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CANADA LYNX (Lynx canadensis). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: Rather scarce. 
Witpcat (Lynx rufus). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: Quite common here, 
and said to be numerous in the heavy timber in northern Minnesota. 
Dakota.—Turtle Mountain, August, 1887: Said to occur. Deadwood (in Black 
Hills), October, 1887; a few tracks seen in the snow. 
Montana.—Tilyou’s Ranch, Dawson County, September and October, 1887: Num- 
erous in the brush, feeding principally on the little Gray Rabbits. A number of 
hides taken here seem much more red than any I have seen before. 
é CoYOTE; PRAIRIE WOLF (Canis latrans). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Common, and at times numer- 
ous; very troublesome to sheep-raisers. In the fall of 1882 we had 80 sheep run- 
ning out in the woods, and the wolves killed 22 of them. They were evidently all 
Coyotes, as no others were seen and there were no other tracks. Only one or two 
were killed ata time. Sheep can only be kept here by housing at night and keep- 
ing in an open pasture during the day. Very few are kept in this vicinity on ac- 
count of the wolves. 
Dakota.—Flandreau, May, 1887: Said to be present. Bottineau (on western border 
of Turtle Mountain), August, 1887: Said to be numerous. 
Montana.—Tilyou’s Ranch, Dawson County, September, 1887: Common; hear them 
bark and howl nearly every morning. 
TIMBER WOLF (Canis occidentalis). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Common here twenty years ago, 
but not found now except in the heavy timber to the north. 
Montana.—Tilyou’s Ranch, Dawson County, September and October, 1887: A 
few are said to occur. 
RED Fox (Vulpes fulvous). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Common. 
Dakota.—Fort Sisseton, June, 1887: Said to be common. Devil's Lake, Ramsey 
County, August, 1887: Common. Black Hills, October, 1887: A few tracks seen in 
the snow. 
Montana.—Tilyou’s Ranch, Dawson County, September and October, 1887: Said 
to be common. 
BLACK BEAR (Ursus americans). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Formerly common here, as 
they still are in the timber 50 miles to the northeast, from which region they occa- 
sionally ramble through their old haunts in this vicinity. In the past five years 
there have been two or three special bear migrations in autumn, when they have 
become common here. 
Dakota.—Devil’s lake, Ramsey County, August, 1887: Said to occur. Turtle 
Mountain, August, 1887: Said to be common. Fort Buford, September, 1887: 
Occurs, but not so plentifully as formerly. Black Hills, October and November, 
1887: Said tobe found throughout the hills, and of three kinds—Black, Brown, and 
Silvertip. Could learn nothing definite about them. 
Montana.—Tilyou’s Ranch, Dawson County, September and October, 1887: Said 
to occur, but scarce. 
RAccoon (Procyon lotor). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Common. ’Coons sometimes 
eat corn in the field, especially before it is ripe. 
Dakota.—Harwood, Cass County, July, 1887: Saidtobe common. Devil’s Lake, 
Ramsey County, August, 1887 : Common. 
WEASEL (Putorius ermineus). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Common. In the fifteen years 
that I have been on a farm we have always kepta large flock of chickens, and only 
