_Rangifer arcticus_ (Richardson) (part): Elliot, 1905: 401
(“Barren grounds of Arctic America north of the tree limit, to
the shores and islands of the Arctic Ocean”).
_Rangifer arcticus_ (Richardson): MacFarlane, 1905: 680
(Mackenzie Basin; depletion through wanton slaughter by
Indians); 681-682 (Anderson River, in winter; hunting and
utilization by Eskimos and Indians); 682-683 (albino); 683
(trade in skins; wintering at Prince of Wales Strait and Mercy
Bay, Banks Island; migration between Arctic islands and
mainland); 684-685 (table of migration at Reindeer Lake);
692-693 (predation by wolves).
_R[angifer] arcticus_. . .: J. A. Allen, 1908a: 488 (specimens
from near Wager River described); 490 (migration).
_Rangifer arctica_ (Richardson): J. A. Allen, 1908b: 584 (type
locality, Fort Enterprise).
“Reindeer”: Amundsen, 1908, +1+: 76 (Boothia); 83-84 (King
William Island, September); 97 (reported formerly at Simpson
Strait in large herds in autumn); 99 (20 killed, King William
Island, late September); 102-106 (common in October, passing S.
over Simpson Strait; very shy; no wolves on King William
Island); 120 (Eskimos trading skins); 200 (King William Island,
first reindeer of season seen, June); 201 (supplied by Eskimos);
224 (Simpson Strait); 235, 241-243 (King William Island,
September); 237 (Eskimos hunting in September); 247 (large herds
passing over ice of Simpson Strait); 248 (King William Island,
October 15); 326-329 (hunting and utilization by Eskimos in
Boothia; few reindeer coming N. as early as May).--1908, +2+:
110 (many killed by Eskimos, King William Island); 311-316
(several, April); 322-325 (Royal Geographical Society Islands).
_Rangifer arcticus_ (Richardson) (part): Preble, 1908: 137
(Barren Grounds and islands northward; Great Bear Lake to Hudson
Bay; economy; probably two or more races; E. of Fort Smith in
winter; long ago S. to Fort McMurray); 138 (in 1902-03 to Cree
Lake; large numbers, Great Slave to Great Bear lakes; lower
Coppermine River); 139 (migration); 139-143 (summation of
previous records); 214 (wolves living largely on caribou).
_Rangifer arcticus_ (Richardson): J. A. Allen, 1910: 8 (7 August
specimens from Artillery and Aylmer lakes; measurements and
weight).
_Rangifer arcticus_ (Richardson): Seton, 1911: 206-262, 341
(Artillery, Ptarmigan, Clinton-Colden, and Aylmer lakes;
habits); 210 (voice); 220, 258-260 (numbers); 225-226 (relation
to wolves); 259-262 (slaughter by natives and whalers).
_Rangifer arcticus_. . .: Cameron, 1912: 127 (place in economy
of Caribou-eater Chipewyans; migration; on Lake Athabaska in
winter); 309 (Fort Rae as a “meat-post” for the Mackenzie
District).
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