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Barren grounds and northern shores of the Continent as far 

 south into Hudson's Bay as Fort Churchill, and very far north 

 on the islands in the Arctic Ocean. Mr. J. W. Tyrrell informs 

 me that the blue variety breeds true to its own color, and 

 remains of essentially the same color throughout the year. 

 One that he trapped in January, 1886, on the north shore of 

 Hudson's Strait, and which is now in the Geological and 

 Natural History Museum in Ottawa, is of a beautiful dark 

 blueish gray color, 



GuLo LDSCUS, {Linn.) Sabine. 



Wolverene. Carcajou. Glutton. 

 Formerly found in New Brunswick, and now occasionally 

 met with in the northern parts of Quebec and Ontario. 

 Found principally in the wooded parts of the North-West 

 Territories to the northern limit of trees, and in British 

 Columbia south to the boundary line. 



MusTELA Pennanti, EtxI. 

 Pekan. Fisher. 



Mustela Canadensis, Linn. 



and Var. alba, Rich. 

 O-cheek. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and westward in wooded 

 country to the Pacific, being found as far north as Great Slave 

 Lake. 



McsiELA Americana, Turton. 

 Marten. Pine-Marten. 

 Mustela martes, Rich. 

 Wa-pis-tan. Western Cree, 

 . Wap-se-sioo. N. Man. Cree. 

 Wa-pi-sis. Saulteaux. 

 From the Atlantic to the Pacific as far north as the 

 northern limit of trees. 



PuTORius VULGARIS, Linn. 

 Weasel. 

 Putorius pusillus, Aud. and Bach. 

 Si-hoos. N. Man. Cree. 

 Sin-goosh. Saulteaux. 



