726 



wiis shot, fho justice of tlio peace had not burned the 

 liead, but had clipped oft' tlio ears and sent the rest 

 of the head for identification and to settle the dispute. 

 I also had the heads of two house cats— old and 

 grizzled ones — which had been paid for as Wildcats. 

 Tlie Jack Rabbit's head lias its ears chopped off, and 

 a hunter realized for this 'animal, which was also 

 called a Wildcat, two dollars. There are no Jack 

 Habbits in Pennsylvania in a wild state; and there is 

 little doubt that this one was purchased at some mar- 

 ket, ''fixed up," and deliberately presented to deceive 

 some easy, or very iE^noiant official. 



SQUIRRELS AND WEASELS. 



Heads, on which premiums had been paid, of both 

 the Fox Squin-el and the light-colored form of the 

 Gray Squirrel, were sent to our ofiflce at Harrisburg 

 for identification. The heads of the two Squirrels 

 shown on the plate have been reproduced from 

 mounted specimens, as the heads which I had of these 

 two species were consumed in the recent fire which 

 destroyed my office. The reproduction of normal 

 heads of these two species of Squirrels, which are 

 <'«mmon in the markets, will no doubt serve in the 

 future to educate officials who may be called upon to 

 identify "heads and ears" which ignorant or dishonest 

 scalp hunters may present for premiums. The heads 

 of the Black Squirrel (Fig. 1), the Flying Squirrel (Fig. 

 l'), and the Chipmunk (Fig. 3), — a partial albino — were 

 sent to Prof. S. F. ]?aird, Secretary of the Smithso-nian 

 Institution, Washingtion, D. C by county commission- 

 ers or justices of the i)eace in Pennsylvania for identi- 

 fication. Tlie Black Squirrel was called a "Black 



