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NOTES ON C.\LIF0RN1A ANIMALS. 



Mustela ameiicaua Tin ton. Americdn Sdhle or Marten. 



The Piue Marteu is a commou inliabitaut of the ]>i!ieiit's of Northern 

 California. 'Jurdogs killed one in Lassen Connty, whicli was too badly 

 mutilated to be preserved. 



Family CANID.E. DoGS. 



Urocyon virginianus littoralis (ISainl). Coast dray Fos. 



Foxes are plentiful in many parts of the conntry, especially between 

 the Saeramento Valley and Monnt Shasta, and are readily trapped. 



Masenin 

 regis- 

 terNo. 



Col- 

 lector's 

 No. 



14128 I 



14129 I 



14130 j 



u?m 



21210 

 21211 

 21212 

 21213 

 21214 

 21215 

 21216 

 21217 

 21529 

 21530 



40 

 47 

 49 



54 

 66 

 67 

 70 

 74 

 9G 

 97 

 99 

 100 

 210 

 211 



Sex 

 and 

 age. 



Lociilitj-. 



Sbaitta Conntv, California . 

 do ■ 



Date. 



Nature of speci- 

 mens. 



.do 



.do 

 .do 

 .do 

 .do 

 .do 



1883. 

 Nov. 6 

 Nov. 10 

 Nov. 11 



1884. 

 Jan. 7 

 Jan. 2.5 

 Jan. 25 

 Jan. 28 

 Fell. 5 



.do Feb. 20 



.do Feb. 23 



.do Feb. -26 



.do Feb. 26 



.do luly — 



.do I July — 



Skin. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Skin. 

 Skeleton. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Vulpes fulvus argeutatus (Shaw). SiUver Fox; Black Fox. 



I secured a halt-grown lllack Fox at Red Bluff, in 1884, by digging 

 it out of a hole. 



Canis latrana Say. Coyote. 



On the plains north and east of Mount Shasta and along the eastern 

 slope of the Sierras, the Coyote is a com mon animal. I .secured a speci- 

 men in Lassen County, in June, 18SL It constantly harasses the 

 sheep that are herded there in thousands in summer. It is rare in the 

 Sacramento Valley. 



