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Several seen each season during the summer. 



114. Penthestes atricapillus (Linn.). Chickadee. 

 Common summer residenL Most in evidence in 



August. 



115. Penthestes budsotiicus (Forst). Hudsonian 

 Chickadee. 



Mr. L. A. Fuertes once recorded it on Little 

 Trout lake, in the summer of 1912. 



116. Regulus sairapa (Licht.). Golden-crowned 

 Kinglet. 



Occasionally recorded in September by those who 

 remain after camp closes (September 1). 



117. Regulus calendula (Linn.). Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet. 



Recorded several times in first weeks of Septem- 

 ber. 



118. Hylocichla mustelina (Gmel.). Wood 

 Thrush. 



Several heard or seen each season. Also record- 

 ed by Mrs. J. M. Haber in 191 1 at Fo.x Point and 

 Point Lumini. 



1 19. Hylocichla fuscescens (Steph.). Wilson's 

 Thrush. 



One heard July 11, 1913 on hill to west of road 

 from camp to Dorset. In 1919 on July 22 another 

 record in a deep ravine to left of above road. Also 

 recorded at Huntsville July 1, 1919. 



120. Hylocichla ustulaia swainsoni (Tschudi). 

 Olive-backed Thrush. 



Fairly common in 1913 and 1919. 



121. Hylocichla guttata pallasi (Cab.). Her- 

 mit Thrush. 



Fairly common summer resident. Not so com- 

 monly heard in July. Apparently more common 

 in August. Also recorded August 24, 1911 at 

 Point Lumini and Fox Point (Mrs. J. M. Haber). 



124. Planesticus migratorius (Linn.). American 

 Robin. 



A few around camp. More about Dorset, Glen- 

 mount, Point Lumini, Fox Point, Huntsville and 

 more open and populated areas. 



122. Sialla sialis (Linn.). Bluebird. 



Not common. One or two pairs usually recorded 

 nesting near Dorset. Also a few individuals are 

 usually seen in the meadows south of Hardwood 

 lake. 



v. THE MAMMALS. 



By a. H. Wright. 



These observations are based mainly on the data 

 secured by the author in 1913 when a few small 

 mammals were trapped in spare moments. Inter- 

 woven are the accounts of several trustworthy resi- 

 dents, rangers and guides of the region. In this 

 list are thirty-five species, several less than G. S. 



Miller, Jr.^ found at North Bay, Lake Nipissing, 

 where he systematically trapped for a month. He 

 found a slight eastward extension of western forms 

 to North Bay, e.g. Putorius longicauda spadix 

 Bangs, Tamias quadrivittatus neglectus J. A. Allen. 

 Other forms like Napaeozapus insignis (Woodland 

 Jumping mouse), Synaptomys faiuus (Bang's Lem- 

 ming), Sorex fumeus (Smoky Shrew), Microsorex 

 hoyi (Hoy's Shrew), Neosorex albibarbis (Marsh 

 Shrew) are yet missing from our list but might well 

 be expected with future systematic collecting. Of 

 use to the author were J. H. Fleming's "The Mam- 

 mals of Toronto, Ontario"- in which are recorded 

 forty-one species and the Manual of Vertebrates 

 by C. W. Nash" wherein he records fifty-one species. 

 The new records are to be expected in the shrews, 

 bats and mice. 



Condylura crislaia (Linnaeus). Star-nosed Mole. 

 "Mole." 



The residents report "lots of them in damp soil" 

 and these "dark in color." One was taken about 

 August 1, 1913 on Fletcher's lake but not observed 

 by the authors. 



Sorex personatus I. Geoffroy. Masked Shrew. 



Common. Several were found dead on the road 

 to Dorset by the authors, G. M. O'Connell and 

 others. Trapped them around Peat Bog, under 

 mossy banks with plenty of roots, under mossy- 

 covered stumps near the roads and trails, in a dark 

 underground cellar under bark, under logs among 

 manure and rotting saw-dust between old lumber 

 buildings. 



Blarina brevicauda lalpoides (Gapper). Mole 

 Shrew. 



Common. Like the preceding not uncommon 

 about buildings where cats bring them without eat- 

 ing them. Trapped around the Peat Bog in tam- 

 arack and spruce areas under decaying stumps, and 

 under mossy logs; amongst carpets of Lycopodium 

 in less moist woods. Also taken along the trails 

 and roads. 



Myotis suhulaius (Say). Say's Bat. 



One specimen (C.U. 6700) of this species was 

 taken in the summer of 1913. Only infrequently 

 they were recorded feeding over the Peat Bog from 

 8 p.m. onwards. 



Myotis lucifugus (LeConte). Little Brown Bat. 



Not yet taken at Camp Otter, but must be here 

 because of Mr. Miller's record' which is "a speci- 

 men of this bat (caught) on the platform of the 



(1) Miller, G. S., .Jr. Notes on the Mammals of 

 Ontario. Proc. Bost. tfoc. Nat. Hist.. 1897, Vol. 28. 

 No. 1, pp. 1-44. 



(2) Fault, J. H. The Natural History of the 

 Toronto Region, Ontario, Canada. Toronto, 1913, 

 pp. 206-211. 



<3) Nash, C. W. Vertebrates of Ontario. Toron- 

 to, 1908., pp. 83-96. 



(4) Miller, G. S. loc. cit., p. 39. 



