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was shot, the justice of the peace had not burned the 

 licad, but had (•lipi)ed oft' the fats and sent the rest 

 of the head for identification and to settle tlie dispute. 

 I also had the heads of two house cats — old and 

 li'rizzled ones — which had been paid for as Wildcats. 

 The Jack Eabbit's head has its ears chopped off, and 

 a. hunter realized for this 'animal, which was also 

 called a Wildcat, two dollars. There are no Jack 

 Rabbits in Pennsylvania in a wild state; and there is 

 little doubt that this one Wiis purchased at some mar- 

 ket, "fixed uj;," and deliberately presented to deceive 

 some easy, or very i^noaant official. 



SQUIRRELS AND WEASELS. 



Heads, on which premiums had been paid, of both 

 the Fox Squirrel and the lij^ht-colored form of the 

 Gray Squirrel, were sent to our office at Harrisburg 

 for identification. The heads of the two Squirrels 

 shown on tlie plate have been reproduced from 

 mounted specimens, as the beads which I had of these 

 two species were consumed in the recent fire which 

 destroyed ray office. The reproduction of normal 

 heads of these two species of Squirrels, which are 

 common in the markets, will no doubt serve in the 

 future to educate officials wiio may be called upon to 

 identify "heads and ears" which ignorant or dishonest 

 scalp hunters may present for premiums. The heads 

 of the Black Squirrel (Fig. 1), the Flying Squirrel (Fig. 

 2), and the Chipmunk (Fig. 3), — a partial albino — were 

 sent to Prof. S. F. IJairrl, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, WashingtO'n, D. C. by county commission- 

 ers or Justices of the j)eace in Pennsylvania for identi- 

 fication. The r>lack Squirrel was called a "Black 



