1 903.] Allen, Mammals from Northeast Siberia. 1 6 1 



during August in the Anadyr River, more than 400 versts 

 above its mouth. All the specimens that I saw at Gichiga 

 were much lighter in color than Point Barrow, Alaska, speci- 

 mens, and not so uniformly colored. At Gichiga a skin is 

 valued at five roubles." N. G. B. 



22. Histriophoca fasciata (Zimmermann). 

 RIBBON SEAL. 



Represented by a flat skin obtained by Dr. Berthold Laufer 

 on the Lower Amoor River. 



"Local name, Kre-lat-ah and Mandar-ka. Although this 

 seal does not occur at Gichiga, the people there are well 

 acquainted with it and many possess travelling bags made 

 from their skins, which have been obtained from Oliutorski 

 and Baronesskorf Gulfs, where they are common. Mr. Jochel- 

 son said that the Koryaks living along Penginski Gulf have 

 taken an occasional one there, but I consider it very doubtful. 

 Mr. Sokolnikoff says that they are common far out in Anadyr 

 Gulf, but never come close in to shore or ascend the Anadyr 

 River." N. G. B. 



23. Phoca (Pusa) hispida gichigensis Allen. 

 OKHOTSK RINGED SEAL. 



Two skins and skulls of young females (see this Bulletin, 

 XVI, 1903, pp. 478-480). Mr. Buxton's notes respecting this 

 species are as follows: 



"Local name, Ak'-ee-pak. A small seal, of which I saw 

 very few. After the ice began to form in the river about the 

 first of October, and was daily crushed up by the tide, I saw 

 a few of this species swimming in the ice-gorged river oppo- 

 site my station, and during the summer I saw a few off Matuga 

 Island. The people say they do not come into the rivers 

 until the ice begins to form. In February, 1901, I saw one 

 in a Koryak lager at Shestacova, that had just been killed. 



" Mr. Sokolnikoff has seen this species in the Anadyr River, 

 25 versts below Marcova, in summer. Their skins are in but 

 little demand, as those of the other two species are much bet- 

 ter and larger." N. G. B. 

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