Maine woods and water folk . r II.—Cheiroptera (bats). Common bat,hoary bat. Order III.—Insectivora (insect eaters). Mole shrew, star-nosedshrew, Thompsons shrew. Order IV.—Carnivora (flesh eaters). Panther or catamount, loup-cervier or lynx, gray wolf, red fox, silver fox, fisher cat, sable (pine mar-ten), brown weasel, ermine, black mink, otter, skunk, raccoon, blackbear, common seal, hooded seal. Order V.—Rodentia (gnawers). Red squirrel, gray squirrel, flying-squirrel, striped squirrel (chipmunk), woodchuck, beaver, jumping mouse,white-footed mouse, hamster mouse, red-backed mouse, muskrat
Maine woods and water folk . r II.—Cheiroptera (bats). Common bat,hoary bat. Order III.—Insectivora (insect eaters). Mole shrew, star-nosedshrew, Thompsons shrew. Order IV.—Carnivora (flesh eaters). Panther or catamount, loup-cervier or lynx, gray wolf, red fox, silver fox, fisher cat, sable (pine mar-ten), brown weasel, ermine, black mink, otter, skunk, raccoon, blackbear, common seal, hooded seal. Order V.—Rodentia (gnawers). Red squirrel, gray squirrel, flying-squirrel, striped squirrel (chipmunk), woodchuck, beaver, jumping mouse,white-footed mouse, hamster mouse, red-backed mouse, muskrat, porcu-pine (hedgehog), white rabbit (lepus Americanus). Order VI.—Ruminantia (ruminant animals). Moose, caribou, deer. Order VII. — Cetacea (air-breathing warm-blooded sea animals).Right whale, beaked rorqual, northern rorqual, black fish, porpoise,grampus. The animals most hunted by sportsmen are the moose, deer, caribou,black bear and fox, though a good many other game animals are huntedand trapped each BIRDS NATIVE IN MAINE. THE golden eagle, and very likely several other species of birds men-tioned in this list, as natives of Maine, are not known to exist inthe state at the present time, though there was a time when theywere quite common. If the name of any bird native to the state has beenomitted, it is from lack of knowledge of the existence here of the species. Division I.—Raptores (robbers). Golden eagle, white headed eagle,fish hawk or osprey, great horned owl, mottled owl, long eared owl, greatbrown owl, barred owl, tengmalius owl, saw-whet owl, snowy owl, duckhawk or large-footed hawk, pigeon hawk, falcon, sparrow hawk, Americangoshawk, sharp-shinned hawk, red-tailed haw7k, red-shouldered hawk,broad-winged hawk, marsh hawk. Division II.—Incessors (perchers). Robin, redstart, wood pewee orphebe bird, great crested fly-catcher, kingbird, kingfisher, chimney swal-low, barn swallow, tree swallow, bank swallow, cliff swallow, martin bird,night haw
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