Part 32

Wolverine (Gulo luscus) Of general distribution, but not common.

Northern Skunk (Mephitis hudsonica) Rare, but found at Mammoth Hot Springs and Yancey's.

Badger (Taxidea taxus) Common.

Raccoon or Coon (Procyon lotor) Said to occur. Fifteen years ago at Gardiner I was shown one that was said to have been taken in the Park, but it was not certain.

Grizzly Bear (Ursus horribilis) Common. The official count gives 50 in 1912.

Blackbear (Ursus americanus) Abundant and increasing. The official count gives 100 in 1912.

Common or Masked Shrew (Sorex personatus) Never taken, but included because its known range surrounds the Park.

Marsh Shrew or Water Shrew (Neosorex palustris) Probably occurs there, since its known range surrounds the Park.

Long-eared Bat (Corynorhinus macrotis pallescens) A few were seen in the Devil's Kitchen, Mammoth Hot Springs, and one sent to the Biological Survey for identification. This is the only Bat taken, but the following are likely to be found, as their known range surrounds the Park:

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) Great Hoary Bat (Nycteris cinereus)

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Transcriber's Notes

Bold text is indicated by equal symbols: =text=.

Italic text is indicated by underscores: text.

Moved some illustrations from their original positions to avoid breaking up paragraphs of text. The List of Half-tone Plates displays the original page numbers. Some apparently missing plates may have been edited out of the original version.

Corrected minor punctuation errors.

Page 61: Clomb could be a typo for climb: (rush as they might and did, and bounded and clomb,)

Page 123: Changed pased to passed: (men had passed near)

Page 155: Changed Bitteroot to Bitterroot: (This took place in the Bitterroot Mountains)

Page 157: Added missing exclamation point: (I heard the dreaded cry, "Yellow-Jackets!")

Page 165: Changed conspicious to conspicuous: (might otherwise make it too conspicuous.)

Page 176: Changed inclinded to inclined: (travellers will be inclined to bunch them)

Page 196: Changed go to to: (We went quietly to the edge of the timber)

Page 210: Plate XL was not included in the original book. (The picture, such as it is, I give as Plate XL, c.)

Page 213: Manoeuvring had an oe ligature in the original book: (it stood, and there was some pretty manoeuvring,)