266 THEOUGH THE MACKENZIE BASIN 



and at Cumberland House. A specimen in alcohol was for- 

 warded from Fort St. James, Stuart Lake, British Columbia, 

 which is entered under Sorex (Microsorex) hoyi Baird, in 

 Norili American Fauna, jSTo. 10, 1895, p. 90. Dr. Eichard 

 King has recorded a specimen of 8. forsteri which he found 

 near the mouth of the Great Fish Eiver. 



CouEs's Sheew — Sorex sphagnicola Coues. 



The tj'pe-locality of this sjaecies is given in the above 

 publication as Fort Liard, Mackenzie Eiver District, and 

 it probably extends much farther north. This shrew may 

 be indigenous in other sections of the Canadian North- West 

 Territories. Mr. Moberly also refers to a small short-tailed 

 mole, or shrew, with a sharp, longish nose, found only in 

 beaver lodges. 



CHIROPTERA. 



SiLVEEY-iiAiRED Bat — Lasiomjcteris noctivagans 

 (Le Conte). 



Mr. Moberly states that he has seen examples of bats on 

 the Peace, Saskatchewan, and Athabasca rivers. Mr. P. 

 Deschambeault writes that he has met with this species both 

 at Isle a la Crosse and Lac du Brochet, but I do not remem- 

 ber seeing any north of Cumberland House. 



Blunt-nosed Bat — Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte). 



Mr. B. E. Eoss, in his oft-referred-to list, mentions that 

 this bat is very rare, but that it extends northward to Salt 

 Eiver. This species is entered among the specimens col- 

 lected by Sir George Back on Great Slave Lake, probably 

 near Fort Eeliance, about seventy years ago. Mr. P. Des- 

 chambeault is also confident that it is sparingly present at 

 Isle a la Crosse and Lac du Brochet. Mr. Preble, however, 

 did not come across any examples in his trip to the shores 

 of Hudson Bay, while Dr. Eobert Bell's list contains both 

 species. 



