Vol. XIX, pp. 121-126 September 6, 1906 



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NOTES ON THE MAMMALS OF GRAND MANAN, N.B., 



WITH A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES 



OF WTIITE-FOOTED MOUSE. 



BY MANTON COPELAND AND MORTON L. CHURCH. 



The following paper is the ii'sult of a visit made to Grand 

 Manan by the authors lasting from Septemlx'r 16 to 24, 1905, 

 nearly all of tliat time Ixnng spent at (irand Harl)or. 



The collecting of specimens was all done near Grand Harbor 

 on the main island, our success in this being due largely to the 

 assistance of Mr. Leonard Foster, to whom we wish to express 

 our gratitude. We wish to thank also Mr. Outram Bangs for 

 the generous use of his collection, and Mr. Wilfred H. Osgood 

 and Dr. Glover M. Allen for assistance in the identification of 

 specimens. 



Odocoileus virginianus borealis (Miller). 



NORTHERN VIRGINI.^ DEER. 



"We were told that deer were formerly common on the island, but from 

 all that we could learn they have been extinct for tifteen or twenty years. 



Sciurus hudsonicus gymnicus Bangs. 



RED SQUIRREL. 



The red squirrel is much in evidence on Grand Manan and very abundant. 

 We found it plentiful about Grand Harbor and common at Southern Head. 

 On our tramps along the logging paths and through the woods their chat- 

 tering notes greeted us on every side, and they seemed equally at home in 

 the low growth of moist localities, or among the larger and drier spruce and 

 deciduous woods. 



Their food consisted almost entirely of spruce cones, which we noted 

 everywhere pulled to pieces and scattered over the fallen trees, stumps 

 and moss. 



A series of thirty-six specimens was collected and carefully compared 

 with the mainland squirrels. Owing to their great abundance it would 

 seem as if they nmst have been on the island for many years, but no evi- 

 dent dilferentiation has resulted, and they are entirely referable to (jym' 

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