MAMMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY, II5 



Elk Co. — Decreasing. — Lubr, 1900. No decrease in Co. Plentiful in the 

 mountains. — Clay, 1900. 



Erie Co. — Not rare in the mountainous parts of Co.j but do not reach th^ 

 lake near Presque Isle; — :Bsicon, 1900. 



Forest Co. — ^Abundant in hemlock woods. — Zendle, 1900. Increasing in 

 this Co. — Haslet, 1900. As the Co.,is cleared off; they decrease.^rlrwin, 1900. 

 Plenty in this Co. and a great nuisanccj gnawing oil derricks. — Dorworth, 

 1900. 



Franklin Co. — An unknown animal in this region (South Mountain).— 

 Strealy, 1896. One was shot by George Wrights in; the woods, near Upper 

 Strasburg, Sept. 18, 1897. — Strealy. 



Fulton Co. — ^Will Montgomery shot one about 1878. on the. west side of 

 Sideling Hill near Locust Grove. — ^J. Cope. 



Huntingdon C^'.— ^Not known near Mt. Union. — Ingersoll, 1896. A few 

 yet found near Entriken in 1898. — Todd, fide I. Donaldson. 



Jefferson Co. — "I once handled a specimen from near Reynoldsville." — 

 Nease, 1898. 



Juniata Co. — A mountaineer named Wildmann told Mr. Ingersoll that he 

 had heard of one being killed in northern Juniata Co., on the Black Log 

 Mountain. — Rhoads, Proc. Acad. N. Sci., Phila., 1897, p. 210. 



Lackawanna Co. — "I have received 3 specimens from the Co. to be 

 mounted in the last 10 years." — Friant, 1898. 



Luzerne Co. — Numerous. — Campbell, 1900. 



Lycoming Co. — " Generally distributed in the mountains of this Co. ; not 

 decreasing." — Parker, 1900. 



McKean Co. — Plenty, and a nuisance ; eating oil derricks. — Dorworth, 

 1900. Decreasing. — Dickeson, 1900. 



' Monroe and Pike Cos. — ^Their " presence, on the Pocono plateau has always 

 been rather precarious, and with the vanishing forest areas, it has become so 

 rare that it is believed by many hunters to be exterminated. The most active 

 of these gentlemen have not seen any ' for several years.' " — Rhoads, Proc. 

 Acad. N. Sci., Phila., 1894, p. 393. A specimen shot several years ago in 

 Pike Co. is in the collection of E. W. Campbell, of Pittston. — Rhoads, 1902. 

 Remains of this animal in the superficial layer of Hartman's Cave, Monroe 

 Co. are referred to by Leidy (Rep. Pa.Geol. Surv., 1887) as those of existing 

 porcupine. — Rhoads. 



Potter Co. — "Decreasing. Plenty as late as 1880. Few left in 1900." — 

 Austin. Plenty in 1900. — Dorworth. 



Somerset Co. — " Preble, my assistant in the Biological Survey, was told [in 

 1893] that the porcupine was formerly common at Crumb." — Merriam. 

 Stated by Dr. H. D. Moore, of New Lexington, to.be nearly extinct in his 

 vicinity. He sent me some of the quills from one freshly killed near there 

 Nov. 5, 1899. This specimen was sent to the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh. 



