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the Northwest Territories, the woodland caribou is widely’ 
distributed, but it is nowhere abundant. MacFarlane states 
that, this caribou is known to the Cree Indians as the mus- 
keg-atik or ‘“‘swamp deer,” on account of the character of 
its usual habitat, and that it is not found in the region 
of poplar ‘growth or in the open plains. From the state- 
ments of MacFarlane and reports that have been furnished 
me by Mr. Charles Barber, chief game guardian of Mani- 
toba, Mr. F. Bradshaw, chief game guardian of Saskatche- 
wan, and Mr. H. T. Bury of the Department of Indian 
Affairs, the range of the woodland caribou is, throughout 
this western territory, generally speaking about as follows: 
From Lake Winnipeg westward to Lake Athabaska; in 
northern Saskatchewan they occur chiefly northeast of 
Prince Albert and northwest of Battleford; over the whole 
section of the country within the basins of the Slave and 
Athabaska Rivers; and between Athabaska Lake and Great 
Slave Lake they occur chiefly on the west side of the Slave 
River, and through the country lying between Peace River 
and Great Slave Lake. Farther west small herds have been 
encountered along the lower Liard River, and in northern 
Alberta they have been met as far south as the North Sas- 
katchewan River near Edmonton. 
Seldom are large numbers found together. They usually 
- occur in small bands made up of five to thirty or forty indi- 
viduals. Sometimes larger bands may be found congre- 
gating in the autumn. When they are dressed the skins of 
the woodland caribou are superior to those of the barren- 
ground caribou. 
Mountain Caribou.u—The mountain caribou are to be 
found in British Columbia. In the southeastern part of 
the province the species described by Seton, in 1899, as the 
black-faced or mountain caribou (R. montanus) occurs in 
the forested valleys of the Selkirk and Monashee (Gold) 
Mountains. Mr. Robert Chapman informed me that he 
