Synoptic Index 



1255 



38, 656; life-history, range, in Man- 

 itoba, 657-658; feet (fig.), 659; 

 home-range, 660; non-migrant, 

 non -sociable, intercommunication, 

 mating, 661; poses (figs.), 662; 

 nesting, young, 663; habits, 664- 

 665; tracks (fig.), 666; speed, 666; 

 action (fig.), swimming, 667; men- 

 tality, 668; food, enemies, 669-672; 

 horns (fig.), 671, 672; age, service 

 to man, 672; tail-pieces (figs.), 673. 

 Prairie Steppes, 6, 7, 8, 9. 

 " Steppe, 1st, 6. 

 " " 2nd, 7. 



3rd, 9. 

 Preble, Edward A., on Blackbear eating 

 insects, 1081. 



on Bog-lemming, 560. 



on range of Caribou, 189. 



on Coyote pellets, 805. 



on Flying-squirrel range, 440. 



on Hoary -bat at Ft. Resolution, 1192. 



on abundance of Jumping-mouse, 590. 



on nesting, etc., of Jumping-mouse, 



592-593- 

 on Least Weasel range, 860. 

 on range of Little Chipmunk, 367. 

 on Marsh-shrew, 11 14. 

 on Microtus carrying young, 594. 

 on range of Red -backed Vole, 508. 

 on haunts of Red-backed Vole, 509. 

 on Richardson Shrew, 1108. 

 on integrade of Sciuropterus alpinus 



and S. sabrinus, 438. 

 on Skunk aquatics, 985. 

 Prevost, a trapper, quoted on Beaver, 452. 

 on Beaver sociables, 470. 

 on idle Beaver, 473. 

 Procyon (genus), loio. 

 " lotor, 1010, 1012. 

 " " elucus, 1012, 1015. 



" " hemandezi, 1012, loij. 



" " insularis, 1012, 1015. 



" " mexicanus, 1012, 1015. 



" " pallidus, 1012, 1015. 



" maynardi, 1015. 

 " psora, 1015. 

 " " pacificus, 1015. 



. " pygmaeus, 1015. 

 Procyonida; or Raccoon Family, loio. 

 Proger, T. W., of Cardiff, on fidelity of 

 male Fox, 715, 720. 



Proger, T. W. {Continued). 

 on Fox caches, 732. 

 on home-range of Hare, 660. 

 on Otter home-range, 820. 

 Prongbuck, see Antelope, Pronghomed. 

 Pronghomed Antelope, see Antelope, 



Pronghomed. 

 Property instinct in animals, 27, 325, 769. 

 Psin-cha or Flying-squirrel, 437. 

 Psoralea esculenta. Grizzly food, 1046. 

 Ptay or Buffalo, 247. 

 Purdy, Wm., on Coyote chased by doe 



Mule-deer, 129. 

 Putorius (genus), 872. 

 " alascensis, 842. 

 " alleni, 842. 

 " arcticus, 842. 

 " arizonensis, 866. 

 " cicognanii, 840, 842. 

 " " richardsoni, 841. 



" " alascensis, 841. 



" " compared with others, 



841. 

 " haidarum, 842. 

 " kadiacensis, 842. 

 " longicauda, 865, 869. 

 " " spadix, 866. 



" " oribasus, 866. 



" " compared with 



others, 841. 

 " lutensis, 875. 

 " melampeplus, 875. 

 " microtis, 842. 

 " noveboracensis compared with 



cicognanii, 843. 

 " pusillus, 858. 

 " richardsoni, 842. 

 " rixosus, 858, 861. 

 " " eskimo, 859. 



" " allegheniensis, 859. 



" " compared with others, 



841. 

 " saturatus, 866. 

 " vison, 872, 875. 

 " " energumenos, 873, 875. 



" ingens, 873, 875. 

 " " lacustris, 873, 875. 



" " lutreocephalus, 873, 875. 



" " vulgivagus, 873, 875. 



QUICKHATCH, see Wolverine. 

 Quillpig, see Porcupine. 



