INDEX 



353 



Selwyn River, 296, 297, 298, 305, 

 307. 



Selwyn Rockies: 89, 101, 297, 304, 

 306, 308, 309, 323, 324, 325, 326, 

 333; descriptions of, 109-110, 

 120, 272. 



Sheep. (See also Ewes, Lambs, 

 Rams, Ovis datti, Ovis fannini, 

 Ovis stonei.) vii, ix, 6, 19, 65, 111, 

 126, 144, 145, 166, 167, 188, 206, 

 263, 292, 296, 326; ability to 

 distinguish between natural and 

 artificial sounds, 238, 291; acci- 

 dents, 216; actions in fright, 62; 

 age of trails, 119; almost extinct 

 near Ross River, 274; attitudes, 

 61; beds, 58; causes of colora- 

 tion, 318-322; climbing ability, 

 55, 56, 124; (colors in Glen- 

 lyons, 287, 290, 292); (colors in 

 Ogilvie Rockies, 35, 41, 43, 56, 

 66, 78); (colors in Pelly Moun- 

 tains, 203, 204, 213, 216, 226, 

 230, 234, 237); (colors in Rose 

 Mountains, 280, 281); (colors 

 near Ross River, 268, 271); (col- 

 ors in Selwyn Rockies, 113, 114, 

 115, 120, 124, 127, 297); (colors 

 head of Selwyn River, 296); 

 (colors in Watson River coun- 

 try, 160); (colors in Yukon 

 Territory, 297-298); conspicu- 

 ous, 235, 312-313; distribution, 

 301-303; distribution accord- 

 ing to color, 297-298, 303-310; 

 enemies, 312, 314-316; en- 

 vironment, 299; food, 216; gait 

 of, 229, 290; indifference to 

 grizzly bear, 201-202; indif- 

 ference to scent of man, 128, 

 220; inconspicuous, 55, 115, 

 312-313; interbreeding, 319- 

 322; intergradation, 320-322; 

 leaders, 230; measurements, 

 299; meat of, 43; migration 

 habits, 302; pawing away snow 

 to get food, 113, 115, 287, 292; 

 persistence of dark hairs, 308, 

 318; photographing, 219-220, 

 230; physical characters, 299- 

 301; resting attitudes, 222; rest- 

 ing hours, 70; rings on horns, 

 340-343; scarce between Pelly 



and MarMillan, 279; sense of 

 hearing, 291; "sentinels," 202, 

 208, 230, 234, 237, 281; sheep 

 ranges, 302; skull characters, 

 301; stalking, 127-129; ten- 

 dency of bands to exclude out- 

 siders, 202-203; tormented by 

 mosquitoes and flies, 61, 231; 

 trails, 21, 31, 48, 65, 67, 200, 

 206; white rump patch, 318. 



Sheldon Lake, 252, 264. 



Sheslay River, 203, 303, 304, 306, 

 309, 319. 



Short-billed gull, 267. 



Simpson, Sir George, 184. 



Skagway, ix, 4, 155, 167, 171, 172, 

 175. 



Skookum Rapids, 258, 262. 



Sleeping robes, xiii. 



Slims River, 302. 



Smith, Tom, 191. 



Solitary sandpiper, 9. 



South Fork. (See MacMXan 

 River.) 



Spahr, Ed, 4. 



Spotted sandpiper, 9, 244. 



Spruce, as fuel, 289. 



Stewart River, 120, 145, 297, 300, 

 307, 308, 332. 



Stikine River, 3, 185, 203, 300, 

 301, 303, 304, 309, 337. 



Stone, A. J., 336. 



Stone sheep. (See Ovi stonei.) 



Swan, Whistling, 274. 



TANANA HILLS, 298, 307. 



Tanana River, 307, 309. 



Tatonduk River, 23, 24, 48, 67, 

 332 



Tay River, 187, 283, 304, 344. 



Taylor, Capt. John, 178, 188, 190. 



Telegraph Creek, 203. 



Teslin Lake, 298, 304, 324. 



Teslin River, 304, 305. 



Thayer, Abbott, his views of con- 

 cealing coloration applied tc 

 sheep, 310-317. 



Thirty Mile River, 305. 



Tummel River, 344. 



VAN BIBBER, 194. 

 Van Gorda, 179, 194. 

 Varied thrush, 16. 



