444 THE ZOOLOGY OF THE LABRADOR COAST. 



Phoca fostida Fabr. In harbors in spring and autumn. 

 (Stearns.) 



Of the Phoca hispida Erxl., no information could be 

 obtained. ■ 



Pagophihts groenlandicus Gray. (Phoca grcenlandica 

 auct. ) This species is most abundant and extensively 

 hunted by the sealers. The young soon after birth 

 weigh 70-80 pounds, while the adult weighs 140-150 

 pounds. (Common in migrations all along the shores 

 south of Belle Isle.) 



Erignathus barbatus Gill. (Phoca barbata Fabr.). It 

 is probably the species which is called by the sealers the 

 " Square Flipper." It is very rare, and much the largest 

 species known. The young weigh 140-150 pounds, 

 while the adult will weigh 500-600 pounds. 



Cystopliora cristata Nilsson. The Hooded Seal is not 

 uncommonly, during the spring, killed in considerable 

 numbers by the sealers. The young " pelt" weighs 70-80 

 pounds, while the old male or "dog hood," weighs 400 

 pounds. 



Rangifer caribou Baird. Lives in summer on the hill- 

 tops away from the woods. 



Ovibos moschatus Blainville. As the Labrador Es- 

 kimo have a distinct name for the musk-ox, it is natur- 

 ally inferred that it may have formerly inhabited the 

 northwestern part of the peninsula, as it once occurred on 

 the opposite coast of Hudson's Bay as far south as 

 Churchill Riv^r. 



Ursus maritimus Linn. White bear. 



Ursus americanus Pallas. The black bear is abundant 

 on the southern coast, where it leaves its winter quarters 

 jn May, but above Hopedale is very rarely seen. 



