1886.J PROCEEDINGS OP' UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 221 



AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE MAMMALS COLLECTED BY THE 

 LATE MR. CHARLES L. McKAY IN THE VICINITY OF BRISTOL 

 BAY, ALASKA. 



By FRKDEISICK W. TRUE, 



Citralor of Ihc Department of Mammals. 



The collection of jnaininals made by Mr. Charles L. McKay, whose 

 untimely death is a matter for sincere regret, is one of very consider- 

 able interest. 



Mr. McKay went to Alaska in 1881, and was accidentally drowned 

 April 10, 1883. He was stationed at Fort Alexander, on Bristol Bay, 

 and most of the specimens collected are from localities within a radius 

 of a hundred miles from the fort. 



The collection comprises 59 specimens, representing 23 species. Some 

 of the labels contain special data regarding the specimens to which 

 they are attached, and additional facts are given in a notebook found 

 among Mr. McKay's papers. Others are not labeled. 



The collection appears to indicate that the mammalian fauna of the 

 Bristol Bay region does not differ from that of other districts in the 

 same latitude lying further to the east. 



CANIDiE. 



1. Vulpes fulvus decussatus (Desmarest). Cross Fox. 



Two very fine male specimens (13G18, 13619), from Nushagak, cap- 

 tured on February 20 and 15, 1882, respectively. 



MUSTELIDiE. 



2. Putorius erminea (Liuud) Griffith. Ermine. 



Six specimens, ^o. 14085 is a female in summer pelage; mammte, 

 6 pairs. No. 14077, female, taken at TJgashik Eiver^ November 10, 1881, 

 is in winter pelage. 



3. Putorius vison (Schreber) Gapper. Mink. 



Two specimens. No. 13622, from Nushagak, captured October 5, 1881. 



4. Lutra canadensis (Turton) F. Cnvier. Otter. 



A young specimen was obtained at some point on the Nushagak 

 Kiver, and a larger male at Calluganuck. 



URSID^. 



5. ? Ursus americanus Pallas. Cinnamon Bear. 



Under No. 7, Mr. McKay wrote in his note-book. as follows: '•'■Ursus 

 americanns cinnanioneus; two specimens, young. Skinned and brought 

 in by the Indians, Kokwok, April 30, 1882." The specimens are cubs, 



