1 7O Bulletin American Museum of Natural History. [Vol. XIX, 



MEASUREMENTS OF SKULLS. 



'Type. 



" Red Fox. Russian name, Lee-see-sha. None of the foxes 

 are abundant or even common in the Gichiga valley although, 

 comparatively speaking, the red form is the commonest there, 

 as it is in the Anadyr Province. The traders at Gichiga and 

 Marcova receive each year a large number of pelts from the 

 inland natives and from the Koryaks inhabiting the country 

 lying between these two places and the Chukchees, to the 

 north and west of Marcova. Many are also received at 

 Gichiga from the country lying along the west coast of Ok- 

 hotsk Sea. The people employ native traps to catch them, 

 and also resort to the illegal use of strychnine when they can 

 obtain it. 



" I saw no foxes nor any signs of them at Gichiga although 

 I saw many tracks along the Pengina, Ocklon, and Orlofki 

 Rivers during February and March, 1901. Pelts bring from 

 4 to 5 roubles each. 



"Cross Fox. Russian local name, See-woy-ddos-ka. Cross 

 foxes are rather common all over that portion of Northeast 

 Siberia where the red fox occurs, and a considerable number 

 of pelts are annually received by the traders at the different 

 settlements. The average price is 15 roubles each. 



" Black or Silver Gray Fox. One poor, mutilated pelt was 

 received by a trader at Gichiga from Yamsk in the spring of 



