. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. er is dated at Dawson City, Septem-ber 10, 1903. Regarding the portions of the districts of Alberta, Atha-basca and Saskatchewan spoken of by you, I am reasonablycertain that the Woodland Caribou may be found in all thethickly wooded tracts. This deer is known to the CreeIndians of that country as the Muskeg-Atik, or SwampDeer, in recognition of the fact that it lives in the swampsand coniferous forests, and not on the plains, or on the coun-try studded with groves of poplar. Now, much of
. The American natural history : a foundation of useful knowledge of the higher animals of North America. er is dated at Dawson City, Septem-ber 10, 1903. Regarding the portions of the districts of Alberta, Atha-basca and Saskatchewan spoken of by you, I am reasonablycertain that the Woodland Caribou may be found in all thethickly wooded tracts. This deer is known to the CreeIndians of that country as the Muskeg-Atik, or SwampDeer, in recognition of the fact that it lives in the swampsand coniferous forests, and not on the plains, or on the coun-try studded with groves of poplar. Now, much of Alberta,and a great j)art of Saskatchewan, is dry, open country, andinto such country Caribou rarely wander. This dry, bluffy country extends northwestward 96 HOOFED ANIMALS through the western part of Athabasca, but throughout allthe thickly wooded parts of Athabasca I have no hesitation in saying that Wood-land Caribou are notuncommon. Theycertainly occur alongthe Churchill River,and I think that theirtracks were commonalong the banks ofthe Athabasca River,though I cannot defi-nitely remember ANTLERS OF GREENLANDCARIBOU {). Showing the form characteristic oftheBarren Ground Caribou from the northwestcoast of Greenland. and I have not mynote-books here tohelp me. The Indians toldme that the Wood-land Caribou of theChurchill River and
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