CHAPTER XV. 

 MAMMALS. 



By 

 JAMES H. FLEMING. 



THIS list is in part based on three small collec- 

 tions of mammals made in the immediate vicinity 

 of Toronto; one, by Mr. Ernest T. Seton, made 

 between 1887 and 1891, and now in the Victoria 

 Memorial Museum, Ottawa; another, made by Mr. 

 C. W. Nash, now in the Provincial Museum, 

 Toronto; and, finally, my own collection. 



A very important list was published by Dr. 

 Anthony Gapper in the " Zoological Journal of Lon- 

 don " in 1830 (Vol. V, pp. 201-207). According to 

 the late Mr. John Hallam, Dr. Gapper came from 

 England about 1825 and settled with his brother on 

 lot 40 or 41 on the east side of Yonge Street, less 

 than ten miles from the present city limits. He 

 returned to England in 1831 after collecting con- 

 siderable natural history material. In his paper 

 four new mammals are described, and the list gives a 

 clear idea of the conditions before the original forest 

 had disappeared. For conditions between Dr. Gap- 

 per's time and recent years I have used information 

 given me from time to time by the late Dr. William 

 Brodie, and, finally, I have to thank Mr. Gerrit S. 

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