Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920: Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109Dice, Lee R. (Lee Raymond)
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Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920: Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109
Forest--shore, 1.
Mud-flat, signs.
Tall-sedge, 1.
Grassy-meadow, 1.
Alder-thicket, signs.
Black ash swamp, signs.
Arbor-vitae swamp, signs.
Black spruce--tamarack bog, signs.
Hemlock forest, signs.
Wet hardwood forest, 10.
Dry hardwood forest, 7.
Shrub stage, 8.
Paper birch--aspen stage, 1.
Deer are abundant in the Cisco Lake Region; they are less common near
Lake Gogebic; and only a few were seen near Little Girl's Point. Most
of those seen were in the hardwood forest and in the brushy clearings,
but trails and signs were common in many habitats.
Wolves were reported to prey extensively on deer in the region, and
wolf dung examined August 7 near Little Girl's Point contained much
deer hair and some deer bones.
_Alces americanus._ Moose.
J. E. Marshall reports that a moose was seen near Gogebic Lake in the
winter of 1885, and an individual, perhaps the same one, was killed on
Flambeau Reservation that year.
NORTHERN MICHIGAN MAMMALS PLATE I
[Illustration: Fig. 1. Beach of Lake Superior just east of Little
Girl's Point. A dirt bluff at the right of the picture. August 10,
1920.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2. Tall-sedge habitat in a beaver meadow on the
west side of Gogebic Lake, Ontonagon County. September 1, 1920.]
NORTHERN MICHIGAN MAMMALS PLATE II
[Illustration: Fig. 1. Leather leaf bog invaded by tamaracks, Ontonagon
River near Cisco Lake. August 3, 1920.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2. Arbor-vitae swamp four miles southeast of Little
Girl's Point. The ground is very moist. August 16, 1920.]
NORTHERN MICHIGAN MAMMALS PLATE III
[Illustration: Fig. 1. Dry hardwood on a ridge four miles southeast of
Little Girl's Point. Sugar maple, yellow birch, and linden are
dominant. Undergrowth low. August 16, 1920.]
[Illustration: Fig. 2. Virgin white pine grove, Gogebic County. Trunks
up to four feet in diameter. Little undergrowth. August 17, 1920.]
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 1: H. T. Darlington, _Mich. Acad. Sci._, 22nd Ann. Rept.,
1921.]
[Footnote 2: 1914. N. A. Wood, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., No. 6.]
[Footnote 3: N. A. Wood, _op. cit._]
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Transcriber's Notes
Page 35: Changed "porcppines" to "porcupines".
Originally: One of these porcppines seemed to be very disinclined
Pages 42-47: Combined figure captions and images.
Originally: Images were on pages following their captions.
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