alberta, and south- 

 ward along the higher ranges of Idaho half the length of that 

 state. According to Lord it formerl}- was found along the sum- 

 mits of the Cascade range as far as Oregon. It does not seem to 

 breed at all in the coast ranges of British Columbia. 



So far as I can learn it is separated geographicall}- from the 

 woodland species by a vast caribou-less basin, running up east of 

 the mountains as far as latitude 54 . 



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