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860 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



Moose Factory, and Fort Albany. According to Kennicott/ 

 it is found in Indiana and northern Illinois, and, in fact, 

 from New York westward. G. F. Dippie showed me a 

 specimen at Calgary where he says it is common. J. M. 

 Macoun found it at Jasper House. E. A. Preble took specimens 

 in 1901 at Fort Smith and Fort Resolution." E. A. Preble 

 and I secured one at Old Fort Reliance, Great Slave Lake, 

 September 15, 1907; and W. H. Osgood got one at Tyonek, 

 Cook's Inlet, Alaska. ° In Pennsylvania, S. N. Rhoads recently 

 discovered and described" a small Weasel {allegheniensts) that 

 may turn out to be a race of rixosus. 



At the American Museum, New York, is a specimen 

 taken at Johnstown, Ohio, by N. C. Buxton, January 25, 

 1907. 



m MANi Thus all Manitoba is well within its range. A winter spec- 



imen was sent me from Woonona, Man., by W. G. Tweddell. 

 Two brown-coated specimens in my collection were taken near 

 Morden by D. Nicholson in November, 1903. He has seen 

 several in the region of Pembina Mountain. I have about a 

 dozen records from Winnipeg. Dr. Gordon Bell shot one near 

 Delta Lake, Man., September 15, 1902, and J. S. Charleson 

 says it is quite common in fall about Macdonald, Man. Al- 

 though the Least Weasel has a wide extension in countries that 

 have long been studied by naturalists, it is so elusive and hard 

 to observe that until recently it has escaped our acquaintance, 

 and as yet we have practically no knowledge of its habits. The 

 specimen from which I made the drawing was taken at Mor- 

 den, Man., by D. Nicholson, about November, 1903, and is 

 still in full summer coat. He had several brought him at 

 different times, but said that they "went bad" so quickly 

 that most were lost. When a small animal turns putrid in 

 two or three hours after death, it usually means that its food 

 IS insects. 



' Quad. 111., i8sg, p. 245. 'N. A. Fauna, No. 27, 1908, p. 234. 



' N. A. Fauna, No. 21, September, 1901, pp. 69-70. 

 ° Mam. Penna., 1003, ])p. 173-6. 



