FEBRUARY 28, 1899 VoL. I, pp. 9-18 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 
NOTES ON SOME MAMMALS FROM BLACK BAY, 
LABRADOR. 
BY OUTRAM BANGS. 
WHEN I published my ‘List of the Mammals of Labrador,’ in 
July, 1898,’ I knew that there was still much to be found out 
about Labrador mammals, and that many forms would, in all 
probability, be added, the list as it then appeared being merely 
preliminary. Mr. Ernest Doane is now actively collecting in 
Labrador for the Bangs collection. His intention is to remain 
there several years, gradually working northward. His first 
stopping place was Black Bay on the straits of Belle Isle. This 
locality is of especial interest — because no mammals from that 
part of Labrador are in collections, and because, on account of 
its nearness to Newfoundland, it will be possible to make actual 
comparison between the peculiar isolated species of that wonder- 
ful island and their nearest continental cousins. 
Mr. Doane has now sent in most of what he collected at Black 
Bay between early July and the middle of October, 1898. This 
collection contains several new forms, one of which I have already 
described,” and seems worth listing as a whole, although Mr. 
Doane will remain in this vicinity until next spring. In winter 
his time will be devoted principally to trapping fur-bearing 
1 American Naturalist, July, 1898, pp. 489-507. 
2 The Labrador rock vole — Microtus chrotorrhinus ravus. Proc. Biol. Soc. of Washington, 
Vol. XII, pp. 187-188, Nov. 16, 1898. 
