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them in the distance. The following notes are taken from my field note- 

 book of this trip: 



February 23 < 1904). Heard panthers crying about nine o'clock last 

 night. There were probably two of them as the calls were sounded at 

 short intervals, some times only about a minute apart, and one seemed a 

 little farther away. The animals were evidently moving along to the north. 

 The cry is a long drawn out, shrill trill, weird and startling. It commences 

 low on the scale, gradually ascends, increasing in volume, and then lowers 

 at the end. Forbes and Lilly put the hounds after them early this morning, 

 but without success. Heard panther again in evening. February 24. Made 

 a drive for the panther again this morning but did not run him hard 

 enough to tree. February 26. Heard panthers to-night on both sides of 

 Bear Lake. February 27. Crossed the lake early this morning and made 

 a drive for the panther but the dogs seemed to lose trail at lake. Lilly 

 says that panthers take readily to water and be thinks this one crossed to 

 our side before morning. Made a drive on our side and soon started a 

 panther in the cane. The animal promptly outdistanced the dogs after 

 badly slitting an ear for one of them. February 28. Heard the panther's 

 trilling wail across the lake to-night. We went out in the boat and 

 silently paddled quite near him in an effort to "shine" his eyes, but failed 

 to get a shot. 



I believe the pumas call more in the early spring than at any other 

 season, and we were probably very fortunate in the time of our visit to 

 the cane, as the experience was one of very great interest. Mr. Lilly's 

 efforts to obtain a good specimen for the Biological Survey resulted in the 

 capture of the type the following year. 



