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Oliver B. Lockhart at Lake George, Warren Count)-, in 1872 or 

 1873. ^ r - W- W- Lockhart saw another near the same place at 

 about the same time.* 



Formerly, the species was found in many parts of the State. In 

 the year 1853 a specimen was presented to the State Cabinet of 

 Natural History by Isaac B. Lottridge, who shot it at Hoosic, in 

 Rensselaer County. f Two other specimens (male and female) 

 were afterwards presented to the State Cabinet by Mr. Lottridge. 

 Both " were taken in Rensselaer County, New York, in the spring 



of 1854." t 



Dr. J. Bachman, writing in 1839, speaks thus of this animal : 



"In the northern part of New York it is exceedingly rare, as I only 

 saw two pair during fifteen years of close observation. In the 

 lower part of that State, however, it appears to be more common, 

 as I recently received several specimens procured in the County of 

 Orange." 



TAMIAS STRIATUS (Linn.) Baird. 

 Cliipinitnk ; Ground Squirrel ; Striped Squirrel ; Chipping Squirrel. 



The Chipmunk or Ground Squirrel is always present in greater 

 or less numbers in some parts of the Adirondacks. It is a migra- 

 tory animal and is exceedingly abundant some years, while during 

 others it is scarcely seen at all, the difference being dependent upon 

 the quantity of the food-supply. 



The Striped Squirrel feeds upon a variety of nuts and roots, 



* Since the above was written I have learned, through Dr. A. K. Fisher, that a caged Fox 

 Squirrel escaped, near the southern end of Lake George, previous to the date of killing of Mr. 

 Lockhart's specimen. Hence it is possible, though I think hardly probable, that the .specimen in 

 question was imported. 



f Seventh Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabi- 

 net of Natural History, 1854, p. 15. 



\ Eighth Annual Report on the Condition of the State Cabinet, 1855, p. 15. 



Monograph of the Genus Sciurus. Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History, Vol. Ill, 

 1839, p. 161. 



