1908.] MAMMALS. 129 



valley 15 miles south of Henry House in July; reported the species 

 rare between Jasper House and Smoky River, but saw tracks on 

 Grand Cache River and on the north bank of Smoky River, in the 

 early autumn ; and saw the tracks of two bands in the mountains west 

 of Henry House about the middle of October. 



J. S. Edmonton assured me that during the fall of 1897 a few 

 black-tailed deer frequented the vicinity of Stony Rapid, on the 

 Athabaska, about 200 miles (by the river) below Athabaska Landing. 



130 120 110 too 90 80 



IIS 110 105 100 95 90 



Fig. 10. — Former distribution of elk {Gervus canadensis) in central Canada. This species 

 is now reduced in this region to a few herds in the Saskatchewan Valley. 



Cervus canadensis Erxleben. Canadian Wapiti. 



Formerly ranging north over the plains of Peace River, this animal 

 has now apparently become extinct over this part of its range, but 

 still occurs in small numbers in central Alberta. (Fig. 10.) 



I was informed by J. S. Edmonton that during the autumn of 1897, 

 while trapping near Stony Rapid, on the Athabaska, he noted the 

 occurrence of four or five individuals of this species on the south side 

 of the river near that point ; he further stated that a few still remain 

 in the neighborhood of Fort Saskatchewan, near Edmonton. W. E. 



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