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NOTES ON CALIFORNIA ANIMATES. 



easlt'iii sl()i)i> of llic mouutains in June. It somctiiiios ;i))[)ears in tlic; 

 ]\[<)mit, Slia.sta ie.<;ioii ami in Trinity County. Au old Indian living- iu 

 the. vioinity of tbe ]\[c01oa(l Kivor tish hatchery, in ISSl, bore sad marks 

 of ail encounter with a"?r/?>m" more than twenty year.s belore, the 

 ]»atel]aof the ri.uht knee having been bitten oft", and that i)art ol'tho 

 leu,- otherwise mutilated, leaving an ugly cancerous sore, which, under 

 barbarous Indian treatment, had never liealed. 



When Dr.J.S. Newberry passed through Xorthern (/alifornia twenty- 

 five or thirty years ngo the (Tri/zly was met with in many places, to the 

 app;!i('!it cxcliision of the Dlack Bear, which was not found until the 

 expedition liad passed well into Oregon. Since the Grizzly began to 

 disai)pear before the advancement of the settler, the other species has 

 been more numerous, leading to the inference that the Black r>ear will 

 not be found in abundance where the larger species is well established. 

 Mr. J. L. AVo.rtraan informs me that in many parts of the West where 

 Grizzlies abound the black bear occurs very rarely. 



F:iiiiil\ I'ROCYONID^. Kaccoons. 



Piocy on lotor ( I j i i iiu' ) . Jlaccoon . 



Pretty generally distributed, but not observed in the high mountains. 

 Common about the sloughs in the timber belts of the Sacramento Valley, 

 less numerous in the foot-hills of Shasta County. Called Kuril by the 

 Win tuns. 



Bassaris astuta Licht. Cacomisth; Civel Cat. 



I trapi)ed one of tliesc animals in Shasta County in February, 38S4. 

 The species occurs throughout the wooded country, ex(*ei)t jierhaps the 

 coast and the higher mountains, but is regarded as somewhat of a raiity 

 by those who engage in trapping. A Pitt lliver min er told me of hav- 

 ing had a pair of tame Civet Cats about his cabin for a year or more. 

 He described them as being most active at night and decidedly noc. 

 turiial in their habits. 



