North American Fauna Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ... Lost River, Idaho. Head of "Wood River, Idaho Saw Tooth Lake, Idaho...do...do...do..do...do Date. July 29, 1890...do Aug. 6, 1890 Aug. 11, 1890-' " do Aug. 19,1890 Aug. 23,1890 Aug. 26, 1890...do...do Aug. 27, 1890 Aug. 30, 1890.. do Sept. 5, 1890...do Aug, 18,1890...do Aug. 22,1890...do....do....do Sept. 14,1890 Sept. 15,1890....do....do.-..do Sept, 22,1890 Sept. 25, 1890 Sept. 26,1890....do....do Sept. 27,1890 Sept. 28,1890....do 133 121 143 125 120 147 82 142 140 130 124 148 124 126 146 130 113 123 124 127 136 128 128 144 125 130 133 137 130 123 126 136 138 130 130 Sciuropterus volaus sabrinus (Shaw). Hndsonian Flying Squirrel. Sciurus sabrinus Shaw, Gen. Zoology, Mammalia, vol. II, part I, 1801, p. 157. These large and handsome Flying Squirrels are common in the Salmon River and Saw Tooth Mountains and probably throughout the coniferous forests of Idaho. At Saw Tooth Lake Mr. Basil Hicks Dutcher canght three in traps set for marten (baited with birds and chipmunks). One moonlight night in early October I heard one gnawing something in a pine over our camp, and after nearly breaking my neck to secure a shot finally fired and brought down--not the squirrel, but a large hard biscuit he had stolen from our tent. Castor canadensis Kuhl. Beaver. Beavers are common in suitable places throughout Idaho. We found them ou Timber Creek in the Salmon liiver Mountains, on the headwaters of the Paksimeroi, and in the Saw Tooth Mountains. Fresh cuttings were observed also in Snake River Canon near Shoshone Falls. In 1872 several specimens were trapped in Teton Basin (skulls 12403 and 12404, U. S. Nat. Mus.). Onychomys leucogaster brevicaudus subsp. nov. Idaho Grasshopper Mouse. This new subspecies of Grasshopper Mouse is common Mi most parts of the Upper Son...