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26. Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus (Ord). Northern Gray Sqiurrel. 



Typical examples of this squirrel are confined to the high moun- 

 tains of the extreme eastern part of the State. From thence west- 

 ward there will be found to be a gradual transition to the form, pe- 

 culiar to the bottom lands of the Mississippi, which is next consid- 

 ered. I saw hunter's skins of the Gray Squirrel, taken at an eleva- 

 tion of 4,000 feet on Roan Mountain. It is not common in the 

 more settled parts of Middle Tennessee. 



26. Sciurus carolinensis fuliginosus (Bachm.). Louisiana Gray Squirrel. 



Mr. Outram Bangs has revived^" the Sooty Gray Squirrel of 

 Louisiana, described by Bachman under the name fiiliginosiis, as a 

 valid subspecies of carolinensis. I was able to make close examina- 

 tion of a number of live Gray Squirrels in the city park at Mem- 

 phis, where they have become domesticated and form one of the 

 chief attractions to the large number of people who frequent this 

 thoroughfare. These squirrels averaged fully up to the size of the 

 northern Gray Squirrel of Pennsylvania and were distinctly darker 

 than the eastern animal, so much so, in fact, that I attributed their 

 sooty appearance to their smoky environment in a city exclusively 

 burning bituminous coal. Memphis, however, can not be classed as 

 a 'smoky city,' and I am now satisfied that these squirrels came by 

 their colors legitimately, and represent Bachman's Louisiana spe- 

 cies, as redefined by Mr. Bangs. 



Writing of the migrations of this animal, Mr. Miles informs me : 

 " I have seen them exhausted and wet on the east bank of the Mis- 

 sissippi River, when I know the emigration eastward was taking 

 place on the west bank. About that time I was fishing on a lake 

 in Arkansas and one came by my boat headed from the west to the 

 east bank, looking very unconcerned, with tail curled over back 

 and well out of the wet. I gave pursuit, which he soon noticed, 

 and that tail was then put up on the sail princii^le and very much 

 increased his speed, I thought at the time, though I overtook and 

 killed him." 



27. Sciurus hudsonicus (Erxl.). Red Squirrel, " Boomer." 



Owing to the severe winter of 1894-5, the " Boomer" was very 

 scarce in its usual haunts on the summit of Roan Mountain. I 

 spent parts of three days in careful search of it and only saw one in 

 the fir belt. Another was seen and captured, during the descent of 



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