Number 36. Fkbruary 27, 1917. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arror, Michigan. Published by the University. 



NOTES ON THE MAMMALS OF ALGER COUNTY, 

 MICHIGAN. 



By Norman A. Wood. 



In the summer of 1916 the University of Michigan sent an 

 expedition to Alger County in northern Michigan for the pur- 

 pose of adding to the data on the distribution of the animals 

 of the state which is being accumulated by the ]\Iuseum of 

 Zoology. The University is indebted to Mr. George Shiras 

 3rd, for the opportunity to send out this expedition, and the 

 field party is indebted to him for the use of his camp, for 

 many helpful suggestions in the field, and for field notes on 

 the animals of the region. A general account of the personnel 

 and v^ork of the expedition will be given in the report of the 

 director of the Museum for 1916-1917, and it is sufficient to 

 say here that the writer was in charge of the field work and 

 devoted his time largely to the study of the birds and mammals. 



The region selected for study is in the northwestern part 



