McAtee — Mammals, Reptiles and Batrachians of Indiana. 



*Ursus americanus Pallas. 



BLACK BEAR. 



Extirpated. Wallows and claw marks are still to be seen in Mayfield's, 

 Saltpetre and EUer's Caves. I quote from Professor Blatchley concerning 

 these traces in the latter cave : " We climbed to the entrance of the upper 

 flooi', and, passing a short distance within it, found two passages diverging. 

 One to the left, but forty feet in length, ends blindly against a bank of 

 hard clay. Here had been, in days of yore, a bear-wallow, and the marks 

 of bruin's claws were numerous and plainly visible in the clayey walls. 

 The right hand passage proved a long and tortuous one, and had a num- 

 ber of short branches leading from it, one of which showed plainly the 

 evidence of former inhabitancy by bears."* 



In the State (leological Report for 1896, the same author presents a 

 letter from Mr. R. M. Hazelett which contains a vivid account of the 

 killing of two bears in a cave about five miles southwest of Bloomington, 

 some time between ISIS and 1S24. This is the latest record we have. 



20. Scalopus aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque). 



MOLE. 



Abundant. Some specimens taken are of much larger size than is indi- 

 cated by the dimensions usually given for the species. Four measuring 

 170 mm. or more in length were taken in the spring of 1903 (170, 172, 183, and 

 190 mm. respectivelj'). Young three-quarters grown (156 mm.) were taken 

 May 2, 1903. 



Bloomington. 



21. Blarina brevicauda (Say)- 



LARGE BLARINA. 



Abundant. Found in the same places as deer mice. Not manj' occur in 

 damp spots. They often eat the deer mice caught in traps and have no 

 scruples against devouring one of their own kind under the same condi- 

 tions. In confinement they are very voracious. A female which was taken 

 June 15, 1903, with her four young from a nest in a field, ate blue-bottle 

 flies as fast as they could he given to her. On the morning after she was 

 found dead. Many of this species forage in tlie evenings under the street 

 arc lamps. 



Bloomington. 



22. Blarina parva (Say). 



SMALL BLARINA. 



Rather rare. Occurs in fields with Microtus and Peromyscus niichigmien- 

 sis. One was taken under electric light June 2, 1903, and subsequently 

 others were seen at the same place. 



Bloomington. 



* Corynorhinus macrotis (LeConte). 



BIG-EAREU BAT. 



Previously ca])tured in Indiana, five miles southwest of Greencastle in 

 Putnam, the next county north of ISIonroe, in December, 1894. Two speci- 

 * Gleanings from Nature. Indianapolis, 18ii9. p. 114. 



