ADDENDA 



To page 10, after Cmiis lupus: 



^. C. latrans, Say. Coyote. Pkaikie Wolf. This 

 common species of the Western plains is said still to 

 occur occasionally in Wisconsin. It is much smaller in 

 size than G. lupus. 



To page 19, after Mephitis mephitica: 



Subgenus Spilogale^ Gray. 



2. M. putorius, (L.) Coues. Little Striped Skunk. 

 Black, with white patch on forehead; four joarallel dor- 

 sal stripes, broken behind; tail black, with white pencil 

 at tip. Size very small. L. 11; T. 7^. Southwestern, 

 said to have occurred in Wisconsin. (Hoj/.) 



On page 26, for the analysis of genera, substitute: 



* Ears ordinary ; feet fimbriate ; tail at least as long as head and 

 body; teetli33-i-ff Neosorex, 1. 



** Ears ordinary ; feet not fimbriate ; tail shorter than liead and 

 body . Sorex, 2. 



*** Ears small, the parts directed forwards, so as to show no open 

 ing and no external ear whatever ; feet ordinary ; tail about 

 as long as head Blarina. 



/. NEOSOREX, Baird. Water Shrews. 



1. N. palustris, (Rich.) Coues. Back hoary black; 

 belly ashy gray; largest of our shrews; L. 6; T. 2|^. 

 British America, S. to N. H. and Mass. 



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