348 Catalogue of the Mammalia of Connecticut, 



Family Canid^:, The Dog Family. 



-^ 15. Canis familiaris, Linn,, Dog, introduced. 

 \ *16. C. Lupus, Linn., Wolf, Bridgeport. 



*17. C. fulvus, Desrn., Red Fox, common, O. L. 



18. C. cinereo-argentatus, Gmelin, Grey Fox, rare, Fairfield 

 County. 



*19. C. decussatus, Geoffrey, Cross Fox, Stratford. 



*20. C. argentatus, Sabine, Black Fox, Stratford. 



Fainily Felid^:. Cat Family. 



21. Felis maniculata, Linn., Common Cat, introduced. 

 *22. F. concolor, Linn., Puma or Panther. 

 *23. Lyncus borealis, Temminck, Canada Wild Cat, South- 

 ington. 



*24. L. rufus, Harlan, Common Wild Cat, North Fairfield. 



raccoon had entered night after night, by pulling out a top-stone, and taken fowls, 

 and several times could not get out where he went in ; and his efforts to destroy 

 the roof or eat through, were truly wonderful. Suffice it to say, that after destroy- 

 ing nearly all the fowls, he was at length taken in a trap and killed, much to the 

 surprise of the owner ; as it had not been suspected that a raccoon could be guilty 

 of such mischief. 

 ^ *16. Only three years since, a very large wolf was killed near Bridgeport 



by Mr. Moses Bulkley ; and one ten years since in Newtown, by Mr. Aaron 

 Glover. 



*17. It is said by sportsmen here, that more than two hundred red foxes were 

 killed in Fairfield county last year. 



*19. From ten to fifteen specimens of the cross fox were killed in Fairfield 

 county last year; and he is so called, because of the stripes on his back and 

 shoulders, which taken together resemble a cross. This fox is generally larger 

 than the red species. 



*20. The black fox I once saw in Northford, and am well informed that one 

 was seen some years since on Stratford Point ; but this species is very rare in the 

 eastern states. 

 </' ^22. The ■puma or cougar, has at limes been reported as killed in Connecticut, 

 and I saw a fine specimen, said to have been killed in the northern part of the 

 state, exhibited in Mix's museum some years since. Dr. Emmons says they are 

 still found in St. Lawrence county, New York, where one man killed five with his 

 dog and gun not many years since. 



*23. The Canada lynx, as I am informed by Mr. E. C. Herrick, was trapped 

 in Southington some four or five years since, and brought to Nevi^ Haven for ex- 

 hibition. See also description by Mr. Herrick, in the Am. Jour, of Science, Vol. 

 xxxvii, p. 194. 



*24. The common lynx or wild cat still inhabits this state, on the mountains of 

 New Fairfield and Kent, and one has also been recently killed at Stonington in 

 this state. 



