CHAPTER X 



ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED AND 

 OBSERVED 



LIST OF MAMMALS, AND WHERE COLLECTED 

 AND NOTED DURING THIS EXPEDITION OF 1914. 1 



MOOSE. Observed Crooked River, May 13. Two 

 observed above Pelican Rapids, Churchill River, 

 June 2. Had fresh meat from Indians on 

 Sandy Lake on the Churchill River, June 9. 

 Many tracks of moose on the clean, soft river- 

 bottom in neighbourhood of White Sand Rapid, 

 Reindeer River, June 30. Few in neighbourhood 

 of south end of Reindeer Lake ; report of Solomon 

 Cook, July 1. Willows on shores of lower 

 reaches of the Cochrane River much eaten by 

 those animals, July 19. Many signs of moose on 

 inland lake shores west of Cochrane River, 

 July 23. Some skins of both adult and young 

 moose at Fort du Brochet, August 21. Few 

 tracks in the snow encountered west of Reindeer 

 River, on return journey, January 2, 1915. 



WOODLAND CARIBOU. In two instances the 

 tracks of this species were seen in the snow about 

 twelve miles north of Pelican Narrows, January 4, 

 1915. Some nice heads of this species in Hudson 



1 See also Report of Chief Game Guardian, 1914, pp. 33-4, 

 Regina, 1915. 



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