o2 Howell — Mammals of the Middle Mississipjn Vallcii. 

 Sylvilagus floridanus mearnsi (Allen). 



NORTH WESTKItX ('< (TTOXTAIL. 



Spt'ciiiu'ii^ of this form were taken at the followiiiir lncahties: 

 Misaoxi-i : Horseshoe Lake, St. Charles Connty; .Ahirhlc Hill. 

 Illiiioift : Kansas; Olive I>ranch. 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber). 



(iRAY VOX. 



(Jray foxe.-^ were reported to me as occurrinif at Midway, Kentneky, and 

 Liek Creek, Illinois. 



Vulpes fulvus ( Desman'st). 



RKD FOX. 



This species was reportc^d to occur at the follnwinLj: localities: 

 Kenlnckij: ^Midway; Bi<? Black Mountain, Harlan County (IDOS). 

 IIHiKils: Wolf Lake; Lick Creek (den of youuij: found aliout .Afay 20). 



Canis sp.? 



WOLF. 



A few wolves are rei)orted in the ri\i:;ion about Clushion Lake, .Missoiu'i, 

 and one was killed near there in the winter of ]()0.S-5). 



Canis latrans Say. 



COVOTF. 



I was informed by a resident of Kansas, Illinois, that several prairie 

 wolves had l)een seen and one killed a few niiU-s south of Kansas two or 

 thre(! years ii^o. 



Spilogale putorius (Linuieus). 



ALLKcillFNIA.N SI'OTTFD SKCXK. 



The Spotted skuidcs undoubtedly range north as far as southern Illinois. 

 They were reported to be fairly conunon at Golconda, Illinois, and Berry 

 Ferry, Kentucky. Hahn gives a record from Knox County, Indiana,* 

 and they are said to occur at New Harmony. 



Putorius noveboracensis Lnunons. 



XFW YORK WFASFL. 



This weasel is fairly conunon in S()utheru Illinois and Kentucky. Rec- 

 ords were secured of its occurrence at the following localities: 

 flUnifis: (iolconda C! s{)eciniens) ; Lick Creek. 

 Keiitnckii: Hawesville (1 specimen); ^lidway (1 specimen); Jackson. 



Blarina brevicauda carolinensis (liachman). 



CAKOLINIA.N ItLARINA. 



Specimens of this form were taken at the f(jllo\\ing localities: 

 Illinois: Olive P>rancli, L'; (!ypre.ss Junction, near Shawneetown, 1; (Jol- 



couda, L 

 Kentucky: Jack.son, I. 



MiUiiin. of Iiidiaiia, loc. cif., ijp. 57.')-577. 



