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throughout, iiicrming more to white, with no decided black 

 inarkings, excepting the ears, legs and feet. The latter are 

 hlack to the nails on some of the toes, while the other 

 claws have a few white hairs at their bases. The tail is en- 

 tirely white. Another, younger, has dirty white fur with 

 black tip. Numerous long white hairs appear over the en- 

 tire upper surfiice of the body, giving the animal a singular 

 appearance. The hind legs and feet are black, as in the 

 other specimens, to the nails, excepting a few wdiite hairs 

 at their bases. The front legs and feet are black nearly to 

 the claws. The ears are tipped with white, while the tail 

 is black for tlie basal third, the remainder white. Another 

 young specimen has the base of the fur white, but with the 

 tips so decidedly dark that it nearly conceals the former 

 color, and no one would hesitate to call it a black opossum. 

 Yet its toes are white, there are white markings about the 

 head, and a stripe on the belly is white, with a yellow suf- 

 fusion between the fore legs. Only one-fourth of the basal 

 portion of the tail is black. 



Appendix. 

 Mammals which were Formerly foimcl in Florida. 



According to Bartram the Beaver [Castor canadensis) 

 was formerly found in the state. He makes mention of it 

 in his travels in Florida, published in 1791. 



The historians of De Soto's travels speak of herds of 

 Wild Cattle being found in Florida. They probably allude 

 to the Buffalo [Bos Americamis) , but as Florida then occu- 

 pied a very extensive range of country, embracing Alabama 

 Georgia and Mississippi, it is extremely probable that this 

 species did not occur within the limits of the present state. 



The last mentioned authors and other early writers also 



