10 FAUNA OF NEW EN(;LAND. 



GLIRES. SIMPLICIDENTATA. 



SCIURIDAE. 



Coniferous and mixed woods of transition and upper austral 

 zones. 



Me. — Southern counties, not typical. 

 N. H. — Southern counties. 

 Vt. — Southern counties. 

 Mass. to Conx. 



24. SciuRus RUFivEXTER XEGLECTUS (Grav.) Allen. 



Northern fox squirrel. 



Macroxus nerflectu!< Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist., ser. 3, 1867, 

 vol. 20, p. 425. "North America?" 



Sciurus ludoviciamis vicinus Bangs, Proc. biol. soc. Washing- 

 ton, 189(5. vol. 10, p. 150-153, pi. 8, fig. 3. 



Sciurus cinereus Linne. Audubon ct Bachman, Quadrupeds of 

 North Araer., 1846, vol. 1. p. 145-150. pi. 17. 



Deciduous forests of upper austral zone. 

 Mass. — Southern Connecticut valley; Saugus. 

 Coxx. — Xorthford (Linsley). 



Note. — " X. H." — Two in Peabody acad. sci., Salem. 



25. Tamias sTRiATis LY:^TERi ( Richardsou. ) Merriam. 



Lysters chipmunk ; Ground squirrel ; Striped 

 squirrel ; Chipmunk. 



Sciurus (Tamias) li/steri Rich., P^auna Boreali-Americana, 

 1829, vol. 1, p. 181, pi. 15. "PexetaX(tUishexe," Ontario. 



Tamias striatus lysteri (Rich.). Merriam, Araer. naturalist, 

 1886, vol. 20, p. 242.' 



Sciurus striatus Linne. DeKay, Xat. hist. Xew York, 1842, 

 pt. 1. p. 62-64, pi. 16, fig. 1. 



Open woodlands and among rocks. Lives in burrows. 

 ]Me. to Coxx. 



