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the gray and the fox squirrels. Dr. Haymond, 1809, says : " Years ago 

 there were about one- sixth of the squirrels in southeastern Indiana black ; 

 in northeastern Indiana nearly half of them were black. There are no 

 black squirrels to be seen in southeastern Indiana, neither has there been 

 for several years. * The further north I have gone in this state the 



more black squirrels I have seen." In 1872 the last black squirrel was 

 seen in Franklin county. 

 25. Sciunis ntger ludovicinnus Allen. Fox Squirrel. 



Carroll, Monroe and Vigo counties. Still common in each of these 

 counties. 



Wabash county (Ulrey). One in Galbraith's collection with the under 

 parts black. 



Randolph county (Cox). One killed near Farmland last summer that 

 was about half black. An uncle of Mr. Cox, several years ago 

 found a nest of young fox squirrels, of which two were red, two 

 white and two black. 



Last year a white (albino) squirrel was sent me from Bloomington. It 

 was taken in Brown county. 



Two white squirrels were seen occasionally on Coal creek, in Vigo 

 county, last year. 



Query. — Do we not find melanism and albinism in both gray and fox 

 squirrels ? 



Fox squirrels remain about stationary as to numbers in Franklin county. 

 Generally the gray squirrels are much more frequent. Albino examples 

 are met with almost every year. 

 20. Sciuropterus volans (L.). Common Flying Squirrel. 



Carroll, Moaroe and Vigo counties. I have never found this squirrel 

 very common in any of these counties. 



April 10, 1890, 1 found a nest containing two young, south of Terre Haute. 

 They were in a woodpecker's hole in a maple snag, about twenty feet 

 from the ground. I broke the snag at the hole and took the two 

 young and placed them on the ground near the root of the tree. The 

 mother had come out of the hole upon my first striking the tree and 

 flown to another tree near by, where she remained, watching my move- 

 ments. After some little time, she flew back to the snag. Of course, she 

 seemed disturbed by the changed appearance of things. She looked all 

 about, and finally came down to the ground, took one of the young in her 

 mouth, and ran up to the top of the snag. Pretty soon she flew across to 



