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Barren grounds and northern shores of the Continent as far 

 south into Hudson's Bay as Fort Churchill, and very far north 

 on the islands in the Arctic Ocean, Mr. J. W. Tyrrell informs 

 rae that the blue variety breeds true to its own color, and 

 remains of essentially the same color throughout the year. 

 One that lie trapped in January, 1886, on the north shore of 

 Hudson's ytrait, and which is now in the Geological and 

 Natural History Museum in Ottawa, is of a beautiful dark 

 blueish gray color. 



GuLo Luscus, {Liim.) Sabine. 



Wolverene. Carcajou. Glutton. 

 Formerly found in New Brunswick, and now occasionally 

 met with in the northern parts of Quebec and Ontario. 

 Found principally in the wooded parts of the North-West 

 Territories to the northern limit of trees, and in British 

 Columbia south to the boundary line. 



MUSTELA PeNNANTT, Efxl. 



Pekan. Fisher. 

 Mustela Canadensis^ Linn. 



and Yar. alha, Rich. 

 O-cheeh. Cree and Saulteaux. 

 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and westward in wooded 

 country to the Pacific, being found as far north as Great Slave 

 Lake. 



Musi EL A Americana, Turton. 

 Marten. Pine-Marten. 

 Mustela martes, Eich. 

 Wa-pis-tan. Western Cree, 

 Wap-se-sioo, N. Man. Cree. 

 Wa-pi-sis. Saulteaux. 

 From the Atlantic to the Pacific as far north as the 

 northern limit of trees. 



PuTOKius VULGARIS, Linn. 

 Weasel. 

 Putorius pusillus., And. and Bach. 

 Si-hoos. N. Man. Cree. 

 Sin-goosh. Saulteaux. 



