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13. TAXIDEA AMERICANA, Baird. 
BADGER. 
The Badger was quite common all through the prairie country over which we passed, but was 
most often seen in the vicinity of the prairie-dog towns. It is a slow animal, and may easily be 
overtaken by a man on foot. If unable to reach its hole in time to escape, it will turn and rush 
toward its pursuer in the most courageous manner; snapping and snarling in such a way as to 
inspire one with a wholesome respect for it. 
URSID. 
14. PROCYON LOTOR, Storr. 
RACCOON. 
This species occurs occasionally along the Missouri River. 
15. URSUS HORRIBILIS, Ord. 
GRIZZLY BEAR. 
The Grizzly is rather common in some localities along the Missouri; and from the upper deck of 
the steamer I saw three one evening digging roots in a wide level bottom. In the Bridger Mount- 
ains and in the Yellowstone Park, they were numerous, so much so that we would often see sev- 
eral sets of fresh tracks in a morning’s ride. From their abundance in the vicinity of Fort Ellis and 
Bozeman, it was evident that they were not much disturbed by hunters. 
In Bozeman, I was shown two cubs about six months old ; and two more sullen and vicious 
little brutes I never saw. A Black Bear cub of about the same age was as friendly and playful 
as a puppy; but no one dared to venture within reach of the Grizzlies. 
But little seems to be known about the breeding-habits of this bear. It is pretty well estab- 
lished, however, that the young are brought forth about the 15th of January, and that they are 
then very small, scarcely larger than new-born puppies. : 
16, URSUS AMERICANUS, Pallas. 
BLACK BEAR. 
Not nearly so common as the preceding species. Only one living specimen was seen. Ata 
ranch near the bridge over the Yellowstone River, however, I was shown a single skin of the so 
called Cinnamon Bear, which, I was told, had been taken in the Park. 
SCIURIDZ. 
17. SCIURUS HUDSONIUS, Pailas. 
RED SQUIRREL; PINE SQUIRREL. 
Red Squirrels were abundant wherever pine timber was found. In the mountains, they seem 
to feed chiefly on the seeds of the pine; and I frequently came upon little heaps of cones gathered 
together by the squirrels just as they collect nuts in the East. Most specimens taken in the Yel- 
lowstone Park seem to be referable to var. Richardsonii, but several killed in the Fire Hole Valley 
are not to be distinguished from ordinary Connecticut specimens. 
18. TAMIAS QUADRIVITTATUS, Rich. 
MISSOURI GROUND SQUIRREL. 
This pretty little squirrel scems equally at home among the most desolate Bad Lands, where 
no vegetation is to be found saye a few straggling sage-bushes, and amid the dense pine forests 
