APRIL, 1902. LIST WITH NOTES OF THE MAMMALS OF DODGE CO., WIS. 125 
Lutreola vison (Mink.) 
The Mink is a common resident of our marsh lands and timbers 
bordering on the various lakes of the county, where they find food 
abundant, for rarely do I learn of their depredations on poultry 
houses. 
In the marshes they find frogs, crayfish, mice and eggs in 
abundance during the warmer months ; in winter they find mice, 
and doubtless also catch some fish. 
The Mink is a cautious animal, one that does not foolishly set 
his foot on the pan of a steel trap, so the *'kid trapper," as the pro- 
fessional trapper calls the youthful school boy, secures but few, 
perhaps not one, in a season. Consequently their numbers do not 
seem to diminish. The winter of 1900-1901 they were unusually 
common, judging from reports from all over the county. 
Personally, but one has been seen, far from a marsh. This one 
was seen running through a stubble field about mid-day, on Aug. 
6, 1889. 
Hohl's woods, about four miles north of town, with its high 
banks, projecting tree roots, and shore line of great bowlders, is a 
favorite home of the Mink. 
Putorius cicognani (Bonaparte's Weasel.) 
In a series of 16 Weasels from Dodge County, submitted to 
Dr. Merriam, he found 4 of this species and 12 of the' New York 
Weasel. This may, I think, be taken to show the ratio in abund- 
ance of the two species, for considering the two together, it can 
be said that Weasels are abundant with us. This series repre- 
sented inS^ividuals from various habitats and all stages of pelage. 
This species has been taken in burrows in timber land, in 
marshes, along the lake shore and about stone walls. 
Putorius novehoracensis (New York Weasel.) 
The relative abundance of this Weasel I have stated under the 
remarks on the preceding species. 
Lasiurus borealis (Red Bat.) 
The Red Bat is an abundant species with us, being partial to 
timber, about ponds, lakes and streams, from whence I judge that 
it feeds largely on mosquitoes and other Diptera of similar habits. 
Lasiurus drier ea (Hoary Bat.) 
The past season I first met this large, interesting Bat. Early 
in September, I observed a large bat flying among the burr oaks 
scattered about in an upland pasture. They seemed to come, at 
dusk, from the trees, but a thorough search made one day of some 
