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External Measurements of Must via caiirina from Vancouver Island 



External Measurements of Mustela nesophila from Admiralty 

 Island, Alaska 



Cranial Measurements of Mustela caurina from Vancouver Island 



Width across L^ast 



Cranial Measurements of Mustela nesophila from Southeastern Alaska 



8814 .... 75.0 42.0 33.0 51.5 26.0 17.2 



12674 $ 68.5 36.0 32.5 47.0 23.0 16.2 



12075 ^ 76.0 41.2 34.8 50.0 24.8 13.0 



Ursus americanus americanus Pallas 

 Black Bear 

 We found bears in some numbers in the mountains south of 

 Alberni, and saw abundant sign of their recent presence at nearly 

 every other place visited. Eight specimens were preserved (nos. 

 12458-12464), as follows: an adult male, Errington, Juno 20, 

 1909, shot by Despard and presented to the Museum, skin of the 

 head, with skull; male, Englishman's River, May 9, skin and 

 skull; female, King Solomon's Basin, July 12, skin only; female. 

 Mount Douglas, July 14, skin and complete skeleton ; male, King- 

 Solomon 's Basin, July 15, skin and complete skeleton; and two 

 skulls, one from Mount Douglas, July 15, and the other from 

 Nootka Sound, Julv 25. 



