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Geoii^e A. Boanlman* in lua list of the mammals of Maine and New 

 Brunswick writes of this species: "Often seen on the rocks, Grand Manan 

 and Murr ledges." 



Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest). 



RED FOX. 



About twenty-five or thirty years ago a pair of foxes were brought to 

 Grand Manan by the Pleasant Point Indians of Maine, through the in- 

 fluence of W. B. McLaughlin, and were set at liberty at Southern Head. 

 They multiplied rapidly, and soon overran the island. At low tide they made 

 their way out to some of the neighboring small islands, and destroyed the 

 colonies of Herring Gulls which nested there. C. H. Andros, t writing on 

 the birds of the island in '87, refers to their depredations in the following 

 terms : " The distance to certain of the outlying islands is so short at ebb 

 tide that the foxes have gained access to them, and thus not only have the 

 ground breeders of the main suffered, but those on the pregnable islands, 

 owing to the limited area, are depopulated to even a greater extent, and 

 the former breeding grounds of the Ringnecks are destroyed." Not only 

 did the birds suffer but the hares were also at their mercy, and were prob- 

 ably exterminated by them. 



We learned that the foxes attained their greatest abundance about ten 

 years ago, when trappers from Nova Scotia visited Grand Manan and 

 killed them in large numbers. Since then they have decreased rapidly 

 until at present they are only occasionally seen, and we failed in our 

 attempts to secure any specimens during our stay. 



Lutra canadensis (Schreber). 



OTTER. 



The otter is reported as occurring in perhaps two or more of the wilder 

 ponds on the west side of the island. Mr. Foster informed us he had seen 

 an otter slide last j'ear. 



My Otis subulatus (Say). 



SAY'S BAT. 



Several small brown bats were noted at Grand Harbor and North Head, 

 and apparently they were the only species breeding on the island. Two 

 were secured, botli of which proved to be M. subulatus. 



Lasiurus borealis (Miiller). 



RED BAT. 



We saw one specimen of this species in the collection of John Moses. 

 The exact date of its capture was unknown, but it was taken three or four 

 years ago in the fall, and was probably a migrant. 



Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois). 



HOARY BAT. 



A single specimen was in the possession of John Moses, and was taken 

 about the same time as the red bat. Without doubt it was captured while 

 migrating. 



* Boardman, S. L., The Naturalist of The Sanit Croix, p. 320, 1903. 

 t Andros, C. H., Oriiith. and Ool., XII, No. 10, p. 173, Oct., 18S7. 



