35 8 riwcEEi) I \G s of the na ttona l m us e um. 



MEPHITIS MEPHITICA (Shaw). 



SKUNK. 



Ooininoii. Three siKM'iineiis wore tinp]>0(l on the banks of Schoharie 

 Creek. It was not met with on the nionntains. 



PUTORIUS VISON (Schreber). * 

 LITTLE MLAOK MINK; MOUNTAIN imOOK MINK. 



This small mink is common on all the streams of the neighborhood 

 and at Kaaterskill Lake, its prevalence having given rise to such local 

 names as Mink Hollow and Mink Mountain. 



A large female mink, heavy with y<mng, was overtaken by the road- 

 side by Mr. Sidney T. Haines, on July li2, 181)G, and killed with a whip. 

 It fought viciously. I obtained one specimen (No. 83119, U.S.KM.) on 

 August 18, KSyt). 



PUTORIUS NOVEBORACENSIS Smmons. 

 NIOW YORK WEASEL. 



One was seen at Kvelyne Villa in August, ISOO. Weasels, large and 

 small, were said to be common, though I succeeded in trapi)ing but 

 one specimen of the smaller species. 



PUTORIUS CICOGNANI (Bonaparte). 

 llONArARTE'S WEASEL. 



One specimeti, a male (No. 83120, IT.S.N.M.), was trap])edon the left 

 bank of Schoharie Creek, August 23, 1800. Length, 258 mm.; tail verte- 

 bra', 70; black terminal portion of tail, 40; head, 4(5; hind foot, 34; 

 ear above crown, 8; ear above notch, 19. It uttered a high-])itched cry 

 of rago and attempted to attack me when I came upon it in the trap. 



VULPES PENNSYLVANICUS (Boddaert). 

 AMEKIOAN RED FOX. 



This fox is known to be tolerably common throughout the Schoharie 

 valley. Several specimens in local collections were said to have been 

 killed near by. A fox's den was found near Kaaterskill Junction by 

 my son and myself. We carefully set a steel traj) in the entrance of 

 the burrow, and fortune at lirst favored us, as it rained soon after and 

 the Ibx was caught, but escaped during the night or early morning. 

 From the appearance of the tracks I am of the opinion that it was a 

 gray fox ( Urocyon dncreoariivntens) and not the present species. 



