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River, and the St. Clair, which are tributaries of the White 

 River; and the Wolverine and Donjeck rivers, as well as 

 along the mountains walling the west shore of Lake Kluane 

 and the Slims River. Other conditions may obtain in other 

 parts of the wide extended Yukon Territory where geo- 

 graphical, topographical, climatic, and food conditions vary, 

 and produce varying faunal types and habits of life. 



SHEEP 



Of the habits of mountain sheep found north of the well- 

 defined range of the Ovis Canadensis, known as the " Rocky 

 Mountain " sheep, nothing additional can be predicated by 

 the writer, since all of the northern sheep, whether the all- 

 white Dall sheep, the Fannin sheep with white heads, necks 

 and breast and gray body, or the Stone sheep of a more uni- 

 form dark gray color above with only the abdomen and lower 

 and posterior parts white, have practically the same habits. 



All of these sheep are by nature very wild and timid; 

 dwelling above timber line, eating the same food, having the 

 same general environment and climatic conditions, not only is 

 there scarcely any variation in their habits, but even their 

 size, weight, and measurement are substantially the same, 

 having due regard to age and sex. 



The sheep observed and referred to by the writer on this 

 expedition are all the pure white Dall sheep, Ovis dalli, as 

 not a single specimen of Fannin sheep nor even the Stone 

 sheep was seen, and the guides and Indians frequenting the 

 game ranges of the St. Elias mountains over a wider extent 

 than that covered by my expedition report, without excep- 

 tion, only the white Dall sheep. 



These sheep were first classified and their discovery, as 



