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size of a moose- deer ; and thus lit the fire which continues burning 

 to the present day. 



With these I think I have completed this series of notes, in 

 which I believe that nothing of importance to the comfort or wel- 

 fare of the natives omittt^d. 



Among the Eskimos, the arts and manufactures of savage life 

 are in a much more advanced state than among the Indian tribes, 

 and I trust that I shall, at some future period, have the gratifica- 

 tion of laying an account of them before the Natural History So- 

 ciety of Montreal. 



ARTICLE XIII. — List of Mammals, Birds, and Eggs, observed 



in the McKenzie^s River District, with Notices. By Bernard 



R. Ross, Corresi)onding Member Nat. His. Soc. Montreal. 



(^Presented to the Natural History Society.) 



MAMMALS. 



Order 1. — Rapacia. 



(Insectivora.) 



Family SoRECiDiE. 



Genus Sorex. 



1. Sorex Fosteri? (Richardson). ^ This genus is abundant throughout 



the district as far north as the Arctic 

 I coast, I cannot speak confidently as 

 I to either the names or the number of 



2. Sorex palustris? (Bachm). J the species. 



(Carnivora.) 



Family Felid^. 



Gentis Lynx. 



3. Lynx Canadensis (Rafen). — Canada Lynx — Loup-cervier, of the Ca- 



nadians — Cat, of the Hudson's Bay residents — Pichen of 

 the Cree Indians and Red River half-breeds — Ch^e-say 

 of the Chipewyan Indians. This animal is numerous 

 some years, but is migratory, following the hare (Lepus 

 Americanus) its principal food. It ranges to the Arctic 

 coast in summer. In winter, it does not leave the shelter 

 of the woods. 



Family Canid^. 



(Lupinae.) 



Genus Canis. 



4. Canis griseo-albus (Rich.) — Strongwood Wolf — Loup-gris, of the Ca- 



nadians — Maheecan of the Cree Indians — Nun-dee-yah of 

 the Chipewyan Indians— Mah-nu(5kh of the Anderson Ri- 

 ver Eskimos — Yess of the Copper Indians. Of this species 

 I consider that there are two varieties, one of which is 



