There resides in Home of our luountaiiious sections :i 

 lai'ge liairy-tailed and long wliiskered animal called 

 the Allegheny Cave Hal {Neolotna mn'/isler) Of the 

 liabits of this mammal I know nothing from personal 

 obseivalion. I have, liowevei', seen the speeies in 



Woodsmen say this rat will ealeh yonng chickens and 

 Slick eggs; that it is fond of wild l)irds as well as their 

 <'ggs, and like other rats will oat grains or other vege- 

 table materials. 



Till!; KJ,'iJN(i s<.ii!iititi';i.. 

 Tliis little animal is common and occurs generally 

 throughout Tenusylvania. It usually lives in the 

 woods, but sometimes will take up its abode in lofts 

 of farm houses or hide under a roof, back of plaster, 

 and from some convenient opening come out to steal 

 chestnuts, shellbarks, liazle nuts, etc., which the school 

 children have sloicd away to eat dni'iiig Ihe long, cold 

 winter nights. 



SKUNKS. 



In the common nomenclature of naturalists there 

 are two forms of Skunks in Pennsylvania. They are 

 designated by the names Canadian Skunk and Caro- 

 linian Skunk. These animals ])rowl about in the 

 night to do good, but sometimes they find hens* nests, 

 and the ri[)er tli(,' eggs are, tiie heller, it is said, 

 they are to the palate of the Skunk. In their noc- 

 turnal wanderings they frequently get into trouble in 

 various ways, and often cause great inconvenience to 

 fiersons who liave business or love matters which com- 



