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me that it is seen on their farm every summer. [Evermann.] 



Mr. C. L. Reynolds has one that was taken near La Fayette. He says 

 he has seen them in the grouuds of Purdue University. 



Mr. W. W. Archibald says it is pretty common in Newton county. 



La Grange county (Steininger). 



Benton county. Has been reported from both Benton and White 

 counties by Mrs. D. C, Ridgley. 



White couQty. Mr. Charles Dury informs me there are some speci- 

 mens in the Cuvier club collection, Cincinnati, Ohio, that were 

 taken at Chalmers. 



Mr. Jas. O. Dunn reports having kept two striped gophers in a cage for 

 nearly a year. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam informs me that Robert Potter sent him a speci- 

 men of this species taken at Austin, Oakland county, Mich., and further 

 that he received a specimen from J. W. Anderson, Lakeville, Oakland 

 county, Mich. 



Found in some numbers by Dr. R. M. Byrnes, in 1862, near Middletown, 

 Butler county, Ohio. See Langdon Mammalia of the vicinity of Cincin- 

 nati. 



20. SpermopfdlusfranJdini Sabine. Gray Spermophile. 

 Remington, Jasper county. Abundant. 

 Monticello, White county (Jas. O. Dunn). 



This is the first reported occurrence in Indiana. Farther notes on its 

 range in the state are desired. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam iaforms me that the U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture received a specimen of S.franklini ia flesh from R. Carroll, Earl Park, 

 Benton county, Indiana, also tbat J. B. Chesebrough reported its occur- 

 rence at Kentland, Newton county. Dr. Merriam writes he has two 

 records, one from Robert Potter, Austin, Oakland county, and the other 

 from J. W. Anderson, of Lakeville, Oakland, county, Mich. 



21. lamias striatus (L.). Ground Squirrel. 

 Carroll county. Abundant. 



Monroe county. Abundant. 

 Vigo county. Abundant. 

 Wabash county (A. B Ulrny). 

 Randolph county (U. O. C-ix). Common. 

 Franklin county (Haymond; Butler). 

 La Grange county (Steininger). 



