Mayxaiu) oil tlip }f(immr(I,^ of Florida. O 



I have been told that the last wolf was shot in the Gulf 

 Hummocks some eight years ago. It is very probable that 

 this was the last of the race in Florida. 



4. ViTLPES viRGiNiANUS BicJicirdson. Gray Fox. — 

 Common in the wilder districts. This little Fox does not ap- 

 pear to do any great degree of mischief on the plantations, 

 and it is probable that it finds sufficient wild game to satisfy 

 its appetite. I once surprised one that was cautiously mak- 

 ing its way towards a large bevy of quail with the evident 

 intention of capturing some. Specimens from Florida are 

 quite gray in color, especially upon the upper parts. 



5. Ptjtorius lutreolijs Ciivier. Mink. — 1 saw a sin- 

 gle specimen of this animal on the St. John's River above 

 Blue Springs, which swam across the river but a short dis- 

 tance in advance of our boat. I did not learn that it was 

 at all common, indeed nearly all the hunters seemed en- 

 tirely unacquainted with it. 



1 found the Mink very plenty on the coast near the Cedar 

 Keys where they frequented the salt marshes in search of 

 clapper rails. Specimens examined were quite brown in 

 color and the fur was short and scanty rendering the skins 

 nearly worthless for commercial purposes. I often saw them 

 swimming in the salt water. 



One feature, noticed in skins of this species taken in 

 Maine and New Hampshire, which I have never seen men- 

 tioned, is the presence of white hairs which are more or less 

 numerous in the dark colors of the back. This species ap- 

 pears inclined to albinism, but the appearance of the white 

 hairs is not the result of this disease, for in every instance 

 that I have seen of an approach to albinism the fur turns 

 white first and the hair afterwards. 



6. LuTRA CANADENSIS Sahiiie. Otter. — Very abun- 

 dant throughout the greater part of the state. I found them 



