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riers by Pennsylvania trappers, and in but few instances have I noted 

 any in white pelage. 



It is not improbable that Putorius cicognani, the small northern 

 species, may be found in boreal Pennsylvania ; so far, however, I 

 have been unable to get any record of it. 



35. Lutra hudsonica Lacep. North American Otter. 



Recent records of this wary animal in many of the streams and 

 lakes of the region are so numerous that it is not necessary to enu- 

 merate them here. The otter has by no means been exterminated 

 in any county in central Pennsylvania, though it may rightly be said 

 to be now a rare species, wherever once abundant. 



36. Mustela americana Kerr. Canadian Marten. 



The following records show that this valuable fur bearing animal 

 has not been wholly exterminated in the Allegheny Mountains. 



1. Columbia County: — " Mountains north of Benton " — H. Cow- 

 ard. Skin in collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Xo. 

 1,563, 9 > captured, as above, in the fall of 1892. 



2. Sullivan County: — "One was trapped last winter (1895-'96) 

 near Eaglesmere " — Bennett. 



3. Clinton County: — " Once abundant in the beechwoods of this 

 and adjoining counties, now very rare; saw tracks of two in Clinton 

 County, winter, 1895'' — Nelson. 



4. Cameron County : — "Found in hard wood timber. Received 

 several light colored pelts from Shippen Township in 1894. Got 3 

 from same township in winter of 1895 " — Larrabee. 



5. Potter County: — "I received 22 pelts from a hunter who 

 trapped them on the east fork of the Sinnemahoning during the win- 

 ter of 1894-95 "—Larrabee. 



I had the privilege of examining several of the furs of Marten 

 above recorded by Mr. Larrabee. Mr. M. W. Strealy, of Chambers- 

 burg, took considerable pains to inquire of old hunters of the South 

 Mountain region concerning the presence of this animal. Among 

 these was an old furrier whose father had all his life been in the same 

 trade in that section. Another informant was a mountaineer 98 

 years' old. Mr. Strealy states that neither of these men had ever 

 heard of the marten or sable being taken in the South Mountain, or 

 the counties of that region. 



37. Mustela pennanti Erxl. Pekan or Fisher. 



The Fisher or Black Cat has for many years been practically 

 extinct in Pennsylvania. Such, at least, is the verdict of nearly 



