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MAMMALIA. 



cannot be found, it digs holes in the ground for its home. From six 

 to ten iju[)s constitute a Htter, and they are usually produced in April 

 or May. The period of gestation is said to be sixty-three days.* 



Bounties paid on Wolves under the Law of 1871. 



Data concerning 

 1871, to July, 1882, 

 (From official record 



Wolves killed in the Adironclacks from June, 

 on which bounties have been paid by the State. 

 s on file in the Comptroller's office, at Albany.) 



* Fauna Americana, by Richard Harlan, M.D., 1825, p. Si. 



