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no specimens were secured. The residents informed us that in the 

 winter the\' were common in the swamps on Sand Point and to the 

 east of Caseville, and that a great number are killed each season. We 

 are indebted to Mr. Yax for a specimen taken January 24, 1909, in 

 the sand region near Rush Lake. 



15. Lynx canadensis (Kerr). Canada lynx. — While trapping on 

 Sand Point in 1855-6, Mr. Fittenger took fifteen individuals of this 

 species. He was apparently very sure of the identity of the form, 

 distinguishing it from the wild cat by the long ear tufts. 



16. Lynx ruffus (Guldenstaedt). Wild cat; red lynx. — Mr. Fitt- 

 enger claimed to have trapped many individuals of this species on 

 Sand Point, in 1856-7, and there seems good reason to believe that 

 it is still to be found in the sand region. We saw many tracks that 

 we believe were made by wild cats, and Mr. Kelly, a resident living 

 east of Caseville, informed us that individuals are still occasionally 

 shot in that vicinity. 



17. Canis occidentalis (Richardson). Timber Wolf. — Mr. Fitt- 

 enger told us that this species was common on Sand Point in 1855-6. 

 At the present time it is without doubt entirely extinct. 



18. Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest). Red fox. — Although hunted 

 with dogs in the winter and now mostly driven out of the neighbor- 

 ing I'egion, the red fox is very common in the sand region and on 

 Stony Island. In July it was a very common occurrence to find 

 turtle nests that had been dug out, and the contents destroyed by 

 these animals. Both on Sand Point and east of Caseville we could 

 also almost any morning find many tracks on the sand beach, where 

 the animals were probably looking for fish. Individuals were seen 

 several times. Ruthven saw one on a moonlight night on the beach 

 near the west end of Sand Point, and another in a marsh on the north 

 side of Rush Lake. Mr. Fittenger informed us that he captured one 

 of the silver variety on the Point, in the winter of 1855-6. 



19. Ursus americanus Pallas. Black bear. — Black bears were 

 shot on Sand Point as late as 1855-6 and on North Island. in 1863 by 

 Mr. Fittenger and his brother. 



20. Procyon lotor (Linnaeus). Raccoon. — The raccoon probably 

 occurs throughout the sand region at the present time. A single 

 track was seen on Sand Point, and a specimen was secured from' Mr. 

 Austin Yax that was taken by him at the east end of Rush Lake, in 

 August 1908. Mr. Yax stated that it was not uncommon about Rush 

 Lake. 



21. Mephitis olida Boitard. Eastern skunk. — This skunk was 

 common in the adjacent clay country, but, with the exception of a 



