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chicken house last summer, and discovered, upon investigation, an’ 
opossum, which he promptly killed. On April 30, 1892, I found a 
very much decayed opossum in the woods near Watchogue, and even 
under such circumstances it had the peculiar fatty odor for which the 
animal is remarkable. 
Mr. Gratacap has informed me of an opossum captured on Bement 
Avenue, West New Brighton, and Mr. Galloway, of one killed on the 
Leonard White place, in Middletown. One was secured on the Me 
Andrew place last winter ; one on the Meissner place at Richmond by 
Mr. Lyle, and one in the Moravian Cemetery by Mr. Albert. ' 
This spring, Mr. Samuel Henshaw showed me a dead opossum under 
an apple tree near the brook that crosses the Manor Road ; Mr. Joseph 
C. Thompson found one near Arrochar, and Mr. Perry Cornell, on the 
9th of April, caught a twelve pounder in the old iron ore mines on the 
nig oie i Todt Hill. 
the above facts and those presented in the Proceedings of 
Marsh ^ 12, 1892, it appears that the opossum has become well estab- 
lished on our Island, aud that thirty-six individuals have been captured 
during the last four years. Of course, the record can only be consid- 
ered as partly complete. 
In eonnection with the opossum visitation, it may be well to record 
a few memoranda concerning the foxes that have been found on the 
island within the last few years. In 1887 or ’88, one was killed by Mr, 
Cole, who resides on the Amboy Road, near Oakwood. It was believed 
at the time to be the individual that escaped from the superintendent 
of the railroad. In July, 1890, the Richmond County Standard 
printed an account of the foxes that had been killed or seen in the 
vicinity of Richmond. It was believed that the original pair either 
escaped from the hunters of the Country Club, or from the captain of a 
canal boat, which had several on board, while discharging his cargo of 
coal at Richmond Creek. The animals destroyed many fowls on the 
Dedker and Latourette farms, and on the former of these places a 
young fox was trapped, the jaws holding him by the toes. In the 
morning, it was found that his mother had evidently been busy all 
night, as his shoulders were lacerated by her efforts to secure his 
release. Another fox was shot by Mr. Decker, while it was killing a 
Guinea hen. 
Last summer, Mr. Freemans of Old Place, was on the meadows near 
his home engaged with some companions in surveying, when they dis- 
covered a family of foxes beneath a hay stack. The male ran away 
upon the approach of danger, but the mother and five young were 
finally secured. 
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