MAR. 1901. MAMMALS FROM N. BRUNS. AND QUE. ELLIOT. 17 



rushed away. There are many moose in that section, as I daily 

 saw fresh tracks, some of large size." (T. S.) 



3. Odocoileus americanus. 



Odocoileus americanus. Erxl. Syst. Regn. Anim., 1777, p. 312. 



No specimens procured. 



" Red deer are not found at all in most of the region covered 

 by the writer, and I saw tracks of them only on the high land 

 about Grog Brook and one track on Dalhousie Mountain. I am 

 told they have only made their appearance in Restigouche 

 County, New Brunswick, within the past fifteen years, being 

 unknown previous to that. Back some distance from Riviere du 

 Loup toward the Madawaska region they are said to be plenti- 

 ful. Mr. Rowley tells me they have been unknown above Lake 

 Edward till about a year ago one was seen on the Vermillion 

 River (the outlet of Lake Ecarte). The winters at Lake Edward, 

 from its 1,200 feet elevation, are too severe for this deer.'' 



(T. S.) 



ORDER RODENTIA. 

 FAM. SCIURID^E. 



4. Sciurus hudsonius. 



Sciurus hudsonius. Erxl. Mamm., 1777, p. 416. 



Specimens from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Murray Bay and 

 Lake Edward, Quebec. 



These examples were taken in June, July and August. The 

 June have the broad, reddish dorsal stripe and dark hands and 

 feet ; those of the two other months are without dorsal stripe 

 and with buff colored hands and feet. The tails vary in the cen- 

 ter from a rich red of the July specimen to a mixed red and buff, 

 the latter on the tips of the hairs. 



" Red squirrels were common at all the places visited, except 

 in the region about Murray Bay and at Riviere du Loup. I saw 

 none at all at the latter place, but at Murray Bay well up toward 

 the summit of the mountain near the village I saw several. 

 Near my camp at Grog Brook, between the Restigouche and 

 Upsalquitch Rivers in northern New Brunswick, they were 

 extremely abundant and made a great noise in the brush of a 

 clear frosty morning ; in fact, they are a regular nuisance to the 

 big game hunter in that section, and scared a big moose away 



