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•Canis familiaris, Say. 

 Var. horealis, Desra. 



Eskimo Dog. 

 Among the Eskimo on the north coast of America and on 

 the islands of the Arctic Ocean. 

 Var. lago2yus, Rich. 

 Hare Indian Dog. 

 Among the Hare Indians on the banks of the Mackenzie 

 River. 



VuLPES VL'LGARis, Fleming. 

 Yar. fulvus. Red Fox. 

 Yar. decussatus. Cross Fox. 

 Yar. argentatus. Silver or Black Fox. 



Mu-ki-sioo. Western Cree. 



Ma-ha-sis. N. Man. Oree. 



Wa-kush. Saulteaux. 



All tliese varieties are more or less common in the wooded 

 •or partly wooded countries from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



YULPES MACROUEUS, Bciivd. 



Prairie Fox. 

 Plains of southern British Columbia and also on Yancouver 

 Island. 



YuLPEs vELox, Say. 

 Kit Fox. 

 Canis cinereo-argeoitatus^ Sabine. 

 Chi-kan-a-Tcovj-esis, (louse eggs with hair). Cree and 



Saulteaux. 

 Wa-chi-koo-rtii-sis., (a lousy thing). Cree and Saulteaux* 

 On the plains and prMiries from Manitoba westward to the 

 Rocky Mountains. 



YuLPEs LAGOPUs, Linn. 



Arctic Fox, White Fox. 

 and YsiY.fuliginosus. 



Blue Fox. 



