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district of English Eiver, to the north, traded 3 skins in 

 1889, and 127 in 1890. Of the last, 11 came from Isle a la 

 Crosse, 2 from Portage la Loche, and 114 from Green Lake. 

 It has also been met with on the IsTelson, Liard, and Peace 

 rivers, while Chief Trader Traill secured two examples at 

 Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, British Columbia, which he 

 duly forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution at Washing- 

 ton. The Cree Indian name of this animal is " weenusk." 



HoAEY Maemot — Marmota caligata (Eschscholtz). 



This species is decidedly more abundant than A. monax 

 canadensis in portions of the north country, especially in 

 the neighbourhood of the Eocky Mountains and spurs thereof 

 on or near the Mackenzie Eiver. Specimens have been col- 

 lected on the Peace Eiver, and at Ports Liard, Simpson, 

 Norman, and Good Hope, Mackenzie Eiver District, as well 

 as Fort Yukon and other points in Alaska; said to be com- 

 mon there beyond the Arctic Circle. In his list Mr. Eoss 

 writes : " North to Arctic Circle, aibundant in the mountain 

 ranges." For some unknown reason the Company never 

 export this fairly good fur pelt. The natives make excellent 

 robes with the skins. I have seen several on the Mackenzie 

 Eiver. Mr. Turner states that the Indians of Kotzebue 

 Sound, North Pacific, use many skins of these for clothing. 

 In July, 1889, I obtained from a Connolly Lake (British 

 Columbia) Indian a fine robe, which was forwarded to 

 Washington. 



INSECTIVORA. 



Fohstee's Sheew — Sorex forsteri (Eichardson) . 



Mr. B. E. Eoss writes : "This genus (Sorex) is abundant 

 throughout the district (Mackenzie Eiver) as far north as 

 the Arctic coast. I cannot speak confidently of either the 

 names or number of the species." I have a strong impres- 

 sion that I have seen more than one kind of shrew at Fort 

 Anderson, on Mackenzie Eiver, in Athabasca, at Stuart Lake, 



