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THE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 



Stoat. — Common all along the coast and prob- 

 ably equally so inland. 



Putorius vulgaris, (Erxl.) Griff. Common 

 small Weasel— As lar as I can discover equally 

 abundant with P erminea. 



Putorius vison, (Schreb.) Gapp. Mink.— 

 Abundant everywhere along the coast and 

 about inland ponds. 



Gulo luscus, (Linnet Sabine. Wolverine. — 

 Rather common, but not nearly so often taken 

 as one would imagine by the trappers. Seems 

 '.o be pretty generally distributed along the 

 coast. 



Mephitis mephitica, (Shaw)Baird. Skunk. 

 — Seen occasionally in the lower portions of 

 Labrador, but is rare. 



Lutra Canadensis, Sabine. Otter. — Com- 

 mon in the furring season all along the coast. 



Ursus Americanus, Pallas. Black Bear. — 

 Common inland and along the high bluffs by 

 the sea shore, all along the coast. 



Thalarctos maritimus, (Linne) Gray. 

 White or Polar Bear. — Rare, occasionally seen 

 on blocks of floating ice off shore in the ex- 

 treme northern portions. Twice recorded as 

 far down through the straits of Belle Isle as 

 Blanc Sablon. 



Pruoyon lotor, (Linne) Storr. Raccoon. — 

 " Occurs at Square Island." — Packard. 



Phoca vitulina, Linne. Harbor Seal. — 

 Common. Rears its young on sand-bars about 

 15 to 20 miles up the rivers in the interior in 

 the spring. Abundant outside in the fall. 



Phoca fcetida, Fabricius. Ringed Seal. 

 Jar. — Not uncommon in harbors in spring ami 

 fall. Distinguished from last species only on 

 close examination. 



Phoca Giuenlandica, Fabricius. Harp? 

 Seal. — Common in migrations all along the 

 shores south of Belle Isle. 



Erkjnathus barbatus, (Fabricius) Gill. 

 Square-Flipper Seed. — Raiher common on 

 cakes of floating ice in the spring, all ; long the 

 coast. 



CVSTOPHORA CRISTATA, (Erxl,. NilsSOU. 



Hooded Seal. — With P. Graiidandiea, but less 

 common. 



Odob.enus obesus, (Illiger) Allen. Walrus. 

 — Rare along the coast of Northern Labrador. 

 Two were shot in 1880 and 1881, at Fox Har- 

 bor, St. Lewis Sound, off the shore a little way. 

 A gentleman of our party obtained the tusks 

 of one of ihem, which were about 7 inches 

 long and nearly an inch in diameter. 



Regarding the deer of Labrador some con- 



fusion exists. Two species, about equally 

 common, are found throughout the peninsula 

 in small, or less fiequently in large [(o00 or 

 400), herds. They are probably the following : 



Tarandus rangifer, Brookes, var. caribou. 

 Woodland Caribou. ; and 



Tarandus rangifer, Brookes, var. Grcex- 

 landicus. Barren Ground, Caribou. 



Alces malchis, (Linne) Gray, the Moose, 

 and Cervus Canadensis, Erxleben, the Amer- 

 ican Elk, have both been reported as found on 

 the southwestern portion of Labrador, about 

 north from Anticosti, but they were doubtless 

 very rare and occasional. 



Ovibos moschatus, Blainville. Mask Ox. — 



On the authority of Prof. A. S. Packard a 

 single relic of this animal may be accredited to' 

 this region. Probably it was its most southern 

 limit in former times. 



Delphinapterus catodon, (Linne) Gill. 

 While Whale. — Common in the Saint Law- 

 rence River, at least as far as Anticosti. 



Monodon monoceros, Linne. Narwhal. — 

 Given on the authority of Professor Packard, 

 but it is probably exceedingly rare. 



Orca gladiator, (Bonnaterre) Gray. Killer. 

 — Occasional all along the coast apparently. 



Globicephalus intermedius, (Harlan) 

 Gray. Black-fish. — Common in the Gulf, at 

 least to the mouth of the Straits of Belle Isle. 



Grampus griseus, (Cuvier) Gray. Gram- 

 pus. — Not uncommon all along the shores to 

 Belle Isle, and perhaps further. 



Physeter macrocephalus, Linne. Sperm 

 Whale. — Occasionally taken along the coast, 

 as I am informed by the traders and people. 



Sibbaldius borkalis, (Fischer) Geoffrey. 

 Sulphur-bottom Whale. — Not regarded as rare. 

 Frequently taken by the people along the 

 shore. One towed ashore at Old Fort Island 

 in 1878 or 1879. 



One of the whalebone whales is occasionally 

 taken along this coast, but which species it is 

 I cannot tell, lam sure that several sjceies 

 both of whales and porpoises will be eventually 

 added to this list. 



Sciuropterus volucei.la. (Pallas) Geol- 

 froy, var. Hudsonius. Flying Squirrel. — Oc- 

 casional along the coast. Specimens found at 

 Saint Augustine. 



Sciurus Hudsonius, Pallas. Red Squirrel— 

 Common in the woods along the shore, and . 

 probably inland also, all along the cua.-t. 



Gray squirrels are said to occur here also, 

 but I did not see any. 



(To be Continued.) 



