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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 Natural history 

 of New York ('42), by Merriam in his Mammals of the Adirondack region, 

 northeastern New York ('82 and '84c!), by Fisher in his Mammals of Sing 

 Sing N Y ('96) and by Mearns in his Study of the vertebi ate fauna of the 

 Hudson highlands ('98a) and Notes 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 Elizabethtovvn, 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. 



