2 McAfee — Mammals, Reptiles and Batrachians of India mt . 



Mayfiekl's, four luiles northwest. Considerable collecting lias 

 been done at these caves. Other favorite localities for collect- 

 ing are the vicinity of Stony Spring, tlie Cascades and (Jriffy 

 Creek, each about one and a half miles in west, north, and north- 

 easterly directions, respectively, from Bloomington and the 

 University of Indiana ; and Salamander Pond, three miles cast. 

 The above places will be mentioned frequently in the succeeding 

 pages. 



The writer's own observations were made in spare time dur- 

 ing four years spent at the University, wdiich was, however, 

 principally devoted to the study of Vnrds. Collecting in the 

 groups now treated was unfortunately confined to a single year, 

 but records from the catalogues of the University Museum and 

 from the available literature have l)een combined with personal 

 observations in making the list. 



I am indebted to the writings of Professor A\\ S. Blatchley, 

 Doctor 0. P. Hay, ]\Ir. A. W. Butler and Doctor B. W. Ever- 

 niann, and to the la.st named gentleman as well as to ^Messrs. 

 A. M. Banta, W. L. Hahn and J. D. Haseman for suggestions 

 and notes. Mr. E. A. Preble kindly criticised the manuscript 

 and Mr. W. H. Osgood corrected the nomenclature of the mam- 

 malia and reviewed the specimens of small rodents and the bats. 



The occurrence in jNIonroe County of all species, except a few 

 quoted on authority of the above mentioned writers, and one 

 observed but not collected by myself, is authenticated by speci- 

 mens in the University museum. The exceptions are starred. 



MAMMALS. 



The ungulates and most of the larger carnivora have vanished 



from our fauna, leaving behind them scarcely a trace even in 



tradition. The remaining animals are subject to the continual 



proximity of man, and oidy those beneath his notice are 



abundant. 



1. Didelphis virginiana Kerr. 



OPOSSl'xM. 



Fairly common. A female witli four young, each about t-ix inches long, 

 was taken May 25, 1892, and on June 1, of the same year, tliree young, 

 each four inches long, together with their mother, were obtained. At 

 present the 'possum is frequently taken but on account of its savory (inali- 

 ties few ever reacli museums. 



Specimens from Bloomington. 



