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MAMMALS OF NORTHERN CANADA 247
Another informant, speaking of his own experience at
Frazer Lake; British Columbia, and of his residence at posts
on the Saskatchewan, Athabasca, and Peace rivers, writes
that " the musquash copulates in the months of May, June,
and July; that the females have three litters each season—
the first being the most numerous, the second less, and the
third the least fertile in the series— that they are born sightless,
and that the male assists in the rearing of the young."
JUMPING MOUSE— Z a p u s hudsonhis ( Zimmerman).
In the early sixties of the nineteenth century the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington received from Liard River,
Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, and from the Peace
River several examples of this mouse, but from report I do
not think it is very common in these localities. Mr. B. R.
Ross states that it is numerous in the Portage la Loche country,
but rather rare in the district of Mackenzie River, but
I do not remember having seen any at Good Hope or the
Anderson. They may, however, be sparingly represented
by examples at Liard and other points in the distant north.
Mr. P. Deschambeault informs me that he has seen some
jumping mice both at Isle a la Crosse and Lac du Brochet.
Mr. Moberly has also met with them on the Athabasca and
Peace rivers.
P O L A R HARE— L e p u s arcticus Ross, and L. groelandicvs
Rhoads.
I doubt if this hare is " abundant" in the Barren
Grounds, or on the coast shores of Arctic Canada, with the
exception of the isthmus of Boothia Felix. We hardly ever
observed an individual on our many summer and winter
journeys in the far Northland, while I think we secured
but three specimens during our five years' residence at Fort
Anderson. Two or three skins were also obtained by Chief
Factor Lawrence Clarke from the Barrens north- east of Fort
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| OCR | MAMMALS OF NORTHERN CANADA 247 Another informant, speaking of his own experience at Frazer Lake; British Columbia, and of his residence at posts on the Saskatchewan, Athabasca, and Peace rivers, writes that " the musquash copulates in the months of May, June, and July; that the females have three litters each season— the first being the most numerous, the second less, and the third the least fertile in the series— that they are born sightless, and that the male assists in the rearing of the young." JUMPING MOUSE— Z a p u s hudsonhis ( Zimmerman). In the early sixties of the nineteenth century the Smithsonian Institution at Washington received from Liard River, Fort Resolution, Great Slave Lake, and from the Peace River several examples of this mouse, but from report I do not think it is very common in these localities. Mr. B. R. Ross states that it is numerous in the Portage la Loche country, but rather rare in the district of Mackenzie River, but I do not remember having seen any at Good Hope or the Anderson. They may, however, be sparingly represented by examples at Liard and other points in the distant north. Mr. P. Deschambeault informs me that he has seen some jumping mice both at Isle a la Crosse and Lac du Brochet. Mr. Moberly has also met with them on the Athabasca and Peace rivers. P O L A R HARE— L e p u s arcticus Ross, and L. groelandicvs Rhoads. I doubt if this hare is " abundant" in the Barren Grounds, or on the coast shores of Arctic Canada, with the exception of the isthmus of Boothia Felix. We hardly ever observed an individual on our many summer and winter journeys in the far Northland, while I think we secured but three specimens during our five years' residence at Fort Anderson. Two or three skins were also obtained by Chief Factor Lawrence Clarke from the Barrens north- east of Fort |
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