CATALOGUE OF VERTEBRATES. 603 



of the vegetables there planted — peas and lima beans especially. 

 Although not apparently a favorite locality, they burrow fre- 

 quently on the banks of streams but little elevated." Besides, by 

 means of trapping, woodchucks may be killed by putting a 

 handful of rags, upon which a tablespoonful of bisulphide of 

 carbon has been poured, into their burrows, and closing the 

 opening by means of a sod. 



Family CASTORID^. 



Beavers. 



Aquatic rodents of large size ; fore feet with five distinct toes and 

 claws ; hind feet webbed ; tail broad, flat and scaly. 



CASTOR. 

 C. fiberj L. (canadensis.) Beaver. 



" Probably no longer found in the State, but may possibly 

 still exist in very limited numbers about the northern boundary 

 line. It was found in Cape May county twenty-five years ago 

 occasionally, but in all probability has ceased to exist there. 

 Was formerly very abundant, especially along the Assanpink 

 Creek, Mercer county " (1868).— [C. C. A.J 



Family ZAPODID^. 



ZAPUS, Coues. 



(Jaoulus, Wagl.) 



Z. hudsonius, Zim. Jumping Mouse. 



Yellowish brown ; variable. Hind legs very long ; fore legs 

 short. 



" Not very abundant. Frequents woods, but never goes very 

 far from open ground. Occasionally it burrows, but not deeply, 

 making a nest of fine grass. More frequently the nest is beneath 

 the bark of a decayed tree. The young number from three to 

 five in a litter, two litters generally being produced. Their 



