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Wolves, which appeared to have run amok, were 

 shot at the cabin doors of Fori/ 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 



