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1920] 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



167 



railroad station at Gravenhurst on the evening of 

 August 16. Many others were seen." 

 Ursus americanus Pallas. Bear. 

 Some report the "Brown nosed Bear" as not very 

 common. Hardly a season passes but some of the 

 camp encounters the work, tracks or signs of bear. 

 One resident since 1873 said he had seen only one, 

 but that there were quite a few bears in the region. 

 Occasionally some of the parties from camp frighten 

 them from blueberry, huckleberry or blackberry 

 patches, but rarely ever see them. 



Canis l^caon Schreber. "Timber Wolf," 

 "Gray Wolf." 



Every winter a few packs are reported in this 

 region. At least two killed west of road to Dorset 

 in the winter of 1918-1919. In winter of 1911- 

 1912 a pack of seven were seen on Fletcher lake 

 and a few years before a pack reported east of Ot- 

 ter lake where many deer were more or less snow 

 bound. 



Vulpes fulva (Desmarest). Red Fox. 

 Common. Dnring the summer their signs are 

 frequently found. Many killed with poisoned bait. 

 The red phase predominates in this region though 

 silver grays are reported. Quite a few cross foxes 

 are taken. Some residents doubt local reports of 

 black foxes. 



ProC^on loioT (Linnaeus). Raccoon. 

 Not common. Mr. Joseph Allen who had re- 

 sided at Fletcher lake since 1873 said in 1913 that 

 raccoons were not plentiful. Never knew they were 

 there until five or six years ago." Toward Lake of 

 Bays and southward they report quite a few. They 

 are held to eat berries, fish, nuts, etc. 



Maries amencana (Turton). Marten. Pine 

 Martin. 



A few in the Dorset region. Allen McEachern 

 of Otter lake reports (1913) them "very scarce. 

 Never caught but one. Have seen more signs." 

 Some hold them quite plentiful where timber is 

 heaviest. On Fletcher lake there are quite a few. 

 Maries pennanli (Erxleben). Fisher. 

 There are a few in the Dorset region. Fishers 

 are not plentiful about Otter lake. There are more 

 from Hollow lake to and into Algonquin Park. In 

 Fletcher lake region there are far more martens than 

 fishers, and the latter are hard to secure. Arthur 

 Allen, son of Joseph Allen of Fletcher lake took 

 one fisher in the winter of 1911-1912 and another 

 in winter of 1912-1913. 



Mustela cicognanii Bonaparte. Bonaparte's 

 Weasel. 



Common. This is included by the author on the 

 report of several residents who describe two weasels 

 one quite small and another as large as a small 

 mink. Both are reported great mousers. Some en- 

 courage them about the premise for mousing, and 



maintain they do no damage. One resident said 

 he always had at least one family around his barn 

 and every winter they turned white as do the larger 

 ones also. 



Mustela noveboracensis (Emmons) New York 

 Weasel. 



Fairly common. I have the head of this species. 

 It was brought in by a cat. 



Mustela vison Schreber. Mink. 



Common at Otter lake. Have been very plentiful 

 from Dorset to the Park but have been hunted so 

 much they are becoming very shy. They will at- 

 tempt to capture anything. One day, near camp a 

 mink tried to catch a bathing cedar waxwing. 



Mephitis mephitis (Schreber). Skunk. 



Common. One or two have been taken at camp. 



Lutra car^adensis (Schreber). Otter. 



There are quite a few throughout this region. In 

 the winter of 1908-1909 two were taken at Otter 

 lake, one 42 inches and another 47 inches in length. 

 Rarely they are seen in winter at the outlet of Ot- 

 ter lake. 



Lynx canadensis Kerr. Lynx. "Bobcat." 



"Lynk." 



"There are a few lynx here, these very shy and 

 more of them toward Timagimi country." Another 

 resident speaks of them as "not extra common" and 

 says that "some are caught every year." 



Lynx ruffus (Giildenstaedt). "Wild Cat." Bay 

 Lynx. 



These are "very scarce, odd." Another reports 

 that he "has seen only one in several years." A 

 wild cat was reported to have been taken in the 

 winter of 1910-1911 at Hollow lake. As yet I 

 can find no certain evidence that both species are 

 present or that the residents really know the two 

 species apart. 



Peromyscus maniculaius gracilis (LeConte). 

 Canadian White-footed Mouse. 



Common. This is the common mouse of the 

 lumber camps, houses, barns, etc. Trapped most 

 of our specimens under logs. It is generally dis- 

 tributed through the woods. 



Evotomys gappcri (Vigors). Red-backed 

 Mouse. 



Abundant. Trapped them under and between 

 mossy logs, stumps, in holes at bases of live trees, 

 amongst Lycopodium carpets and occasionally in 

 old abandoned lumber camp buildings. Were par- 

 ticularly plentiful among hemlocks, arbor vitae, and 

 other conifers, yellow birches, etc. 



Microtus pcnnsylvanicus (Ord.). Meadow 

 Mouse. Meadow Vole. 



Presumably common in the open fields but very 

 few were taken at Otter lake. Usually found them 

 in the fields around old lumber camps, beneath 

 boards and logs. 



