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NOTES ON CALIFORNIA ANIMALS. 

 Fanulv VESrEKTILIONIDyE. Bat.s. 



Vesperugo serotinus (Sclnebcr). Serothic Bat. 



Obtained at Sheep lioclc, at tlie iiortlieast base of Mount Shasta. 

 Not very coninion. 



Vespeiiigo noctivagaus (Lo Conte). Silvery-haired Bat. 

 Collected at Fort l>eadii)^^ by Dr. J. F. Hammond. 



Vespertilio lucifugus Lc Couto. JHnntnosal Bat. 

 Fort Eeading", Dr. Ilaramond. 



Family TALPID^E. Molec. 



Scapanus To'wnsendii (I5ach.). Oretjon Mole. 



Not common ; only seen on two or three occasions. 



Family TIRSIDiE. Bears. 



Ursus americaiius Pallas, fllack Bear ; Tcilc of the JVintiinft. 



Black Bears are plentiful throuf^hout the mountains and higher foot- 

 hills of Northern California. 



They are wild and watchful creatures, and it is dillicult to shoot 

 them in " still-hunting," for they can seldom be approached within easy 

 shooting distance as deer can, and if not " hard hit" are likely to be 

 lo^:t. They are, however, readily trapped, and according to hunters in 

 general one trap is worth several guns if the business of getting them 

 is to be seriously entered upon. 



I saw a large and glossy Bear near tlie Government trout hatchery, 

 on Lower McCloud River, once, engaged iu browsing upon the leaves 

 of trees, which it rose upon its haunches to reach, iHilling' down the 

 branches with its paws. When fired upon it rushed to the steep 

 (ilayey bank of an adjacent gulch and threw itself, apparently with de- 

 liberate intention, by successive somersaults, to the bottom, reaching 

 whicii, it started down the little valley at marvelous spe(ul, crashing- 

 through the low brush like a demon of wrath. It rapidly distanced 



