348 Catalogue of the Mammalia of Connecticut. 
Family Caniozx. The Dog Family. 
15. Canis familiaris, Linn., Dog, introduced. 
*16. C. Lupus, Linn., Wolf, Bridgeport. 
#17. C. fulvus, Desm., Red Fox, common, O. L. 
18. C. cinereo-argentatus, Gmelin, Grey Fox, rare, Fairfield 
County. | 
*19. C. decussatus, Geoffrey, Cross Fox, Stratford. 
*20. C. argentatus, Sabine, Black Fox, Stratford. 
Family Feumx. Cat Family. 
21. Felis maniculata, Linn., Common Cat, introduced. 
*22. F’. concolor, Linn., Pome or Panther 
*23. Lyncus borealis, Temminck, Gadindn Wild Cat, South- 
ington. 
sgn L. rile, Marian, Common Wild Cat, North Fairfield. 
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raccoon had entered sie after night, seo pense out a top-stone, and taken fowls, 
and several times could not get out re he went in; and his efforts to destroy 
the roof or eat through, were truly SS eaaerter Suffice it to say, that after ec 
ing nearly all the fowls, he was at length taken in a trap and killed, much to 
rprise of the owner ; as it had not been suspected that a raccoon could be ely 
of such mischief. 
*16. Only three years since, a very large wolf was killed near i i 
by Mr. Moses Bulkley; and one ten years since in Newtown, by Mr Aaron 
Glover. 
*17. It is said by sportsmen et that more than two hundred red foxes were 
killed in Fairfield county last 
*19. From ten to fifteen chee of the cross fox were killed in Fairfield 
county last year; and he isso called, because of the stripes on his back and 
shoulders, ve hisalk taken together resemble a cross. This fox is generally larger 
than the red species. 
*20. The black fox I once saw in Northford, and am well informed that one 
was seen some years since on Stratford Point ; but this species is very rare in the 
eastern states. 
*22. The bins or cougar, has at times been reported as killed in Connecticut, 
and I saw a fine specimen, said to have been killed in the northern part of the 
state, exhibited in Mix’s museum some years since. Dr. Emmons says they 3° 
still found in St. Lawrence county, New York, where one man killed five wi his 
dog and gun not many years since. 
“23. The Canada lynx, as Tam informed by Mr. E. C. Herrick, was 
agton some four or five years since, and brought to New "Haven for ex 
pons ms description by Mr. Merriek, in the Am. Jour. of Science, Vv 
on lynx or wild cat still inhabits this state, on the mountains oF a 
= ewot one has also been recently killed at Stonington es 
