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ARCTIC FOX. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Arctic Foxes have been seen as far north on the American continent as 
man has ever proceeded. They are numerous on the shores of Hudson’s 
Bay, north of Churchill, and exist also in Bhering’s straits; towards the 
centre of the continent in latitude 65°, they are seen only in the winter, 
and then not in numbers. They are very scarce in latitude 61°, and at 
Carlton house in latitude 53°, only two were seen in forty years. On the 
coast of Hudson’s Bay, however, according to FIearne, they arrive at 
Churchill, in latitude 59°, about the middle of October, and afterwards 
receive reinforcements from the northward. On the eastern coast of 
America they are found at Labrador, where they have been seen occa- 
sionally in considerable numbers ; a few have been also observed in the 
northern parts of Newfoundland, about latitude 52°. 
On the eastern continent they are found in Siberia, and in all the Arctic 
regions. 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
We have had opportunities in the museums of London, Berlin, and more 
particularly at Dresden, of comparing specimens of this animal from both 
continents : we could not find the slightest difference, and have no hesitation 
in pronouncing them one and the same species. 
