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Grog Brook camp. Muskrats are common about Lake Edward; 

 in fact, one of the tributary rivers of that lake is named Riviere 

 aux Rats, from the immense number of these mammals at one 

 time found there, but it is now rather more noted as a brook 

 trout stream. I tried my best to secure, muskrats at Dalhousie, 

 but was foiled, for they are scarce there. From all I could learn 

 they were less common at Riviere du Loup and Murray Bay than 

 elsewhere. The 4 specimens secured appeared to me identically 

 like specimens taken in West Virginia, though perhaps slightly 

 darker in color." (T. S.) 



FAM. ZAPODID^:. 



16. Zapus hudsonius. 



Zapus hudsonius. Zimm. Geog. Gesch. Mens. u. vierfuss. 

 Thiere., 1780, n, p. 358. 



Two examples from Murray Bay, Quebec. 



The jumping mice seem to be scarce throughout all the region 

 visited by Mr. Surber. One of the specimens secured was taken 

 in a trap, the other was caught and brought in by a house cat. 

 Z. insignis, taken by Mr. Bangs at Lake Edward, although dili- 

 gently sought for both at the lake and at Tadousac and the Res- 

 tigouche River, was not procured. 



" Murray Bay was the only place at which I secured the 

 jumping mouse. I took one in a trap set by a little brook on 

 the mountain side and a few days later a boy brought me one 

 which had been taken from a cat. Mr. Maltais of Murray Bay 

 informed me he killed many every year during hay harvest, but 

 he may not be able to distinguish between it and a Peromyscus. 

 It is a hard species to trap." (T. S.) 



FAM. ERETHIZONID^. 



17. Erethizon dorsatus. 



Erethizon dorsatus. Linn. Syst. Nat., 1758, p. 57. 



No specimens were obtained. During hunting trips extending 

 over many years on both sides of the St. Lawrence, I have never 

 met a porcupine. 



"At Salmon Lake on the Metapedia River I saw a tame por- 

 cupine and was told they were fairly common in the country to 

 the northward of that place. At Lake Edward and the region 

 thereabouts they are still found, but are becoming scarce. The 

 only place I saw any signs of their work was on the portage 



