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instances new species from points outside of Alaska have been 

 thus brought to light. In such cases the new species have been 

 included in order to render the results more complete and useful. 



The present paper comprises descriptions of twenty-six mam- 

 mals believed to have escaped previous recognition. Papers on 

 other subjects will follow in the near future. 



The new mammals here described, with their t3'pe localities^ 

 are : 



Viclpes harrimani Kadiak Island, Alaska 



hallefisis Hall Id., Bering Sea, Alaska 



Sorex glacialis Glacier Bay, Alaska 



tundrensis St. Michaels, Alaska 



perso7iatus arcticus St. Michaels, Alaska 



alascensis shinnaginensis Popof Id., Shumagin Ids., Alaska 



navigator alaskanus Glacier Bay, Alaska 



Sper?nophihis osgoodi Ft. Yukon, Alaska 



barrowensis Point Barrow, Alaska 



beri?tgensis Cape Lisbourne, Alaska 



Microtus innultus St. Lawrence Id., Bering Sea, Alaska 



yakutatensis Yakutat Bay, Alaska 



popofensis Popof Id., Shumagin Ids., Alaska 



abbrcviatus fisJieri St. Matthew Id., Bering Sea, Alaska 



7nacfarlani Ft. Anderson, north of Gt. Bear Lake 



Evoto7uys 07-ca Orca, Prince William Sound, Alaska 



Dlcrostonyx 7inalascensis Unalaska, Alaska 



7ielso7ii St. Michaels, Alaska 



richardso7ii Ft. Churchill, Hudson Bay 



Let7i7nus alasce7isis Point Barrow, Alaska 



yuko7ie7isis Charlie Creek, Yukon River, Alaska 



Erethizoii epixa7it/i?is 77iyops Portage Bay, Alaska Peninsula 



Leptis othus St. Michaels, Alaska 



poadro7/iNS Stcpovak Bay, Alaska Peninsula 



a77ierica7i7is dalli Nulato River, Alaska 



a77ierica7i7(s 777acfarla7ii Ft. Anderson, north of Gt. Bear Lake, 



Arctic America. 



VULPES HARRIMANI sp. nov. Kadiak Island Fox. 



Type (skin) from Kadiak Island, Alaska. No. 99626 ad. U. S. 

 National Museum, Biological .Survey Collection. Purchased in July 

 1899, at Kadiak, by C. Hart Mcrriam. Skull of another specimen, 

 from Uyak Bay, Kadiak Island, no. 9S144 U. S. National Museum, 

 Biological Sun'ey Collection, July 1899, collected and presented 

 by Geo. Bird Grinnell. 

 Cha7-acte7's. — Size largest of tlic known North American foxes; 



ears small ; tail c7ioi-)/ioiis^ co7istrictcd at basc^ /a/gcst 07i basal 



