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in 1835 picked up three skulls near Norvell, Jackson County 

 (Township 4 south, Range 2 east, Section 22). Two of these 

 skulls were sent to Hillsdale College, where one still remains, 

 though the data with it were lost during a fire ; the other skull 

 was sent to Albion College, but cannot now be found. At 

 the time these specimens were collected other bones were plen- 

 tiful on the surface of the ground. 



Ccrznis canadensis canadensis. Eastern American Elk. — 

 Probably common over most of the Southern Peninsula of 

 Michigan up until the time of the settlements. I have found 

 no record of live elk seen in the county, and the species prob- 

 ably was extinct in the district before 1800. Bones and ant- 

 lers are common in the marshes and swamps of the county. 



Odocoileus virginianiis borealis. Northern White-tailed 

 Deer. — Abundant in the county when the tirst settlers arrived, 

 and continued common for many years. It quickly learned to 

 adapt itself to civilization, feeding by night where it formerly 

 fed by day. Some early settlers report much damage done 

 to gardens and crops, of which the deer soon learned the loca- 

 tion. The last deer known to me in the county was seen in 

 Saline Township in 1875 by William Gordon, who reported 

 it to me at the time. Covert' records one seen in the county 

 in 1879. 



Hypothetical List 



The mammals included in this list have been reported as 

 occurring in Washtenaw County, but I can find no specimens 

 with authentic data nor descriptions satisfactory for identifi- 

 cation, and consider the records doubtful. 



Covert, A. B., in History of Washtenaw County, p. 194, i88r. 



