4 A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE 



Kaccoons (Family Procyonidse). 



9. Coon ( Procyon lotor, Linn.). 



Common everywhere. Young from the nest 

 squeal when alarmed somewhat like a pig. The 

 young also at times utter a low and rather mus- 

 ical trill resembling that commonly heard from 

 the screech ovvl. This latter seems to be a call 

 note probably employed to inform the parent that 

 the young want food. When just able to run about 

 they play like kittens, scampering after children, 

 and worrying the end of a rope in evident enjoy- 

 ment. One, kept by me for some time, ate freely 

 of nearly everything given it : bread, meat, cab- 

 bage leaves, com, insects ; but had a special fond- 

 • ness for birds, becoming veiy irascible and sus- 

 picious of attentions while engaged in eating this 

 kind of food. From the clamoi of English spar- 

 rows in an elm tree up which this individual fre- 

 quently climbed I suspect he was not above rob- 

 bing nests of eggs or young. 



Bison (Family Bovidse). 



10. Buffalo (Bison bison, Linn.). 



Common in the early days of the settlement of 

 Kentucky. 



Deer (Family Cervidse). 



11. Elk (Cervus canadensis, Erxleben). 



Long since exterminated in the State. With the 

 buffalo it is said to have furnished a considerable 

 part of the food supply of the pioneer settlers. 



12. Deer (Cariacus virginianus, Boddsert). 



Not common anywhere in Kentucky at present, 



