1904.] Allen, Mammals from Alaska. 2*JJ 



mens were obtained, although a week was spent in search for 

 them in the Caribou Hills, near Seldovia, where a small band 

 was supposed still to range. It was found later that they 

 had gone across into the mountains to the east of Kussilluf 

 Lake, about 25 miles from their old range. 



3. Ovis dalli kenaiensis Allen. KENAI WHITE SHEEP. 

 Sixteen specimens 7 adult females, 4 adult and i young 

 adult rams, and 2 male and 2 female lambs; also an addi- 

 tional head. The four adult rams were taken in the moun- 

 tains at the head of Kussilluf Lake, by Mr. Herbert, Oct. 3-5, 

 and the others in the Sheep Mountains, at the head of Sheep 

 Creek, Sept. 11-20. No adult rams were met with during 

 the Sheep Mountain hunt, and a special trip later of 400 

 miles' travel was made for old rams. Although the localities 

 where the sheep were taken were only five miles apart, the 

 point where the rams were obtained could be reached only by 

 a circuitous journey of about 200 miles and return. 



These specimens are in good fall pelage and furnish the 

 long-desired material for a group, the specimens of this 

 species obtained on previous expeditions having all been in 

 the short summer coat. 



4. Sciurus hudsonicus Erxleben. HUDSON BAY RED SQUIR- 

 REL. Thirty-three specimens, taken as follows: Seldovia, 4, 

 July 4-21; Sheep Creek, 20, Aug. i4~Sept. i; Moose Camp, 

 north of Chugachik Bay, 8, Sept. 28 and Oct. 2-7. They are 

 thus nearly all in summer pelage, even the October specimens 

 having acquired but little of the winter coat. 



"The Red Squirrel is rather scarce in the woods at Sel- 

 dovia. Although I saw the signs of several I did not secure 

 any till some were brought in by natives during July." On 

 Sheep Creek they "were very common in the spruces, both 

 in the valley and on the hills. On August 16 I shot a red 

 squirrel from a large poplar. He was rapidly cutting the 

 leaves from the tree, and upon examination I found that each 

 leaf that he had cut bore an abnormal growth [gall], probably 

 caused by the sting of an insect in laying its eggs. I opened 



