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nard- tells of a panther that in 1830 chased her mother at 

 dusk one evening while she was returning home, to Webster 

 Township, from Ann Arbor on horseback. The panther fol- 

 lowed almost to the house, when the lights in the window 

 scared it off. 



Lynx canadensis. Canada Lynx. — L. D. Watkins reports 

 that he killed one in this county in 1842, and Hon. Henry S. 

 Dean, of Ann x^rbor, told me that old hunters reported it in 

 the county in 1838. 



Lynx ruffiis ruffus. Bob-cat, Bay Lynx. — This species was 

 always more common in the county than the Canada lynx, 

 but it has been extinct here for fifty years. The early settlers 

 often recorded it as common. In 1850 J. S. Wood, of Lodi 

 Township, treed one with a dog. In 1870 Henry Wilson, of 

 Dexter, saw one near Independence Lake. 



Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii. Prairie Deer Mouse. — • 

 Specimens were taken September 28, 1909, in open fields near 

 Manchester by F. M. Gaige. In the fall of the same year Dr. 

 J. B. Steere took it on the big marsh four miles south of Ann 

 Arbor; this, he states, is his first record for the species. In 

 1920 it was taken near Cavanaugh Lake, and is numerous near 

 Ann Arbor and Portage Lake. It probably formerly occurred 

 on the open prairies and oak openings, but now it is found in 

 open fields and in grassy meadows. 



Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis. Northern Deer Mouse 

 — This mouse is abundant in forests over the county, and is 

 found in adjoining fields, especially in those containing corn. 



Synaptomys cooperi cooperi. Cooper Lemming-vole. — In 

 October, 1883, George B. Sudworth took one near Ann Arbor. 



"Mich. Pioneer Coll., v. 28, p. 565. 



