Feb., 191 2. Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 395 



swamp near by, followed by a loud splash. A young coon less than 

 half grown had fallen from the tree into the water. At the sound the 

 old coon and two more young ones came out of a hollow some 30 feet 

 up in the trunk and climbed down to near the bottom of the tree. 

 They came down the tree slowly but steadily, head first, as a squirrel 

 would have done, with the hind feet reversed and slightly divergent. 

 When the old coon saw the young one climb out of the water upon the 

 tree trunk she turned about and ascended the trunk, followed by the 



'~0 >4re« of intergradallon 



Map illustrating approximate distribution of Raccoons in eastern North America. 



Procyon I. (Linn.). Type locality — Eastern United States. Description as 

 previously given. 



Procyon I. elucus Bangs. (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XXIX, 1898, p. 219.) 

 Type locality — Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard Co., Florida. General 

 color above more yellowish than lotor; shoulder tinged with yellowish rufous; 

 fur shorter. 



