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It is well known that the wolf is frequently noted in the Allegheny 

 Mountains of West Virginia, and the nature of the country lying 

 between these and the wilds of western Pennsylvania so favors com- 

 munication between the two that it requires no stretch of fancy to 

 understand how these crafty wanderers yet defy extermination. 



Cameron and Potter Counties : — " Practically exterminated. One 

 hunter saw wolf tracks a year ago [1895] " — Larrabee. " One seen 

 in Potter County recently " — Nelson. This was previous to 1893. 

 " I was told by 3 men that they saw 2 wolves catch and kill a deer 

 in Wyckof Run [Gibson Township, Cameron Co.] alongside of the 

 lumber railroad" — Nelson. No date of this occurrence was given, 

 but it was furnished among some notes of recent records. " I heard 

 a man on Kettle Creek killed a wolf this fall [1896] in Potter 

 County, but I can't find out his name" — Nelson. 



Clearfield County : — " The last wolf was killed in Clearfield County 

 with a club by a man on horseback the winter of 1891-92. It was 

 killed by William Bonsall of the same county" — Nelson. 



Clinton County : — " I have been told by 2 hunters that they saw 2 

 wolves this winter [1893-'94] about 6 miles from my place [Round 

 Island], but I have been all through that woods, and see no signs of 

 anything but lynx, wild cats and foxes. I think it was lynx they 

 saw instead of wolves " — Nelson. 



Elk County : — "A wolf was killed in Elk County about 9 years 

 ago [1887 ?] by a deer hunter "— R. B. Simpson. 



Sullivan county: — " Long since exterminated" — Bennett. 



It may be stated in this connection that a wolf was killed at 

 Prompton, in Wayne County, in the winter of 1897 by Daniel 

 Routan. "It was run in from York state by a hound" — G. D. 

 Stevens. Mr. Nelson also informs me that he has heard of wolves 

 being seen recently in Erie County. 



45. Lynx ruffus (Gueld.). Eastern Bay Lynx. 



The wild cat is quite abundant in the denser forests of the State, 

 and often lingers close to long established centres of population in 

 the mountain country. 



46. Lynx canadensis Kerr. Canada Lynx. 



Although the majority of reports concerning the existence of this 

 animal in Pennsylvania relate to the bay lynx or wild cat there is no 

 doubt that the Canada lynx formerly visited the more boreal por- 

 tions of the north country. 



