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Hoakt Marmot, Woodchuck (Marmota caligata, Eschsch.). 



A female was collected at Gopher Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek, on July 29th. It is 

 fairly common at Eldorado, near the summit. 



Yukon Marmot (Marmota nionax ochracea, Swarth.). 



A fine specimen taken at Pike River on July 29th, also a female melanistic form was 

 trapped in the same locality on July 29th. No others were seen. Two specimens preserved. 



Arctic Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus borealis, Mearns). 



Common. Taken in June, July, and August at Wilson Creek, Hot Springs, and Pike 

 River. Twenty-seven specimens preserved. 



Rock-loving Wood Rat (Neotoma einerea saxamans, Osgood). 



Male and female collected at Gopher Dam Mountain, Wilson Creek (altitude 3,500 feet), 

 on July 15th. Two specimens preserved. 



Drummonds Meadow Vole (Microtus drummondi, Audubon & Bachman). 



Taken at Wilson Creek on June 11th and 28th; at Atlin on August 10th and 12th. 

 Common. Ten specimens preserved. 



Cantankerous Meadow Yole (Microtus mordax, Merriam). 



Four collected at Atlin on August 13th, 15th, and 16th. Three specimens preserved. 



Xorthwest Territory Musk Rat (Fiber zibethicus spatulatiis, Osgood). 



Male shot at Camp Lake, Wilson Creek, on June 20th. Female shot at Anderson Bay, 

 Lake Atlin, on August 6th. Several others were seen swimming on some of the small' lakes 

 close to Atlin. 



Dall's Leeming Vole (Synaptomys dalli, Merriam). 



Male taken at Wilson Creek on June 10th. One specimen preserved. 



Stikine Jumping Mouse (Zapus princeps saltator, Allen). 



Female taken at Wilson Creek on July 15th. One specimen preserved. 



Macfarlane's Hare (Lepus americanus macfarlanei, Merriam). 



Abundant everywhere throughout the district. Thirty specimens, including eight young, 

 were taken in June, July and August. Twenty-six specimens preserved. 



Pacific Mink (Mustela vison eneryumenos, Bangs). 



Adult female trapped at Hot Springs, Atlin Lake, on July 1 0th. The skin is very dark, 

 with fine pelage for summer skin. 



Dusky Shrew (Sorex obscurus, Merriam). 



Male taken at Wilson Creek on June 13th. Young male collected at Atlin on August 14th. 

 Two specimens preserved. 



Navigator Shrew (Xeosorex palustris navigator, Baird). 



An adult male taken at Hot Springs, close to shore of Atlin Lake, in July. Specimen 

 preserved. 



Dark Yuma Bat ( Myotis yumanensis saturatus, Miller). 



Two seen at Anderson Bay, Lake Atlin, on August 6th. They were undoubtedly this 

 species, as two were taken in the same locality the year previous. (Although a sharp look-out 

 for bats was kept, we found them unusually scarce.) 



