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Buckland, because of the preservation of a horn sheath on a skull 

 of Ovibos submitted to him from Eschscholtz Bay, considered it of 

 recent origin, but now that Bison (see pi. x) skulls are known dis- 

 tinct from living species having the horn thus preserved, this argu- 

 ment would apply equally to the case in question. 



OVIS, sp. undet. 



A list of species occurring in the Eschscholtz Bay deposits is 

 given by Seeman in his "Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. 

 Herald in 1853, in which Ovis montana is mentioned as being found 

 there. 



This list was compiled from a report 1 made by Sir John Richard- 

 son, but a careful perusal of his report failed to reveal any mention 

 of fossil remains, although he does describe the recent skeleton of 

 Ovis montana. 



It is probably by mistake that this species was included in 

 Seeman's list, although sheep remains will undoubtedly be found, 

 as Mr. W. H. Osgood, of the U. S. Biological Survey, has frag- 

 mentary remains of Ovis in his possession from the Klondike district, 

 Yukon Territory, Canada. At present, however, the writer does not 

 know of an authentic record of their occurrence in Alaska. 



ALCE, sp. undet. 



Like Rangifer, scattered remains of the moose are known from 

 several widely separated localities in Alaska and adjacent territory. 

 These bones have usually been referred to as representing the living 

 form Alee americanus, but it appears the identifications have been 

 based upon such scanty material that the assignment to this species is 

 open to question. When better specimens are known, characters of 

 sufficient importance to distinguish it from the living species will 

 probably be found. 



Remains of Alee are known from the deposits of Eschscholtz 

 Bay, on the Old Crow and Nowitna rivers, and fragmentary antlers 

 were found in the muck of Magnet and Fox gulches on Bonanza 

 Creek near Dawson. 



RANGIFER, sp. undet. 



Fragmentary remains representative of this genus are commonly 

 found with the bones of other Pleistocene animals in Alaska. These 

 scattered and fragmentary parts have been referred by various 

 writers to the living species, R. caribou and R. tarandus. It appears 



1 Zoological Voyage of H. M. S. Herald, 1852-54. 



