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New Y"oek at the "World's Columbian Exposition. 



Scapanus americanus, Bwrtmm, haiiy- 

 tailed mole, three specimens. 



Sorex carolinensis, Bach., Carolina 

 shrew ; male. 



Condylura cristata, IlKger, starnose 

 mole ; three specimens. 



Vespertilio subulatus, Say, little brown 

 bat ; male and female. 



Vesperugo noctivagans, Le C, silver- 

 haired bat ; male and female. 



Atalapha noveboracensis, Erx., New 

 York bat ; male and female. 



Atalapha cinerea, Bean, hoary bat ; 

 male. 



Cariacus virginianus, Bodd., Virginia 

 deer; male. Extinct in New York. 



Cervus canadensis, Erx., wapiti or elk ; 

 male and female. Extinct in New York. 

 (See note II.) 



Alee alces, Linn., var. americanus, 

 Jardins, moose ; male and female. (See 

 note III.) 



Bison americanus, Chnd., American 

 bison, or buffalo; male and female. 

 Formerly abundant in most parts of the 

 United States ; now extinct, except a few 

 in the Yellowstone region. 



Phoca vitulina, Linn., harbor seal or 

 common seal; male. Formerly abundant 

 in the Hudson river and Long Island 

 sound, but rarely seen at present. (See 

 note IV.) 



Cystophora cristata, Qmel., hooded seal; 

 male and female. An accidental visitor to 

 Long Island sound. (See note V.) 



Procyon lotor, Linn., raccoon ; male 

 and female. 



Ursus americanus, Pallas, black bear; 

 male 



Lutra canadensis, Turton, American 

 otter ; female. 



Mephitis mephitica, Sha-w, skunk ; male 

 and female. 



Gulo luscus, Brisson, wolverine or glut- 

 ton ; male. Extinct in New York. (See 

 note VI.) 



Mustela americana, Turton, sable or 

 pine martin ; male. 



Mustela pennanti, Erx., fisher or black 

 cat ; male and female. 



Putorius vison, Schreber, mink ; three 

 specimens. 



Putorius erminea, Linn., ermine, weasel 

 or stoat ; five specimens. 



Putorius nivalis, Linn. , least weasel ; 

 one specimen. 



Vulpes fulvus, Des., red fox; male and 

 female. 



Urocyou cinereo-argentatus, Sehreber, 

 gray fox ; male. 



Oanis, lupus, Linn , wolf ; two males. 

 Nearly extinct in New York. (See note 

 VII.) 



Lynx canadensis, Des., Canada lynx ; 

 male. 



Lynx rufus. Quid., wild cat, or bay 

 lynx ; male and female. 



Pelis concolor, Linn, panther, cougar or 

 puma; male, female and kittens. Nearly 

 extinct in New York. (See note VIII.) 



NOTE I. 



The Beaver. 



' ' According to a letter from the Dutch West India Company, preserved in the 

 Albany Records, we learn that in 1634, 400 beavers and 700 otter skins were exported; 

 the number increased in 1635 to 14,891 beaver and 1,413 otter skins; and the whole 

 number in the ten years was 80,183 beavers and 7,347 otters, amounting in value to 

 725,117 guilders." — De Kay, Zoology of New York, 1842. 



The beaver, once abundant and of great commercial importance, is still, perhaps, 

 entitled to be considered an inhabitant of New York '. ' At present there is a small 

 colony of beavers on a stream that empties into the west branch of the St. Regis 

 river. It is probably the colony referred to by De Kay in 1842, as ' yet existing in 

 the southern part of Franklin county.' It is to be earnestly hoped that the hunters 

 who frequent that part of the wilderness will spare no pains to protect these animals 

 from molestation." — Merriam, Mammals of the Adirondacks, 1884. 



NOTE II. 



The Wapiti, or American Elk. 



"The stag is still found in the State of New York, but very sparingly, and will doubt- 

 less be extirpated before many years. Mr. Beach, an intelligent hunter on the 

 Racquet, assured me that in 1836 he shot at a stag (or, as he called it, an elk) on the 

 north branch of the Saranac. He had seen many of the horns, and described this one 

 as much larger than the biggest buck (C. virginianus), with immense long and 

 rounded horns, with many short antlers. His account was confirmed by another 

 hunter, Vaughan, who killed a stag at nearly the same place. They are found in 

 the northwestern counties of Pennsylvania, and the adjoining counties of New York, 



