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Mephitis putida (G. Cuvier) Allen. Eastern skunk. Abundant in 

 pastures and open woodlands throughout the state. 



Putorius vison (Shreber) Gapper. Mink. Formerly common 

 along streams and lakes everywhere but becoming infrequent because 

 of persistent trapping for its fur. ' 



Putorius cicognani (Bonaparte) Richardson. Little brown weasel. 

 The common weasel in Vermont. Found at all altitudes. 



Putorius noveboraeensis Emmons. New York weasel. Much less 

 frequent than the preceding and more confined to the transition zone. 

 Apparently absent from some sections, as about Rutland. 



Mu stela americana Turton. Pine marten. Frequents highest spruce 

 covered mountain ridges. Nearly extinct. The writer saw a specimen 

 killed in Chittenden in 1900. A deer hunter secured one in Glasten- 

 bury in November, 1915. 



Mustela pennanti Erxleben. Fisher. Another fur bearer which is 

 rapidly being exterminated and is confined to the wildest mountain 

 districts. The writer has seen the tracks of one in Sherburne and an- 

 other in Mendon within three years. 



Procyon lotor (Linne) Storr. Raccoon. Common in deciduous 

 woods about lakes and along streams. 



Ursus americanus Pallas. Black bear. Occasional in the mountains 

 throughout the state. 



Sorex personatus I. Geoffroy. Masked shrew. Common in swamps 

 and moist woods from the level of Lake Champlain to the highest 

 mountain summits. 



Sorex fumeus Miller. Smoky shrew. Occasional in cool mossy woods 

 of the Canadian zone and rarely in sphagnum bogs; "Scanlon's," Leices- 

 ter; "Cedar," Rutland. 



Sorex hoyi Baird. Hoy's shrew. Only one Vermont record. The 

 specimen was taken at Burlington by Zadock Thompson and is in the 

 state collection. 



Sorex dispar Batchelder. Two specimens of this rare shrew have 

 been taken in Vermont. One was trapped by Dr. Glover M. Allen at 

 Bridgewater and the other by Mr. Kent and the writer near the summit 

 of Mount Killington, the first collection being made in May, 1913. 



Sorex albibarbis (Cope) Merriam. White-lipped shrew. Local along 

 mountain streams and about ponds, mainly in the Canadian zone; Sher- 

 burne, Mendon, Goshen, Wallingford, Rutland. Mr. Kent made a large 

 collection of this shrew at Spectacle pond in East Wallingford. 



Blarina brevicauda talpoides (Gapper) Bangs. Short-tailed shrew. 

 Abundant in woods and fields, preferring moist situations. 



