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FAM. MUSTELID^. 



MEPHITIS. 

 Mephitis elongata. 



Mephitis elongata. Bangs, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1896, 

 p. 142. 



One specimen, Enterprise, Florida. 



Mr. Surber's notes give this account of the single specimen. 

 " I met with skunks nowhere but at Enterprise where I trapped 

 a specimen near the shore of Gleason's pond. A few days later 

 while lying for an alligator in the tall grass on the edge of this 

 same lake, another skunk came trotting along, and I shot it with 

 my .5oo-bore express rifle and of course ruined all but the skull. 

 They were not at all common at any of the places visited in 

 the State." 



SPILOGALE. 

 Spilogale ambarvalis. 



Spilogale ambarvalis. Bangs, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 1898, p. 222. 



Two specimens, Oak Lodge, Florida. 



"Two specimens" writes Mr. Surber, "of this beautiful little 

 skunk were taken just south of Oak Lodge, and the foot of 

 another secured at the same place, but it was apparently rare at 

 the time of my visit, as I saw tracks of but one individual. This 

 species is unknown in the region about Enterprise, but it may 

 yet be discovered along the beach near the mouth of the St. 

 John's, as a skunk described to me from Fort George Island, 

 must be of this species." 



PUTORIUS. 

 Putorius vison lutreocephalus. 



Putorius vison lutreocephalus. (Harlan,) Faun. Amer. , 1825, 

 p. 63. 



One specimen, Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. 



"With the exception of a fine specimen," says Mr. Surber, 

 "that I trapped at Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, no minks 

 were secured on the trip. They were apparently rare through 

 the Carolinas and Georgia. The salt marsh mink, P. lutensis, 

 was formerly common in the vicinity of New Berlin, but not a 

 single one was taken during the past winter. Mr. Thos. Grey 



