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County. Specimens taken in Bayfield and Oneida Counties have 
also been examined. 
Mephitis hudsonica (Richardson). 
Northern Plains Skunk. 
We have examined specimens of Mephitis, mostly skulls, from 
various parts of the state, and all have proven to be hudsonica. 
The species seems to be quite common in all parts of the state. 
Taxidea taxus (Schreber). 
American Badger. 
The badger is found regularly in the sandy regions of the 
northern part of the state, but southward it becomes more uncom- 
mon. During the eighteen months from August, 1900 until Feb- 
ruary, 1902, badgers were quite common in certain sections of 
Rock County ; between these two dates there were nine badgers 
captured within a radius of eight miles of Milton ; one was shot 
in August, 1900, within the village limits. June 13, 1902, I 
obtained an adult male four miles east of Milton; this specimen 
weighed twenty-three pounds and six ounces, and measured as 
follows: Total length, 764.5 mm.; tail vertebrae, 13 1.8 mm.; hind 
foot, 103.4 mm. 
Putorius vison (Schreber). 
Northern Mink. 
Putorius vison is found throughout the state wherever there 
are suitable streams, lakes or marshes ; the species is quite com- 
mon in nearly all sections, but it appears to be most abundant in 
the central parts of the state. 
Putorius cicognanii (Bonaparte). 
Bonaparte's Weasel. 
Bonaparte's Weasel is taken occasionally in all parts of the 
state with the possible exception of the extreme southwest por- 
tion; it is most abundant in northern Wisconsin and in eastern 
