Mammals. 
Virginia deer (Odocoileus Americanus) 
Very abundant. 
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 
Not common. 
Wildcat (Lynx rufus) 
Common locally. 
Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus) 
Fairly common. 
Beaver (Castor Canadensis) 
Frequent. 
Rabbit (Lepus Floridanus mallurius) 
Common. 
Domestic dog (Cants vulgaris). 
Common. 
Timber wolf (Czis occidentalis) 
Common. 
Red fox (Vulpes fulvus) 
Common tocally. 
Without doubt the black bear (Ursus 
Americanus) was a frequent article of 
aboriginal diet hereabouts, but so far 
no remains have come to our notice. 
This may perhaps be accounted for by 
the fact that many Indians of the Al- 
gonkin stock (to which our ‘‘Amerinds’”? 
belonged) held superstitious views about 
the bear, and in some localities they 
preserved or destroyed the bones of 
those they took in order that they might 
tot give warning to the surviving mem- 
pers of their species 
Reptiles, Fishes and Crustaceans. 
Box tortoise ( Zerrapene Caroliza) 
Common 
Diamond-back Terrapin (Mfalaclemmys 
centyaid) ~~ * 
Snapping tortoise (Chelydra serpentina) 
Common, 
Sting rav (Desyatis centrurus) 
Rare. 
Sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) 
Common locally. 
Common lobster (Homarus Americanus) 
Rare. 
Blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) 
Rare. 
Bones of other fishes and reptiles in 
abundance, unidentified. 
Common. ° 
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Shell-fish. 
Oyster (Ostrea Virginica) 
Very abundant every where- 
Pear conch (Auvlgur caricaand £. canali- 
culata) Very abundant everywhere. 
Hard clam (Venus mercenaria) 
Common focally. 
Soft clam (/4ya arenaria) 
Common locally. 
Scallop (Pecten trradians) 
Common locally. 
Mussel (M/ytzlus edulis) 
Common locally- 
Natiea (Polynices heros & P. duplicata) 
Common locally. 
Sea snails and ‘‘Fairy’s Boats’”’ are 
not common. They were probably pres- 
ent by accident only, having been 
brought in with clams and oysters, and 
were not an article of diet. In the 
spring of 1901, while excavating in the 
shell-pits at Old Place, in company 
with Mr, Wm. T. Davis, we had the 
good fortune to collect a great number 
of the shells of land snails (Helix 
alternata and Helix thyroides), but at 
the time we doubted their use as food. 
More recent discoveries have, however, 
proved the case. While exploring an 
ancient village site of the Shinnecock 
Indians at Shinneccck Hills, Long 
Island, in the summer of 1902, for the 
American Museum of Natural History, 
we discovered a large deposit of the 
shells of both species of snails under 
such conditions as to render further 
doubt impossible. 
Birds. 
Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 
Abundant. 
Vegetable substances being far more 
perishable than animal remains, ecor- 
respondingly little of this nature is left. 
The following however have been col- 
lected. 
Indian corn (Zea mays) 
Common locally. 
Hickory nuts (H/icoria sp.) 
Rare locally. 
