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which may perhaps be considered as peculiar to the Transition 

 area as any of our birds. 1 1 occurs locally in several places in 

 the central part of the- State, and I found a single pair even so 

 far up as Wonalancet, near the foot of Mt. Passaconaway, in a 

 corner of a broad meadow which was grown up to sedges, 

 grass, and white hellebore with a sparse covering of wet Sphag- 

 num moss. 



Of other animals ranging northward into the Transition area 

 of New Hampshire, may be mentioned, among mammals, the 

 southern Flying Squirrel {Sciuropterus volucdla) which occurs 

 at least as far as Lake Winnipesaukee, the northeastern Gray 

 Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis leucotis) which even among the 

 White Mountains, inhabits the beech woods at the lower alti- 

 tudes, and the eastern Cottontail Rabbitt (Lcpus floridanus 

 transitionalis) which is reported from as far as Webster, where 

 it appears to have come within recent years. Among reptiles, 

 the Box Tortoise (Cistudo caiolina) has been reported from 

 Pelham and from Lee, in the southeastern corner of the state, 

 by Mr. W. H. Huse (:oi). The same author finds the Yellow- 

 spotted Tortoise {Chelopus guttatus) common about Manchester 

 in the Merrimack vallley, but I do not know of its occurrence 

 north of Lake Winnipesaukee, and among the White Mountain 

 valleys, the Painted Tortoise {Chrysemys picta) is the only spe- 

 cies I have ever seen. The Ribbon Snake ( Thamnophis saurita) 

 follows the valley bottoms at least as far up as Intervale, where 

 I have not infrequently found it. 



A number of more northern species may also be enumerated 

 as finding their southern breeding limit within the Transition 

 zone. Such are the following among the birds : Loon (Gavia 

 imbcr), Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), Olive-sided 

 Flycatcher {Co?itopus borea/zs), Purple Finch {Carpodacus pur- 

 pureus), Savanna Sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis savan- 

 na), Swamp Sparrow {Mclospiza georgiana) ? ', Blue-headed 

 Vireo {Vireo solit&rius), Nashville Warbler {Helminthophila 

 rubricapilla) , Black-throated Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens), 

 Chickadee (Parus atricapillus) , and Hermit Thrush (HylocicJila 

 guttata pallasii) . 



