APPENDIX IV 491 



Low reports this seal to be rare in the St. Lawrence and in south- 

 ern Labrador, but more common northward, in Hudson Strait, 

 Hudson Bay, and James Bay. 



48. HALICHCERUS GRYPUS Fabricius. Gray seal. 



Phoca grypus Fabricius. Skriv. af. Naturh.-Selsk., Vol. I, ii, 



p. 167, PL XIII, Fig. 4. 1791. 

 Rare along the Labrador coast. 



49. CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA Erxleben. Hooded seal. 



Phoca cristata Erxleben. Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 590. 1777. 

 Not common along the Labrador coast. 



50. ODOBENUS ROSMARUS Linn. Atlantic walrus. 



Phoca rosmarus Linn. Syst. Nat., Ed. X, Vol. I, p. 38. 1758. 



Now restricted to northern Labrador, reaching south only to 



about Nachvak. Formerly abundant along the whole Labrador 



coast. A fine pair, tf and ? , skulls in Bangs 'a collection, obtained 



by Sornborger from the Eskimo at Okkak. 



51. LYNX CANADENSIS CANADENSIS Kerr. Canada lynx. 

 Lynx canadensis Kerr. Anim. King., p. 157. 1792. 



Common within the wooded area from the Atlantic coast to Hud- 

 son Bay, Low. 



52. VULPES RUBRICOSA BANGSI Merriam. Labrador red fox. 

 Vulpes rubricosa bangsi Merriam. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 



Vol. II, p. 667. 1900. 



Type Locality. L'Anse au Loup, Labrador. 

 Common throughout the whole of Labrador from the St. Lawrence 

 to Hudson Strait. 



53. VULPES LAGOPUS UNGAVA Merriam. Labrador white fox. 

 Vulpes lagopus ungava Merriam. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 



XV, p. 170. 1902. 

 Type Locality. Fort Chimo, Ungava. 



The Arctic fox is abundant in the barren-grounds and extends 

 south to about Lake Michikamaw and to Nichicum. Along both 

 coasts it pushes rather farther south ; on the Atlantic to Hamilton 

 Inlet, and rarely even to the Strait of Belle Isle ; on the coast of 

 James Bay to its southern part. 



Two skulls in Bangs 'a collection from Hebron, obtained by 

 Sornborger. 



54. CANIS OCCIDENTALIS Richardson. Timber-wolf. 



Canis lupus, occidentalis Richardson. F. B.A.Mamm., p. 60. 



1829. 



According to Low, the timber-wolf is now very rare in the southern 

 wooded region, owing to the extermination of the woodland caribou. 

 It is still common in the barrens and semi-barrens of the north. 

 - One skull in Bangs's collection from Hopedale, collected by 

 Sornborger. 



