PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE MAMMALS OF NEW YORK 337 



well nigh exterminated. However a few still remain and some years 

 may yet elapse before the last panther disappears from the dense ever- 

 green swamps and high rocky ridges of this wilderness " ('82 p. 29-30). 



Remarks. I use the subspecific name hippolestes for the northeastern 

 panther as the least unsatisfactory course at present open. 



The data from which the following table of panther bounties has been 

 prepared are furnished by Dr Frederick J. H. Merrill. 



Table of bounties paid for panthers in Xew York under law of 1871 



Town 



Newcomb 

 it 

 tt 



n 



Wilmington . 



Dickinson ... 



Lake Pleasant 

 Long Lake .. . 



u 

 < « 

 u 



ft 



tt 



a 

 a 



Wells ... 



Wilmurt 



< i 

 ti 

 ft 

 t< 



tt 



ft 

 it 

 u 

 a 



Croghan 



ft 



a 



Diana 



Date 



ION 

 11 D 



25 F 

 14 Jl 



11 Ag 



14 Ag 

 4 D 

 29 Ag 

 29 F 

 29 F 

 21 Je 



1871 

 1871 



1880 

 1883 



1883 

 1888 

 1872 

 1873 

 1872 

 1878 

 1882 



22 J 1 1882 



24 Jl 18-2 



10 S 1882 



28 O 1883 



30 N 

 5 F 

 8 F 



19 D 



11 D 



12 D 



13 D 

 26 F 



8 M 

 26 D 



1883 

 1887 

 1887 

 1876 

 1877 

 1877 

 1877 

 1878 

 ar 1878 

 1878 



25 O 1882 

 30 N 1882 



10 My 1883 



tt 



2Ag 1883 



8 J a 



19 Ja 



20 N 

 25 Je 

 29 F 

 23 My 

 10 Je 

 28 Je 

 13 Jl 

 18 Ag 



1884 

 1884 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884 

 1*82 

 1882 

 1882 

 1882 

 1882 



By whom killed 



J. C. Fanner 



tt 



W. H. Cullen"! . ... . .... 



Arthur Cronin shield 

 and J. C. Sanders. .. 



a 



James Jagins 



M. H. Ober 



C. A. Merrill 



A. B. Stnrges&B. Page 



J. W. Schultz 



George Muir 



a 

 ti 



a 

 a 

 tt 

 a 



Silas Call 



E. L. Sheppard 



E. N. Arnold 



A. S. Marshall '. 



a 



George Mnir 



Amount 

 paid 



