NO.1405. MAMMALS OF NORTHWEST TERRITORIES— MACFARLANE. 753 



BLUNT-NOSED BAT. 



Myotic htcifugus (Le Conte). 



Mr. B. R. Ross, in his oft-referred-to list, mentions that this bat is 

 very rare, but that it extends northward to Salt River. This species 

 is entered among- the specimens collected by Sir George Back on Great 

 Slave Lake, probably near Fort Reliance, about seventy years ago. 

 Mr. P. Deschambeault is also confident that it is sparingly present at 

 Isle a la Crosse and Lac du Brochet. Mr. Preble, however, did not 

 come across any examples in his trip to the shores of Hudson Bay, 

 while Dr. Robert BelFs list contains both species. 



ADDENDA. 

 1. 



In the third report of the select committee of the senate of the 

 Dominion of Canada, appointed in 1888 to int(uire into the resources 

 of the '"Great Mackenzie Basin," we find the following classified sum- 

 mary of one year's catch of furs offered for sale in London by C. M. 

 Lampson & Co. and by the Hudson's Bay Company, namel}': 



Badgers 3, 739 



Bears of all kinds 15, 942 



Beaver 104, 279 



Ermines . . 

 Fishers . . . 

 Foxes: 



Blue.. 



Cross . 



Gray . 



Kitt . . 



Red.. 



Silver 



White 

 Lynxes 



4,116 

 7,192 



1,440 



6, 785 



31,597 



290 



85, 022 



1,967 

 10, 257 

 14, 520 



Martens 98, 342 



Minks 376,223 



Musk ox... 198 



Musquash 2, 485, 368 



Extra black. 



Otters, land 



Rabbits 



Sables 



Seals, hair-dry . . 



Skunks 



Swans 



Wolves 



Wolverines 



13, 944 



14, 439 



114,824 



3, 517 



13, 478 



682, 794 



57 



7, 156 



1,581 



It is to be regretted that the exact quantities of the foregoing furs 

 and peltries pertaining to each of the companies were not given in sepa- 

 rate columns, so that a naturalist, as well as the general public, might 

 not form erroneous opinions in respect to the fur resources of the 

 "Great Basin" in question. The animal fur sales of the Hudson's 

 Bay Company in January and March comprise all of the pelts col- 

 lected by their officers and agents throughout their former chartered 

 and licensed territories and from parts of New Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Labrador. On the other hand, while the Lampson incorporation 

 undoubtedl}^ received considerable quantities of the furs and peltries 

 sold by them from the same hunting grounds, yet it is believed that 

 the bulk of their entire vearlv collection is obtained from Alaska and 



