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Wolves, which appeared to have run amok, were 

 shot at the cabin doors of Fort Du Brochet on 

 December 19, 23, after causing much fear and 

 excitement among the natives. I examined 

 the second animal which was killed, and found 

 it mangy and lean and frothed at the mouth ; 

 it was quite evidently insane. One blackish- 

 brown specimen observed on Beaver Lake, 

 January 9, 1915. 



BARREN-GROUND WOLF, WHITE WOLF. Many 

 skins seen in trapper's cabin east of White 

 Partridge Lake, twenty miles south of the edge 

 of the Barren Grounds, November 26. Speci- 

 mens, all white except for small black mark on 

 the upper side of the tail near the base, were 

 taken east of the north end of Reindeer Lake on 

 December 22 ; they were male and female, and 

 are now mounted in the Provincial Museum, 

 Regina, Saskatchewan. 



COYOTE. Single one observed at Big River, 

 May 10, and many heard howling at night. None 

 seen or heard at lie a la Crosse Lake. Note 

 on Sandy Lake, Churchill River, on June 10, 

 that I have not seen or heard this species since 

 reaching lie a la Crosse Post. Solomon Cook, 

 half breed servant, tells me there are none in 

 neighbourhood of south end of Reindeer Lake. 



FOXES RED, CROSS, BLACK. Red foxes ob- 

 served Sandy Lake, Churchill River, June 8 ; 

 Dead Lake, Churchill River, June 17. One 

 observed north of Fort Du Brochet November 5 

 (see " Timber Wolf," November 24). A good speci- 

 men of Cross Fox taken near Fort Du Brochet 

 on December 17. One Red Fox seen feeding at 



