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Georgia : Tate, 1. 



Alabama: Huntsville, 3; Scottsboro, 1; Auburn, 1; Castleberry, 3. 



Mississippi: Michigan City, 1; Holly Springs, 1; Fayette, 1. 



Lepus floridanus mearnsi Allen. 



MEARNS COTTONTAIL. 



A specimen of this form was received from a collector at High Cliff, 



Campbell Co., Tenn. No specimens were secured at other points in East 



Tennessee, but this subspecies probably ranges over the Cumberland 



Plateau. 



Lynx ruffus (Giildenstaedt). 



EASTERN LYNX, 



Lynxes are common on the upper slopes of Brasstown Bald, Georgia, 

 where the dense rhododendron thickets and rocky cliffs aflbrd a congenial 

 habitat. A half-grown kitten was trapped close to our camp at 4,300 

 feet and a larger individual, caught near the summit, broke away with the 

 trap and was lost. Lynxes occur throughout nuich of the wilder parts of 

 the South, but no otlier specimens were secured. 



iMephitis putida Boitard. 



EASTERN SKUNK. 



The large skunks are quite generally distributed in the Southern States, 

 but on account of the lack of specimens the ranges of the two forms 

 occurring there {putida and eloiigata) can not be defined. Specimens 

 recently examined from western Alabama ( Reform ) are referable to pufida, 

 though the skulls show some approach to elongata in their characters. 

 The latter form occurs in eastern Georgia and on the coast of Alabama and 

 Mississippi. 



Specimens have been examined as follows : 



Tennessee: High Cliff, Campbell County, 1. 

 Alabama: Reform, 3. 



Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus). 



ALLEGHENLYN SPOTTED SKUNK. 



Tliese little skunks are much less common in the South than their larger 



relatives, and in many places are unknown to the residents. Records were 



secured of their occurrence at the following localities : 



Georgia: Brasstown Bald, Towns County (common, 1 specimen, 4,000 

 feet alt. ) ; Grassy Mountain, east of Jasper (reported common). 



Tennessee: High Cliff, Campbell County (1 specimen); Briceville (re- 

 ported scarce ) . 



Alabama: Reform (reported); Castleberry (reported). 



Putorius noveboracensis Emmons. 



NEW YORK WEASEL. 



This species is common in the mountains of North Carolina and there 

 are numerous records from that State. Rhoads says it is reported to be 

 common in West Tennessee,* but gives no definite records, nor are there 

 • Proc. Acad. Nat. SrL Phila., 189(5, p. 19S. 



