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NOKTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



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also contains much information on the natural history of the country 

 explored. 



During the summer of 189^1: J. B. Tyrrell, accompanied by R. 

 Munro-Ferguson, explored a canoe route northward through the 

 Barren Groimds to the eastward of the route followed during the 

 previous stmimer. They ascended the Saskatchewan to Cumberland 

 House, and from that point reached Churchill Eiver by the well- 

 known route. Then descending Churchill Eiver to the mouth of 

 Reindeer River they ascended that stream to Reindeer Lake. This 

 lake was followed to its northern extremity, where the Hudson's Bay 

 post Lac du Brochet is sittiated. From here the party ascended Coch- 

 rane or Icy River and pursued a northerly course never before ex- 

 plored through Theitaga. Kasba, and Ennadai lakes, and Kazan 

 River to Yath-Kyed Lake. From here the general course was east- 

 erly, to the head of Ferguson River, and down that stream to Hud- 

 son Bay, which was reached on September 18. From this point the 

 party reached Fort Churchill by water, and waiting there until the 

 season was sufficiently advanced for winter travel, proceeded by 

 snowshoe and dog sled to Winnipeg. 



The period between August, 1892, and September. 1891:. was spent 

 by Frank Russell, working under the auspices of the University of 

 Iowa, in collecting ethnological and natural history specimens in cen- 

 tral Canada. The time from August, 1892, to April, 1893, was spent 

 mainly at Grand Rapids, near the outlet of the SaskatcheAvan, and 

 need not be particularly noticed in the present connection. He left 

 Edmonton on April 26, 1893, and Athabaska Landing May 3. and 

 descending the Athabaska reached Fort Chipewyan alxmt the middle 

 of the month. Here he remained initil June 20, most of the time col- 

 lecting birds in the Athabaska-Peace delta. He then proceeded down 

 the Slave and across Great Slave Lake to Fort Rae, arriving there on 

 July 6. A trip up Yellowknife River nearty to the Barren Grcnnids 

 was made during the latter half of July and the first week in August, 

 and another to Fort Resolution during September. Later in the fall 

 he made several trips to the northward of Fort Rae and collected a 

 series of caribou skins. During the early part of December he trav- 

 eled to Fort Resolution by way of Fort Providence, and in January, 

 1891:, made a trip of about 50 miles to the southward of Fort Resolu- 

 tion in search of wood bison, but without success. After this he re- 

 turned to Fort Rae, and during March and April accompanied a 

 party of Indians into the Barren Grounds to the northeast of that 

 post after musk-oxen, securing a fine series of specimens. In May he 

 traveled around the north shore of Great Slave Lake, and descended 

 the Mackenzie to Fort Providence. AVith the opening of navigation, 

 he descended the Mackenzie by steamer to Fort Good Hope and then 

 voyaged to Herschel Island by canoe. After collecting for several 



