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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[no. 16. 



Mustela caurina Meniaiii. Tacific ^Nrartcn. 



Couiiuou ill parts of tlic douse forests of tSliasta, partieiilarly on the 

 east side, where many are caught every winter by trappers. A\'e did 

 not su<'('<'ed in obtaining- a speciineii, althongli a line of 'meat traps' 

 was k('i)t out fully a month. Still, frcsli tracks were seen in tlie mud 

 along kS(iuaw Creek a short distance below ciunj) by \"ernoii iSailey. 







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Fig io— Miiitu (Drivubj Liiust'-) iloiii| 



Mustela pennanti Erxleben. Fislier. 



Said to occur in the dense forest on tlie east side of Shasta, Mdience 

 skins are biought to Sisson for sale nearly every winter. (\ If. Tovrn- 

 seud obtaiiu'd two on ^[('('loiid IJiyer, about halfway between the 

 mouth of the river and .Ab»unt Shasta, in I'ebruaiy, 1S.S4. 



Lutra hudsonica Lac('pede. Otter. 



Occairs along the iipjier Sacramento and McClond rivers: not noted 

 b}' our party. 



Putorius arizonensis Mearns. Mountain AVeasel. 



Ai)i)arently not common. I^arly in August tliice were caught in 

 Mud Creek Canyon, near the nunith of Clear Creek, in tia[)s set in 

 Aj)](Klonfia runways. It is (piite possible that another species, /'. 

 .rantlKxjoijis (>r(</(mi(Sj inhabits the low country about the base of the 

 mountain. 



Bassariscus astutus raptor (IJainl). Cacoinistle; King-tail Cat. 



Not observed by ns, but doubtless occurs about tlie basal slo])es of 

 Shasta, as it has been captured both ninth and south of the mountain. 



