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in steel traps set for skunks and baited with iish and meat. 

 Many individuals were observed along the edge of Whitefish 

 Lake, where they feed on w^ater plants, and it was at the edge 

 of this lake that the albino lived for several years of which 

 ]\lr. Shiras secured a successful ilashlight photograph. ( Xat. 

 Geog. Mag., xxii, pp. 574-582.) (Plate III, fig. 2.) 



Lepits auicricanus phaowtus (Allen). Minnesota Vary- 

 ing Hare. — The writer saw but two hares, one of which was 

 caught in a steel trap baited with meat for skunks. Residents 

 reported this species as common in the cedar swamps in winter. 



Lynx canadensis (Kerr). Canada Lynx.- — According to 

 ]\Ir. Shiras there are still a few Canada lynx in the region. 



Lynx 111 ff Its ( Gueldenstaedt ). ijay Lynx. — This lynx also 

 persists in small numbers, according to residents. 



Canis occidcntalis (Richardson). Timber Wolf. — The 

 timber wolf still exists in numbers notwithstanding the bounty. 

 According to Mr. Shiras thev kill hundreds of deer each year 

 in Alger County alone. A number have been trapped near 

 Peter White Camp, and one of these — a ninety pound speci- 

 men — taken on July 29, 1907, was photographed by Mr. Shiras. 

 (Plate IL fig 2, and Nat. Geog. Mag., \d[. XIX, p. 423. ) The 

 bounty -on this species should be increased. 



Canis latrans (Say). Coyote. — This species has, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Shiras, come into the region within a few years. 

 They are heard more often than seen. The writer saw tracks 

 at the head of Whitefish Lake on July 8 and heard one there 

 on the evening of July 2^^. 



Vnlpcs fuh'a (Desmarest). Red Fox. — The fox is ap- 

 parently not common. A few have been seen and taken by the 

 residents. 



Ursus anicricaniis (Pallas). Northern Black Bear. — Al- 

 though the writer saw signs of bear at various places the 



