[49]. The Koriacks make use of a very simple method of catching bears. They suspend, between the forks of a tree, a running noose, within which they fasten a bait, which the animal, endeavouring to pull away, is caught sometimes by the neck, and sometimes by the paw.
[50]. Crapra amon.
[51]. Mr. Steller has made the following scale of its cry:
a-an-gitche a-an-gitche
For a further account of this bird, I must refer the reader to Krascheninicoff, vol. ii. part 4.
[52]. Anas picta, capite pulchrè fasciato. Steller.
[53]. Falco leucocephalus.
[54]. Vultur albiulla.
[55]. Mustela lutris.