XXV1 INTRODUCTION, 
Lepus glacialis. Principal food the dwarf-birch. 
Cervus tarandus, var. arctica. telat or more commonly 
Ovibos moschatus. lichenivorous. 
A belt of low primitive rocks extends from the Barren-grounds to 
the northern shores of Lake Superior. It is about two hundred miles 
wide, and as it becomes more southerly, it recedes from the Rocky 
Mountains, and differs from the Barren-grounds, principally in being 
clothed with wood. It is bounded to the eastward by a narrow stripe 
of limestone, and beyond that there is a flat, swampy, partly alluvial 
district, which forms the western shores of Hudson’s Bay. As far as 
regards the distribution of animals, the whole tract, from the western 
border of the low primitive rocks to the coast of Hudson’s Bay, may 
be considered as one district, with the exception that the sea-bear 
seldom goes further inland than the swampy land which skirts the 
coast. The whole may be named the Eastern district, and the follow- 
ing animals inhabit it :— 
Vespertiliones, species duo vel tres ignotee. 
Sorex palustris. 
- ; 
>,  Forsteri. 
Scalops, species ignota. 
Ursus Americanus. 
sey § (Doesjnot go further from the sea- 
39 maritimus. \ shore than one hundred miles.) 
Meles ? 
Gulo luscus. 
Mustela (Putorius) vulgaris. 
5 af erminea, 
oS » vison: 
>>  Martes, 
>, Canadensis. 
Mephitis Americana, var. Hudsonica. 
Lutra Canadensis. 
Canis lupus, varietates varie. 
», (Vulpes) lagopus. 
os ™ fulvus. 
” ” by var. decussata, 
as x op », argentata, 
Felis Canadensis. haa 
