. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 314 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. motion. The one tiling 1 want to impress on you is, that in order to .succeed, a warden must regard liis work a profession, must realize that it demands unremitting attention and study, and that it is essen- tial for hinfHo keep fully abreast of the times. THE TENNESSEE POSSUM HAS ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA. By Joseph Ci)iitrilnition from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, I'liiversity of Califor
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 314 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. motion. The one tiling 1 want to impress on you is, that in order to .succeed, a warden must regard liis work a profession, must realize that it demands unremitting attention and study, and that it is essen- tial for hinfHo keep fully abreast of the times. THE TENNESSEE POSSUM HAS ARRIVED IN CALIFORNIA. By Joseph Ci)iitrilnition from the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, I'liiversity of California. On February 25, 1914, there were received at the Museum of Verte- brate Zoology of the [Tniversity of California two live possums {Didcl- [j/iis viryiniana of scientific parlance) (see fig 29). These were kept alive at the museum a few days and then killed and preserved as scien- tific specimens, these now bearing the museum nnmbers 20799 and 20800. The circumstance of particular interest was that the animals were captured wild here in California, where possums were never known to have been native. They were secured and sent to ns by Deputy Fish. Fig. 2L».—A Tennessee possum caught near San Jose in February, 1914. This animal Is becoming well established in Santa Clara County, wliens several escaped from captivity about four years ago. and Game Commissioner I. L. Koppel, of San Jose. The exact locality of capture was on the Wade Ranch on the banks of the Guadalupe Creek, near Agnew, Santa Clara County, where they were taken February 5 and 23, 1914. At our request, INIr. Koppel has made extensive inquiries in regard to the occurrence of possums in the vicinity of San Jose. According to ^\r. Koppel's findings there have been at least two cases of importa- tion and liberation. ])otii "about four years ; Mr. J. R. Kocher, a jeweler in San Jose, residing at Tenth and San Antonio streets, imported seven from Jackson County, Tennessee. Tavo of these got away at
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