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Ion's) in the town of Leicester by Mr. D. L. Dutton and the writer. 

 These are in the collections of Messrs. Kent and Kirk. 



Zapus hudsonius (Zimmerman) Coues. Hudson bay jumping 

 mouse. Common in grassy meadow lands and marshy tracts up to 2,- 

 000 feet altitude. 



Xapaeozapus insignis (Miller) Miller. Woodland jumping mouse. 

 Abundant about cool mountain streams and moist places in the Cana- 

 dian zone. 



Erethizon dorsatum (Linne) F. Cuvier. Porcupine. Common in 

 mountainous regions. 



Lepus americanus virginianus (Harlan) Allen. Eastern varying 

 hare. Widely distributed in mountain woods and in swamps at lower 

 altitudes. Much less common than formerly in many sections where 

 the cottontail has become common. 



Sylvilagus transitionalis Bangs. New England cottontail. This 

 species has spread northward rapidly in the last 20 years. On the 

 west side of the state it is abundant to .the Canadian border up to 2,- 

 000 feet altitude. On the east side it extends at least as far north as 

 Montpelier. It is not reported from Essex county. 



Phoca vitulina Linne. Harbor seal. This maritime species oc- 

 casionally finds its way into Lake Champlain through the St. Law- 

 rence river. Dr. Perkins cites three instances, "Burlington, 1810 and 

 1846; Otter creek, Weybridge, 1876." There is one in the state collection 

 at Montpelier and one in the University of Vermont museum at Bur- 

 lington. 



Felis cougar Kerr. Panther. Probably extinct. "Specimen killed at 

 Barnard in 1881," Dr. Perkins. 



Lynx canadensis (Kerr) Rafinesque. Canada lynx. Formerly taken 

 occasionally but the writer can find no reliable record of the killing of 

 one for 20 years. 



Lynx ruff us (Guldenstadt) Rafinesque. Bay lynx. Occasional in 

 heavily wooded districts. 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus borealis Merriam. Northern gray fox. 

 This species reaches its northern limit in central Vermont, being taken 

 at rare intervals in the transition zone as far north as Whiting on 

 the west side and Woodstock on the east side of the state. 



Vulpes fulvus (Desmarest) De Kay. Red fox. Common through- 

 out the state, the black and cross phases being occasionally seen. 



Lutra canadensis (Shreber) Sabine. Otter. Along mountain 

 streams, becoming rare. East Wallingford, 1914; Weston, 1915. 



