948 Life-histories of Northern Animals 



It is unknown in south-western Manitoba and very scarce 

 in the north-eastern half of the Province. I have heard of it 

 about Lake Winnipeg, am told that a few are found on Duck 

 Mountain, and in 1885 William R. Hine had a specimen sent 

 him from Brokenhead River. He considers the Wolverine 

 exceedingly rare in Manitoba. The only one he ever saw 

 alive in the Province was kept at the Albion Hotel by Dan 

 MacDonald. It came from Lake Winnipeg. 



At no time was it plentiful here, as is shown by the Red 

 River fur returns of Alexander Henry.' In 1 800-1 and the 

 years following he got 5, 4, 10, 8, 17, 45, 8, 3. 



The species reaches its chief abundance in the Barren 

 Grounds, just north of the limit of trees, but it is plentiful also 

 in the Peace River Valley. From this region William Clark, 

 of Winnipeg, informs me that the Hudson's Bay Company 

 received 1,200 Wolverine skins in 1872 and 1,300 in 1882. 

 This, no doubt, includes all skins sent through the Peace River 

 Department from regions more remote. It is evidently be- 

 coming scarce in the southern parts of its range. 



INDIVID- Audubon and Bachman tracked a Wolverine for about 



RANGE 5 miles over the snow-clad hills of northern New York.* In 

 Labrador, Cartwright saw one which carried a heavy trap for 

 6 miles. ^ MacFarlane writes me of another which followed his 

 trail for 12 or 15 miles. The trappers generally say it will 

 follow them along a line of 40 or 50 miles to steal their trap 

 baits. Hutchins says° even 60 miles. 



The most remarkable case of all, perhaps, is that recorded 

 by Low in his Labrador experiences.' 



" In the fall of 1893, a Wolverine carried away a trap from 

 the North-west River, and [still bearing the trap] was taken a 

 few days later in another trap on the Hamilton River, some 

 30 miles away from the place where it had picked up the first 



' Journal, 1897, pp. 184, 198, 221, 245, 259, 281, 422, 440. 



* Quad. N. A., 1849, Vol. I, p. 207. 

 ' Op. cit., see Note 2. 



• F. B. A., 1829, I, p. 43. 



' Labrador Pcnin., Geol. Surv. Can., 1896, App. I, p. 315 L. 



