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216 ANIMALS AND BIRDS COLLECTED 



first " rabbit " seen since leaving Lake lie a la 

 Crosse. Many signs of " rabbits " on shores of 

 Du Brochet Lake, August 2, but not a single 

 one seen. One shot north of Fort Du Brochet, 

 October 1, but this territory, at least for the 

 present, appears almost barren of this species. 

 It is highly probable that rabbit plague has 

 recently devastated the territory of this species, 

 for there remain everywhere old signs of great 

 numbers. 



Lynx. — Observed tracks of this species in the 

 snow when journeying south, which tracks were 

 the first encountered. No tracks or pelts noted 

 in the Far North — my position, when tracks 

 encountered, was in very broken, rough country 

 west of Reindeer River, January 2, 1915. 



Timber Wolf, Grey Wolf. — Few stated to be 

 in neighbourhood of south end of Reindeer 

 Lake by Solomon Cook, halfbreed servant, 

 July 1. Found den at edge of small mossy 

 swamp in large muskeg, Du Brochet Lake, 

 August 3. There was a great gathering of small 

 twigs, grass, moss, etc., at entrance to den, and 

 inside ; tracks of wolf in many places on the lake 

 shore, which was not far distant. Meat cache 

 plundered near Thahout-Tua Lake, latitude 

 59*5°, on November 24, by Wolves, Wolverine, 

 and Foxes, whose tracks were numerous in the 

 snow. Few skins seen east of White Partridge 

 Lake, twenty miles from the Barren Grounds, 

 November 26. Two sj>ecimens taken east of 

 the north end of Reindeer Lake, December 22, 

 in same locality as White Wolves — all being 

 attracted by the carcass of a Caribou. Two 



