210 PROCEEDINGS F THE ACADEMY OF [1897. 



_:rsoll they were not known at Tusearora, Juniata Co. They 



were reported a? yet occurring in the western part of Huntingdon 



i in Blair I . " miles west of Tyrone. The old hunters 



: rmerly knew of them, but they had 

 d killed off severe; - . same report applies to Somer- 



t1 -'iue were thought likely to remain on Laurel 

 Eidge in the nor: si rn corner of the county. 



"Becoming and local in Clin: — Nelson. "Numerous 



in C unty. but decreasing as the woods are cut off'" — Lar- 



rabee. " . at about Eaglesmere " — Bennett. 



8. Ere thixoii dorsal s 



In the mountains of the northern counties as far south as the W 



Branch of the Susquehanna the porcupine is frequently met with, 



and somt alities is quite abundant, as in Clinton and Sullivan 



A: :':. - us records are obtainable, 



- animal - ir in southern Pennsylvania, though Mr. 



Ingersoll was told by a farmer, Abraham Hay. of Summit Mills, 



that he saw one that was killed near Bakers ville, Somerset County, 



15 j - a A mountaineer i; Wildmann told Mr. Ingersoll 



that he had heard of one being killed in northern Juni: .nty 



on the Black E a I amain. East and south of a line connecting 



the last two places the rai _ - : the porcupine probably rarely ex- 



3 from hunters in Franklin and Cumberland 



58 - me t that 1 ever lived in their 



lin: 



a Bearer. 



I ere is little doubt that this animal is wholly exterminated over 



the entire Commonwealth. So long ago was th> rd that no 



-on with whom I have communicated has met with them. Mr. 



.son. who hunted in the thirties in Potter County, when 



that county was largely covered with virgin forest, and the elk, wolf 



and pekan were still numerous, never met with the beaver. In con- 



:his we hav llowing statemei - bis son, Seth 



: •• The last [beaver taken in I tte] was killed on 



Pine Creek nine years ago [1884]. A part of Pine Creek is in 



Clinton County, part in 1 County, and part in Tioga County, 



but the beaver was started in Pc: unty and followed down 



through T a ..nd killed in Clin: 



