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undoubtedly of a wolverine. Mr. William Duval, for forty years a resident 
of Cumberland sound, asserted positively that the wolverine occurred at 
various places on Baffin island. Mr. J. H. Nichols, manager of the Hudson’s 
Bay Company’s post, Pangnirtung, stated that in the early winter of 1922 
a wolverine skin was traded by an Eskimo from Imigen. This skin, 
unquestionably, was of a w T olverine. In 1924, the writer talked with the 
Eskimo from Imigen who shot the wolverine and with several other natives 
who saw the animal, the first of the species seen by them. At first the 
Eskimo did not know what the animal was, but after much consultation 
and comparing of points with the older people, they agreed it was Rubbing, 
the Eskimo name for wolverine. 
The writer on April 22, 1926, saw on a hillside at the south end of 
Amadjuak lake, tracks of the wolverine. The two Eskimo of the party 
agreed that the tracks could have been made only by the 5 * * * * * li Rubbing .” 
This was the first wolverine trail they had seen. 
The above is all the available information bearing on the presence of 
Gulo luscus on Baffin island. 
4. Vulpes fulva (Desmarest). red fox. 
John Hayward of the Hudson’s Bay Company informed the writer 
that a few years ago, a black fox was captured by an Eskimo at cape 
Dorset. The animal must have strayed there either on drifting ice from 
Ungava, in which case it might possibly be Vulpes rubricosa bangsi Merriam, 
the Labrador red fox, or by way of Southampton island from Keewatin,in 
which case the animal undoubtedly would be Vulpes fulva. Mr. Hayward 
said that at least two red foxes have been taken on the south coast of 
Baffin island. Sergeant Wight, R.C.M.P., is under the impression that 
either a red or a “cross” fox was taken in recent years in the Lake Harbour 
region. The following notes were made by F. Milton, Amadjuak Hudson’s 
Bay Company’s post: “March 28, 1923, a red fox traded at the post. 
January 31, 1924, Red fox skin traded at the post.” 
It is evident that the accidental occurrence of the red fox on Baffin 
island is a comparatively common incident. 
5. Alopex lagopus innuitus (Merriam). arctic fox, white fox, blue fox. 
Eskimo : Terriginiak; Terrienniak, according to Hantzsch. 
Periodically the Arctic fox is comparatively abundant on Baffin 
island and large numbers are traded at the Hudson’s Bay Company’s 
posts. 
Not a single live fox was observed by members of the 1923 Canadian 
Arctic Expedition. A fair number, however, were trapped and traded at 
the various posts during the winter of 1922-23. In August, 1923, the 
writer saw numerous fox trails several miles inland of Stratlicona sound. 
Foxes were reported to be rather common at Ponds inlet and Pangnirtung 
fiord. At the latter place, the blue variety was said to constitute about 
5 per cent of the total catch. 
During 1924-25, foxes were decidedly scarce throughout Cumberland 
Sound region. In the vicinity of Pangnirtung fiord, comparatively few 
trails were seen from October until December. In early December trails 
were observed to be fairly common in isolated areas on the mountains 
bordering Koukdlik river, Pangnirtung fiord. Probably no more than 
twelve fox trails were seen in January, 1925, during a 400-mile sledge 
