Rangifer stonei; see Figs. 12 and 13, p. 9) and several Bears, representing two 

 species. 



The extreme desirability of securing for the Museum a satisfactory representa- 

 tion of the mammal life of northern North America before the inroads of big game 

 hunters, miners, and other visitors to these northern regions should render its 

 attainment impossible, led to steps being taken, early in 1901, to raise a fund 

 among the friends of the Museum for the systematic prosecution of this work, 

 under the leadership of Mr. Stone. Thanks to the interest and energetic efforts 

 of Mr. Madison Grant, Secretary of the New York Zoological Society, an annual 



Fig. 17. HOME OF THE ALASKA PENINSULA BEAR. 



Coast of Bering Sea, near head of Muller Bay, Alaska. From a photograph taken by Mr. 

 Stone late in May, 1903. 



sum sufficient for the purpose, for the period of three years, was soon pledged. 

 That the supporters of this enterprise have reason to feel satisfied with the results 

 due to their liberality is clearly apparent from the summary here presented of the 

 work of Mr. Stone and his assistants during the field seasons of 1901, 1902, and 

 1903, in northern British Columbia and Alaska. 



The expedition of 1901 outfitted from Seattle and reached Homer, Alaska, June 

 21, and work was continuously prosecuted till October at different points on 

 the Kenai Peninsula. Mr. J. D. Figgins of the American Museum, and Mr. A. H. 

 Mehner of Seattle, accompanied Mr. Stone as field assistants, their special work 

 being the collecting of small mammals and birds, as opportunity offered, while 



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