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The Jumping Mouse. Zapus hudsonius. Not very common. 

 Prettiest and most graceful of any of the animals of this family. It 

 hibernates, rolling itself up in a ball with its long tail wound around it. 



Canada Porcupine. Erethizon dorsatus. Rare. My brother shot 

 one about twenty-five years ago. A few days ago our dog came in 

 with six porcupine quills in his nose, so there must have been or is 

 one in this vicinity now. 



Wood Hare. Gray Rabbit. Cotton Tail. Coney. Lepus syl- 

 vaticus. The common little brown hare. In woods. 



Varying Hare. Lepus americanus. Rare. 



Hoofed Animals — Ungulata Order. 



American Deer. Dorcelaphus americanus. Largest native animal. 

 Quite common. As many as twenty-four have been seen at one time 

 together. 



Carnivora Order — Flesh-Eating Mammals. 



Wildcat or Lynx. Lynx rufus. Reported at various times from 

 the Throne. 



Red, Black, or Silver Fox. Vulpes pennsylvanica. In rocky 

 woods. 



Raccoon. Procyon lotor. Quite common. Woods. 



American Otter. Lutra canadensis. Rare. Wrangling Brook, 

 also rivers. 



Common Skunk. Mephitis mephitica. Common. 



Weasel or Ermine. Putorius noveboracensis. Rare. 



Mink. Putorius vison. Rare. 



Primates Order — Man Family. 



The North American Indian. Homo sapiens americanus. Once 

 common, no longer indigenous. We have the Indian names left us. 

 Indian arrow heads, etc., are often found in the fields on the Nashua 

 River banks. The Indian Pump on Mr. Edmund Blood's farm is a 

 curious-shaped ledge, with a spring spurting out of it. This location 

 seems to be an ancient river bed. 



European Race. There are twenty-two hundred and fifty-three 

 specimens of this genus. Imported at various times. Some rare and 

 odd species, but more of the common variety. These have driven 



