98 LOCAL MAMMALIAN FAUNA. 



Mephitis mephitica — common skunk. 



Three specimens, one of which is entirely black, ex- 

 cepting a small white occipital patch, and the end of the 

 tail. 



Family : Procyonidce. 



Procyon lotor. — raccoon. 

 One specimen. 



Order : Ckiroptera. Family : Vespertilionidce . 



Vespertilio subulatus — little brown bat. 



Two specimens. 

 Vespertilio noctivagans — silver black bat. 



One specimen. 

 De Kay says the history of this species is incomplete ; 

 the largest size attained as reported by him is ten or 

 eleven inches across the wings ; the specimen in our 

 collection measures seventeen inches. 



Order : Insectivora. Family : Talpidce. 



Scalops aquations — common mole. 



One specimen. 

 Condylura cristata — star-nosed mole. 



One specimen. 



Family : Soricidce. 



Sorex platyrhinus — common shrew. 

 One specimen. 



Order: Rodentia. Family: Sciuridce. 



Sciuropterus volucella — common flying-squirrel. 



Two specimens. 

 & niger — fox-squirrel. 



Two specimens from northwestern New York (?) no 

 longer found in this vicinity. 



8. Carolinensis — gray-squirrel and black-squirrel. 



Two specimens of the gray variety, one specimen of 



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