. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. IN MAN! TOBA 860 Life-histories of Northern Animals Moose Factory, and Fort Albany. According to Kennicott,' it is found in Indiana and northern Illinois, and, in fact, from New York westward. G. F. Dippie showed me a specimen at Calgary where he says it is common. J. M. Macoun found it at Jasper House. E. A. Preble took specimens in 1901 at Fort Smith and Fort Resolution.* E. A. Preble and I secured one at Old Fort Reliance, Great Slave Lake, September 15, 1907;
. Life-histories of northern animals [microform] : an account of the mammals of Manitoba. Mammals; Mammals; Mammifères; Mammifères. IN MAN! TOBA 860 Life-histories of Northern Animals Moose Factory, and Fort Albany. According to Kennicott,' it is found in Indiana and northern Illinois, and, in fact, from New York westward. G. F. Dippie showed me a specimen at Calgary where he says it is common. J. M. Macoun found it at Jasper House. E. A. Preble took specimens in 1901 at Fort Smith and Fort Resolution.* E. A. Preble and I secured one at Old Fort Reliance, Great Slave Lake, September 15, 1907; and W. H. Osgood got one at Tyonek, Cook's Inlet, Alaska.' In Pennsylvania, S. N. Rhoads recently discovered and described* a small Weasel {allegheniensts) that may turn out to be a race of rixosus. At the American Museum, New York, is a specimen taken at Johnstown, Ohio, by N. C. Buxton, January 25, 1907. Thus all Manitoba is well within its range. A winter spec- imen was sent me from Woonona, Man., by W. G. Tweddell. Two brown-coated specimens in my collection were taken near Morden by D. Nicholson in November, 1903. He has seen several in the region of Pembina Mountain. I have about a dozen records from Winnipeg. Dr. Gordon Bell shot one near Delta Lake, Man., September 15, 1902, and J. S. Charieson says it is quite common in fall about Macdonald, Man. Al- though the Least Weasel has a wide extension in countries that have long been studied by naturalists, it is so elusive and hard to observe that until recently it has escaped our acquaintance, and as yet we have practically no knowledge of its habits. The specimen from which I made the drawing was taken at Mor- den, Man., by D. Nicholson, about November, 1903, and is still' in full summer coat. He had several brought him at different times, but said that they "went bad" so quickly that most were lost. When a small animal turns putrid in two or three hours after death, it usually means that its food is insects.
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