Article X. A NEW CARIBOU FROM THE ALASKA 

 PENINSULA. 



By J. A. ALLEN. 



One of the results of the past season's work of the Andrew 

 J. Stone Expedition is the discovery by Mr. . Stone of a new 

 form of Caribou on the Alaska Peninsula. The greater part 

 of the season of 1901 was spent in further exploration of 

 Kenai Peninsula, to complete the work begun there by Mr. 

 Stone during the autumn of 1900, where he obtained a speci- 

 men of the new Caribou since described as Rangifer stonei* 



Mr. Stone's familiarity with the large game of the far North 

 had led him to anticipate that the form of Caribou inhabiting 

 the Alaska Peninsula, the most western portion of the main- 

 land of Alaska, and extending several hundred miles beyond 

 the western limit of tree growth, would prove of especial 

 interest, and at the close of the season of 1901 he left Homer, 

 on Kenai Peninsula, for the express purpose of securing a 

 good series of specimens of this animal. The journey of 

 nearly 1000 miles was made during the latter part of October, 

 when the season was far advanced and navigation dangerous, 

 but the opportunity seemed too favorable, on account of his 

 comparative nearness to the locality, to forego the chances 

 of the trip. The departure from Homer was made on the 

 1 5th of October, and Sand Point, Popoff Island, was reached 

 by steamer four days later, but owing to continuous storms 

 it was impossible to cross to the mainland, only twelve miles 

 distant, till October 26, and it still required two days more 

 to reach the point on the coast, some twenty miles distant, 

 which had been selected as the field of operations. The first 

 day's hunt, on October 29, was rewarded by the capture of 

 nine head of Caribou, and others were taken later, until 

 fifteen fine specimens had been secured. 



These specimens, taken October 30 to November 9, are 

 very uniform in their general characters, and differ from the 



1 This Bulletin, Vol. XIV, 1901, pp. 143-148. 

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