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specimens of different ages. A < siffleur's ' den is about as bad 

 smelling as a fox's, which it resembles very closely, but I never 

 noticed it elsewhere than at Murray Bay. I saw several wood- 

 chucks from the car window while en route to Lake St. John, 

 near Chambord Junction, and from the character of the country 

 presume they are common there, but at Tadousac, in country 

 exactly similar to that about Murray Bay, they were apparently 

 not at all common." (T. S.) 



SUB-FAM. PTEROMYIN.E. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus. Shaw, Gen. Zool., i, 1801, p. 157. 



Lake Edward, Quebec. 



Flying squirrels were not at all common. In fact, Lake Ed- 

 ward was the only locality in which any were seen. 



"Near the Laurentides House, Lake Edward, I trapped the 

 only specimen of flying squirrel taken on the trip, taking it in a 

 clu-mp of balsam trees on a side hill. Mr. Robert Rowley, the 

 proprietor of the hotel there, tells me it is a rare mammal in that 

 section. At Metapedia, I was told of some flying squirrels hav- 

 ing been taken a few years ago near the clubhouse belonging to 

 the Restigouche Salmon Club. While up the Restigouche, my 

 guide and myself searched everywhere for this mammal, but in 

 vain. I could not hear of it at the other places visited, so it must 

 be rare." (T. S.) 



FAM. CASTORID^:. 



8. Castor canadensis. 



Castor canadensis. Kuhl, Brit. Zool., 1820, p. 64; 



" I was shown a fresh beaver dam near Lake Ecarte, about 20 

 miles from Lake Edward, which was, during the time of my 

 visit, the home of a small colony of beavers, but of course they 

 were carefully protected. Mr. Rowley told me of another colony 

 which he is carefully watching near Lake Edward. The only 

 other place I saw any signs of beaver was at Grog Brook, about a 

 mile from where I camped, though therewere plenty of old cuttings 

 about Two Brooks Lake. They are becoming very scarce in the 

 region visited, but are now rigidly protected by law, and let us 

 hope this may save what few remain." (T. S.) 



