I 93-J Allen, Mammals from Northeast Siberia. 1 03 



be a member of the Putorius nivalis group, but a near relative 

 of P. rixosus Bangs of arctic America. It is not surprising 

 that some of the seals of the genus Phoca should be found 

 to range along the coast of Siberia from Okhotsk Sea to 

 Point Barrow, but it is interesting to note that these do 

 not include the Pacific Coast Harbor Seal (Phoca richardii), 

 and also that the Harp Seal (Phoca grcenlandica) does not 

 pass through Bering Strait into Bering Sea, as formerly be- 

 lieved, its supposed records of occurrence here apparently 

 resting on the misidentification of young males and females 

 of Histriophoca fasciata for this species. 1 



It may be further noted that the skins of many fur-bearing 

 animals are imported from Alaska into northeastern Siberia. 

 Thus among a lot of peltries purchased at Indian Point (Chap- 

 lin Point of most maps), on the Chukchee Peninsula, by Mr. 

 Bogoras and brought to the American Museum, are skins of 

 the Lynx, Otter, Beaver, Red Fox (in its various phases),. 

 Arctic Fox, Blue Fox, and Sable, which are readily recog- 

 nized by expert furriers as of Alaskan origin. Of course, none 

 of these are formally included in the present report. Re- 

 specting the Beaver, I find the following in Mr. Buxton's. 

 notes. Mr. Buxton says: "I was assured by Mr. Sokolnikoff, 

 as well as by many others, that there are no Beavers in north- 

 eastern Siberia, and that all the skins that one sees there are 

 obtained from the American whaling fleet by the Chukchees,. 

 who in turn trade them to the Russians at Marcova and the- 

 settlements along the Kolyma River. They bring from ten 

 to fifteen roubles each." 



The external measurements given in this paper were taken 

 from the fresh specimens by the collector, unless otherwise 

 stated, and are expressed in millimeters. Mr. Buxton's field 

 notes follow the technical matter under each species, and are 

 placed in marks of quotation and followed by the initials, 

 1 N. G. B.' In several instances some of his unpublished notes 

 on mammals met with by him at Point Barrow are here in- 

 edited, on account of their special interest in the present 

 connection. 



1 See this Bulletin, Vol. XVI, 1902, pp. 475-477. 



