Bear discovered there the previous season, and to obtain accessories for the group 

 of Grant Caribou. But the hunt for Bears proved unsuccessful, and about the 

 end of June he joined Mr. Anderson at Wrangel, where Mr. Anderson was already 

 at work collecting small mammals. On July -8 they left Wrangel for the head- 

 waters of the Stickine River, where work was prosecuted over a considerable 

 range of country till the last week in October. Later about two weeks were spent 

 at Kupreanof Island, near Sitka. 



Fig. 29. HEAD OF MOUNTAIN GOAT. 



Type of Oreamnos montanus columbianus, killed in the Sheslay Mountains, Northwest British 

 Columbia, August, 1902. No. 19838, Am. Mus. 



This season only mammals were collected, of which nearly noo specimens were 

 taken, including about 45 head of large game, besides a series of 31 skulls of the 

 Kadiak Bear, obtained at Kadiak Island. The large game comprised 9 fine speci- 

 mens of the Osborii Caribou (Rangifer osborni; see Figs. 40-45, pp. 26-29), 6 

 specimens of Moose, 14 fine examples of the Sitka Deer, 9 specimens of the Stone 

 Sheep' (Ovis stonei), 4 specimens of Mountain Goat, and 3 Bears. These specimens 

 are all complete (skin, skull, and leg bones), with measurements, for mounting. 

 Among the thousand specimens of small mammals were five species new to science, 



