114 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY, 
Castor FIBER, var. C, varia. Spotted Beaver. 
Castor fiber, var. D. Castor varié. Dresmarest, Mamm. 
This variety is more rare than the preceding, and never came under my notice. 
Mr. Say mentions that an Indian had in the course of his life caught three 
specimens of Beaver with a large white spot on their breasts. 
Castor FIBER, var. D, arpa. White Beaver. 
White beaver. Doxns, Hudson’s Bay, p. 40. 
Castor fiber, var. C. Castor blanc. DEsmMarEstT, Mamm. 
Castor albus. Brisson, Reg. An. 
An albino variety of the Beaver is of very rare occurrence. Hearne saw but 
one in the course of twenty years, and it had many reddish and brown hairs along 
the ridge of the back,—its sides and belly were of a glossy silvery white. 
When the Indians find an individual of this kind, they convert the skin into 
a medicine bag, -and are very unwilling to dispose of it. 
