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the western seacoasts, and in Kamchatka, for all of the 

 people in these districts tell of their great number, although 

 one sees comparatively few skins. Notwithstanding the high 

 prices that I offered for specimens in the flesh, or with skull 

 and leg-bones attached, I received none, although during the 

 summer of 1901 I heard reports every few days of the Rus- 

 sians seeing bears along the upper waters of the Gichiga and 

 Ovecho Rivers. In September, 1900, I saw tracks along the 

 Ovecho. At Gichiga they come out of hibernation about the 

 first week in April, and at Marco va about two weeks later, 

 and again retire the first of October. The Russians claim to 

 be afraid of them on account of the poor firearms that they 

 possess, and seldom attack them. The natives Tunguses 

 and Koryaks locate them in winter by the vapor arising 

 from their dens and dig them out. The Parane River, which 

 flows into Penginski Gulf, is said to abound in small black 

 bears. All the pelts I saw in Northeast Siberia are those 

 in the collection. A good dark pelt brings from 10 to 15 

 roubles in trade or cash. Their food consists of fish and 

 berries, both of which are abundant and easily obtained." 

 N. G. B. 



26. Canis lupus Linn. 



GRAY WOLF. 



Represented by 5 skins, with their skulls, collected on the 

 River Main, 60 miles from Marcova, by Mr. Axelrod, and by 

 3 skins without skulls, obtained by Mr. Bogoras near the 

 mouth of the Anadyr River. No measurements were taken 

 of any of the animals before skinning. They are all winter 

 specimens, those taken near Marcova having been killed in 

 December and February. They vary somewhat in color, par- 

 ticularly in the amount of black, due to the black tips of the 

 hairs of the back, and the amount of subapical yellowish 

 suffusion on the median area of the back. In one or two of 

 the specimens the amount of black is very small, and in others 

 black is the prevailing tint. In the lightest colored specimens 

 the subapical zone of the fur is nearly or quite without any 

 fulvous tint; in other specimens the hair of the mid-dorsal 

 region is ' subapically strongly suffused with fulvous, varying 



