50 Robert K. Rose 



number in 1953, and of the four other studies he summarized (1979, 

 Table 1), two obtained more species (8 and 9) and two obtained fewer 

 species (4 and 6). Considering that this study was conducted at the end 

 of winter, when mammal densities are usually at their lowest levels, it 

 seems likely that other seasonal studies of the openings in the Dismal 

 Swamp will provide additional useful information. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.— I gratefully acknowledge the field assist- 

 ance of David Harrelson, the cooperation of Refuge Manager R. Keel 

 and Wildlife Biologist M. K. Garrett, and the help of C. O. Handley, 

 Jr., primarily through his exhaustive review of studies of mammals in 

 the Dismal Swamp but in other ways as well. 



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