MAMMALIA. 



MARSUPIALIA. POLYPROTODONTIA. 



DIDELPHIDAE. 



1. DiDELPHlS VIRGINIANA KeiT. 



Northeastern opossum ; Virginia opossum. 



Didelphis virginiana Kerr, Animal kingdom, 1792, p. 193. 

 "Virginia, . . . ." 



Didelphis virginiana Kerr. Allen, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., 



1901, vol. 14, p. 160-165, pi. 23, fig. 4 ; pi. 25, fig. 3-4. 

 Didelphis virginiana Kerr. Stone & Cram, Amer. animals, 



1902, p. 4-8, 4 pis. 



Open woodlands, austral zones. 

 Mass. — Near Boston (introduced). 

 R. I. — (Probably introduced.) 



CETE. MYSTACOCETI. 



BALAENIDAE. 



2. Balaena GLACiALis Bounaterre. 



Black whale ; Right whale ; Nord-caper. 



Balena glacialis Bonn., Tabl. encycl. et method, d. trois rdgnes 

 de la nat., cetologie, 1789, p. 3. "Les mers du Nord, pres des 

 c6tes de Norvege & d' Islande.'"' 



Balaena cisarctica Cope. Holder, Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., 

 1883, vol. 1, p. 99-137, pi. 10-13. 



Marine. 

 Me. 



Mass. — Cape Cod ; Nantucket. 



R. I. 



ConjST. — Stoninp'ton. 



