V. 



GAME ANIMALS AND BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



THE following quadrupeds and birds have been ob 

 served in Eastern Florida, but the presence of the 

 latter is only noted in spring and winter ; at least we 

 have received no account of the fact that they are 

 regular denizens. The quadrupeds embrace the Felis 

 concolor, or panther, common in the unsettled part of 

 the State ; the Lynx rufus, also abundant ; the Canis 

 Lupus, or gray wolf (some nearly black), is rather 

 scarce ; the Vulpus Virginianus, or gray fox, is abun 

 dant, also the Procyon Lot or, or raccoon, the Ursus 

 Arctos, or common bear, and the Gariacus Virginianus, 

 or Virginia deer ; this is of a very small size. The 

 Sciurus niger, or Southern fox squirrel, is abundant, 

 but is confined to pine woods ; also the Sciurus Caroli- 

 nensis, or gray squirrel, which is very tame. The 

 Lepus sylcaticus, or gray rabbit ; the Lepus Palustris, 

 or marsh rabbit, and the Didelphys Virginiana, or 

 opossum, are quite common. 



The birds include the Meleagris Gallopavo, or wild 

 turkey, which is very numerous ; males often weigh 

 twenty-five pounds ; females six to ten pounds ; the 

 Ortyx Virginianus, or quail ; very abundant ; Squar- 

 tarola Helvetica, or black-billed plover ; the Charadrius 

 Virginicus, or golden plover ; the jEgialitis vocifcrus, 



