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>. of Turtle Mipuritain); August, 1887: Caught one Bide, some peacit near a ee % : 
=.) ) bank,’ Black Hills, October, 1887: Saw a afew tracks in the snow, and ia on Be 
Riek Ss at holes in the rocks on top ee one of the highest peaks. . ahe 
eter Bat (Atalapha cinerea). 
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Minnesota.—Elk River, 1887: Scarce; I have found but 3 in the last ten years. ap 
Ortonville, June, 1887: One evening I saw 8 Hoary Bats rise from the trees andfly 
-\. up and off towards the prairies. Shot at several, but they were too high. Theyall ES 
‘~~ rose soon after leat the trees,and some went almost straight up y until out of > ve 
web esssigbt, The exact locality was a small vee peninsula extending into thelake. 
wee Brown’s Valley, Traverse County, July 6,1877: Saw 2 fly from the trees along the = 
ah ‘Minnesota River. ae 
_ * . Dakota.—Pembina, August 3, 1887: Saw one. Devil’s Lake, Ramsey County, © ve 
. August 6, 1887: Sawa few. © Meech 
x Rep Bat (Atalapha noveboracensis). ae ; 
gars Dakota.—Devil’s Lake, Ramsey County, August, 1887: Common; caught 5 in <i 
Ay low trees, and saw others every evening in the woods. Those that I caught were — 
hanging in thick box-elder leaves, from 4 to 15 fect from the ground. The first was — 
in a bush not as high as my head,and I killed it with a stick; the others were 
eee bhicher up. ae 
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SILVER-HAIRED BaT (Vesperugo noctivagans). “4 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Rather more common than the ad 
Hoary Bat, but still scarce ; roosts under bark on old trees. a 
Dakota.—Bottineau (on western border of Turtle Mountain): Caught 2 under jae 
‘ae bark on old trees. tpt 
. SMALL Brown Bart ( Vespertilio (subulutus?] ). eat 
aL Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: Abundant during re) 
in warm weather. t 
FLYING SQUIRREL (Sciwropterus volucella). | 
Minnesota.—Hlk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: Abundant. 
. MINNESOTA GRAY SQUIRREL (Sciuris carolinensis hypopheus). * 
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z Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: At present numerous; : 
six months ago scarce. Acorns are an abundant crop this year, and the Squirrels ae: 
have increased greatly; probably to some extent by immigration, as they are said 
to have been often seen dur ing the summer on the prairies and crossing fields. They _ 
were never so numerous here as at present. 
RED SQUIRREL (Sciurus hudsonius). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, November, 1887: An abundant resi- 
dent. Ortonville, Big Stone County, June, 1887: Found none; said to oceur, though ~ 
not common. 
Dakota.—Harwood, Cass County, July, 1887: Said to occur here. Grand Forks, ~ 
July, 1887: Numerous in the woods. Pembina, July and August, 1887: Common “i 
in the woods. Bottineau (on western border of Turtle Mountain), August, 1887: 
Very common wherever there is brush. Black Hills, October and Nevember, 1887: < 
Common all through the pine timber on the hills; they live mostly in holes in the . 
_ rocks, much the same as Neotoma; their principal food seems to be the seeds of ‘. 
« pines, the cones of which they store in a in rocks and in ali manner of sheltered - 
a) places. I found a hollow pine with 2 or 3 bushels of cones inside of it, and a Red 
Squirrel in a nest inthe middle of them. 
HASTERN CHIPMUNK (Tamias striatus tysteri). 
Minnesota.—Elk River, Sherburne County, 1887: Abundant; they sometimes dig 
up corn when planted near brush or w oods. Ortonville, Big Stone County, June, 
