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species is apparently not common and was so reported by 

 residents. 



Procvou lotor (Linn?eus). Raccoon. — Xo raccoons were 

 observed by the writer, and the tracks were seen but once. 

 Mr. Shiras reported that the species is becoming more com- 

 mon, and he has secured flash-hght pictures of several which 

 came to the growing corn in the clearing at Camp White at 

 different times. (Plate II, Fig. i. and Nat. Geog. ]\Iag., XXII, 



PP- 584-595- ) 



Mephitis luidsonica (Richardson). N^orthern Plains 

 Skunk. — This species is a common one in the area. The writer 

 ca tight two in steel traps baited with fish and meat. Of these 

 two the male (Plate IV, middle figure) has the normal colora- 

 tion, and the female (Plate I\', right figure) differs from it in 

 having shortened dorsal stripes and a white-tipped tail — varia- 

 tions not infrequently found in specimens from northern 

 Michigan. 



Mustcia visoti (Schreber). Xforthern Mink. — This species 

 is rather common and many are trapped each season. The 

 writer saw one individual at the edge of W'hitefish Lake on 

 June II. (Plate I, Fig. i.) 



Lutra canadensis (Schreber). Canada Otter. — The otter 

 is not rare in the region and several are taken each year by 

 trappers. The writer found tracks in the mud at the edge of 

 the river a mile below camp on July i. 



Sorex persoiatiis (Geoft'rey St. Hilaire). Masked Shrew. 

 — Two specimens of this shrew were found by the writer. One 

 was trapped in a root cellar at Camp AMiite. on July 16, the 

 other was caught by a house cat near Deerton on July 19. 



Blarina brez'icauda (Say). Short-tailed Shrew. — This 

 species was not common in the region and only a half dozen 

 were taken in traps set through June and July. One was cap- 



