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Parts of a young bunny taken from crop of a young Harlan’s hawk, 
July 19. On June 18 entire body of an adult found packed in stomach of a 
coyote. 
Often in spruce woods white tufts of rabbit fur and sometimes a foot 
or leg noted aloft in spruces, showing that in winter many rabbits here fell 
prey to raptorial birds. 
A rather large adult male specimen taken at McCarthy, May 11, 
weighed 3f lbs. 
Specimens: Seven (three skins and seven skulls) May 31. <? 9 , Chitina River glacier. 
Both in new, short-haired, spring pelage, female much the darker, with a sooty brownish 
cast above. Both specimens have a few long white hairs still hanging on from winter coat. 
June 9, 9 with longer hair than preceding and a distinct blackish median line on back. 
Feet whitish. 
All these specimens noticeably greyer than a large series in our collection from Teslin 
lake, southern Yukon, but as latter are late summer and autumn specimens, yellower tinge 
perhaps due to wear and bleaching during long summer days. L. a, macfarlani darkest 
and greyest form of widely ranging species, Lepus americanus, which in its various geo- 
graphical races extends from Nova Scotia to limits of trees in northwestern Alaska. 
15. Alces americana gigas Miller Alaska Moose 
No moose now in Chitina valley, but an old antler at Barnard glacier 
showed that species recently had occupied region. 
Alaska moose intergrades so uniformly with eastern form of species through such a 
wide extent of its range in northwest, that there seems to be no justification for consider- 
ing it as more than a subspecies of A ices americana. 
16. Ovis dalli dalli Nelson Dall Mountain Sheep 
Common and only big game of immediate region other than bears. 
First observed near Rush pond, one day’s march below Bryson’s cabin, 
May 14, where in evening sixteen seen a short distance above camp. On ap- 
proaching Hubrick’s camp, May 17, thirty odd sheep in small flocks scattered 
along first line of cliffs half-way to timber-line. From this date sheep 
always in sight of camp except during hottest weather about July 25, 
when they occupied their highest ranges at edge of snow. Some were 
seen on this date at about 6,000 feet, panting from exertions in climbing. 
Winter range very close to river-level wherever open slopes exposed. All 
spring they kept working gradually higher, following line of new vegeta- 
tion, food above timber being largely the leafage of Dryas octopetala . 
When cold fogs of early August began to hold to upper mountains, they 
turned downward again to deserted pastures, by mid-August occupying 
ranges immediately above timber-line. 
In May and early June coats dilapidated, dirty, and shabby. Infested 
w r ith ticks and spent much time rubbing themselves on projecting rocks. 
As late as June 20 a yearling ram noted but half shed, whereas a larger 
ram clean and in short, summer coat. Many dust-baths scraped in dry 
hillsides and used frequently. 
In earlier part of season golden eagles hovered about flocks, but mothers 
evidently cached their lambs cleverly and did not bring them out to 
follow them on pastures until about June 7 when strong and nimble. 
Each ewe seen with a single lamb only. On June 3 a ewe seen with what 
was judged to be her last year’s lamb. New-born lambs probably hidden 
in cliffs rather than in willow clumps, as at first suspected, for latter 
cover could scarcely have sheltered them from eagles. 
