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wheat (6 varieties) lima beans 
oats (4 varieties) apples (123 varieties) 
barley crab apples (4 varieties) 
rye pears (43 varieties) 
buckwheat -  quinces (5 varieties) 
corn (8.varieties) plums (54 varieties) 
sorghum cherries (26 varieties) 
sugar beet peaches (35 varieties) 
white potatoes nectarines (3 varieties) 
tobacco apricots (2 varieties) 
sweet potatoes raspberries 
hemp strawberries (18 varieties) 
flax grapes (30 varieties) 
cOw-peas 
LIST OF MAMMALS 
EXPLANATION 
The subject-matter relating to each species in the present list is 
arranged so far as possible under seven heads, as follows: synonymy, 
type locality, faunal position, habitat, distribution in New York, principal 
records and remarks. 
The synonymies contain references to first use of specific name, first 
use of combination adopted, and to the names used by the principal 
writers on the mammals of the state. Occasionally references to recent 
monographic papers have been added. 
The only heading that calls for special remark is the sixth, “ principal 
records.” In this section I have brought together the essential parts of 
the records given by De Kay in the first volume of the Vatural history 
of New York (’42), by Merriam in his Mammals of the Adirondack region, 
northeastern New York (82 and ’84d), by Fisher in his Mammals of Sing 
Sing IV. Y. (’96) and by Mearns in his Study of the vertebi ate fauna of the 
Hudson highlands ('98a) and Votes on the mammals of the Catskill 
mountains (’98b). ‘The Catskill records of Mearns are always given, 
but the Hudson highlands notes are generally omitted unless they : 
contain matter supplementary to that recorded by Fisher. In this sec- 
tion I have included my own observations, made principally at Peter- 
boro, Madison co. and Elizabethtown, Essex co. Finally I have added 
the greater part of a list of the mammals of the vicinity of Buffalo com- 
municated in a letter under date of March 3, 1898 by James Savage, and 
notes on the mammals of Long Island furnished by Arthur H. Helme 
of Miller Place, Suffolk co. 
