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and four below as in other seals. A very rare straggler 

 from the north. One record, specimen taken at Newbury- 

 port, Mass., May 22, 1882, and sent to the Museum at 

 Charleston, S. C. It was taken by E. C. Greenwood. 



FAMILY FELIDAE. 



Adirondack cougar; Puma; Panther. Felis cou- 

 guar, Kerr. 



Extirpated in county and in New England states. One 

 kitten taken in Lynn woods by Jos. Williams, 1768 1 , and 

 one seen at Cape Ann 2 , are the only records. 



1 Lewis : History of Lynn, 1829, p. 169. 



2 Felts: History of Salem, Vol. 1. p. 120. 



Bay lynx ; Bobcat ; Wildcat. Lynx ruffus (Gulden- 

 stadt). 



Practically extirpated in the county. One taken at Dan- 

 vers, Jan. 21, 1821, and one in Lynnfield in 1832 by Eben 

 Aborn, both of which are now in the collection of the 

 Peabody Museum, these are very badly mounted owing to 

 ignorance in the art of taxidermy. There is also a record 

 of one killed in Front St., Salem, Jan. 1821, and of one 

 killed in 1700 by Rev. Mr. Green. 1 In 1770 wildcats 

 were plentiful and had been for years previously and a 

 bounty was paid for them by the town of Boxford. 3 

 There are still a few in the western parts of the state. 



1 Felt's Annals of Salem, 1845, p. 518. 



2 Perley's History of Boxford, 1880,;p. 248. 



Family Canidje. 



Red fox ; Cross fox ; Black fox. Vulpes fulvus 

 (Desmarest). 



Very common, living in burrows in the woodlands and 

 fields. Many of our mammals have been driven out by the 

 advance of civilization but the fox apparently holds his 

 own, and although persistently hunted with dogs there 

 are now large tracts owned by individuals who will not 



