No. 379-] THE MAMMALS OF LABRADOR. 491 
1897. O. Bangs. On a Small Collection of Mammals from Hamilton Inlet, 
Labrador. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. pp. 235-240. Sept. 17, 1897. 
1898. VERNON BAILEY. Preliminary Dehdor of Microtus pennsyl- 
vanicus labradorius. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. Vol. xii, p. 88. 
April 30, 1898. 
MATERIAL. 
The first important collection of mammals from Labrador 
was the one made in 1882 by L. M. Turner, while stationed 
at Fort Chimo, Ungava. Several new forms have been de- 
scribed from this material, which is in the National Museum 
at Washington. Unfortunately, it is of rather poor quality ; 
the small mammals are preserved in alcohol, and the larger 
ones are mostly flat skins, usually without skulls, and often 
very imperfect.! 
In the summer of 1895 Mr. C. H. Goldthwaite made a col- 
lection of mammals for the Bangs collection at Rigoulette, on 
Hamilton Inlet, upon which I have already reported. 
In the summer of 1897 Mr. J. D. Sornborger, while in 
northern Labrador, obtained a good many skulls of the larger 
mammals, principally by purchasing them from the Eskimo. 
These are also in the Bangs collection. 
Besides these lots, about all the available material from 
Labrador consists of a few specimens in the collection of the 
Geological Survey of Canada, which Prof. John Macoun has 
kindly sent me for examination. Among them is one speci- 
men of Zapus insignis, and one of Peromyscus maniculatus. 
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
In view of Mr. Low’s careful descriptions of every part of 
the Labrador Peninsula it is useless to say’more than a word 
in a very general way about the features of the region. The 
country consists, roughly speaking, of three general kinds: the 
barrens, the semi-barrens, and the forest — mostly of spruce 
and fir. Descriptions of any particular region can be found 
in Mr. Low’s report. 
1 Through the kindness of Mr. F. W. True and Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., I 
have had an opportunity of examining Turner’s material. 
