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262 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIIf
an impression that I saw a flying- squirrel north &£ VWK
Simpson, and several elsewhere in other southern tracts of
territory. Some specimens were collected at Fort Liard by* « .
Mr. Hardisty, at Big Island by Messrs. Ross and Reid, at
Resolution by Mr. Lockhart, and one also labelled " ArtBtie-
America " by Mr. Kennicott many years ago. In 1893 D r .
Frank Russell, of the Iowa State University, secured one'",
specimen at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, where he says '
they are very rare. The brothers Preble, of the United ,
States Department of Agriculture, have also recently obtained
some skins at Oxford House and Norway House, Keewatifc
Mr. Moberly writes that the flying- squirrel of the Rockies
must be S. alpinus, as it is not found in the country to the
east. Mr. Pierre Deschambeault writes that the fLjing-squirrel
is not uncommon at Isle a la Crosse and Lac dm-'
Brochet.
RED SQUIRREL— Sciurus liudsonicus ( Erxleben).
This species is undoubtedly the most generally distributed
of the squirrel family, and it is more or less common throughout
the entire timbered region of northern continental Can- -
ada. It is also numerous in Alaska, while specimens have ,
been sent to Washington from nearly every Hudson's Bay
post in the Mackenzie River District. It makes its neet ifc,
a tree, and has usually, once a year, from four to six, and",
occasionally as many as seven, young. I obtained an albino '
example which must have been forwarded to the Smithsonian •
Institution. Mr. Moberly writes: .
This squirrel is common at every place I have been since I,
came to the company's service in 1854— on the North
Peace and Athabasca rivers, and at Fraser Lake, British
There is another ground squirrel, smaller than the red, and
brownish in colour, and lives high up on the mountains,
beyond the tree limit. It has a peculiar call, more like a
than a chatter. In British Columbia there are three
squirrels not found east of the Rockies. One has the head
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| OCR | 262 THROUGH T H E MACKENZIE BASIIf an impression that I saw a flying- squirrel north &£ VWK Simpson, and several elsewhere in other southern tracts of territory. Some specimens were collected at Fort Liard by* « . Mr. Hardisty, at Big Island by Messrs. Ross and Reid, at Resolution by Mr. Lockhart, and one also labelled " ArtBtie- America " by Mr. Kennicott many years ago. In 1893 D r . Frank Russell, of the Iowa State University, secured one'", specimen at Grand Rapids, Saskatchewan, where he says ' they are very rare. The brothers Preble, of the United , States Department of Agriculture, have also recently obtained some skins at Oxford House and Norway House, Keewatifc Mr. Moberly writes that the flying- squirrel of the Rockies must be S. alpinus, as it is not found in the country to the east. Mr. Pierre Deschambeault writes that the fLjing-squirrel is not uncommon at Isle a la Crosse and Lac dm-' Brochet. RED SQUIRREL— Sciurus liudsonicus ( Erxleben). This species is undoubtedly the most generally distributed of the squirrel family, and it is more or less common throughout the entire timbered region of northern continental Can- - ada. It is also numerous in Alaska, while specimens have , been sent to Washington from nearly every Hudson's Bay post in the Mackenzie River District. It makes its neet ifc, a tree, and has usually, once a year, from four to six, and", occasionally as many as seven, young. I obtained an albino ' example which must have been forwarded to the Smithsonian • Institution. Mr. Moberly writes: . This squirrel is common at every place I have been since I, came to the company's service in 1854— on the North Peace and Athabasca rivers, and at Fraser Lake, British There is another ground squirrel, smaller than the red, and brownish in colour, and lives high up on the mountains, beyond the tree limit. It has a peculiar call, more like a than a chatter. In British Columbia there are three squirrels not found east of the Rockies. One has the head |
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