TAMIAS STRIATUS. I 35 



Oliver R. Lockhart at Lake George, Warren Count)', in 1872 or 

 1873. Mr. W. W. Lockhart saw another near the same place at 

 about the same time.* 



Formerly, the species was found in many parts of the State. In 

 the year 1853 a specimen was presented to the State Cabinet of 

 Natural History by Isaac B. Lottridge, who shot it at Hoosic, in 

 Rensselaer County.f Two other specimens (male and female) 

 were afterwards presented to the State Cabinet by Mr. Lottridge. 

 Both "were taken in Rensselaer County, New York, in the spring 

 of 1854."! 



Dr. J. Bachman, writing in 1839, speaks thus of this animal : 

 "In the northern part of New York it is exceedingly rare, as I only 

 saw two pair during fifteen years of close observation. In the 

 lower part of that State, however, it appears to be more common, 

 as I recently received several specimens procured in the County of 

 Orange." § 



TAMIAS STRIATUS (Linn.) Bahd. 

 Chipmunk ; Ground Squirrel ; Striped Squirrel ; CJiip ping Squirrel. 



The Chipmunk or Ground Squirrel is always present in greater 

 or less numbers in some parts of the Adirondacks. It is a migra- 

 tory animal and is exceedingly abundant some years, while during 

 others it is scarcely seen at all, the difference being dependent upon 

 the quantity of the food-supply. 



The Striped Squirrel feeds upon a variety of nuts and roots. 



* Since the above was written I have learned, through Dr. A. K. Fisher, that a caged Fox 

 Squirrel escaped, near the southern end of Lake George, previous to the date of killing of Mr. 

 Lockhart's specimen. Hence it is possible, though I think hardly probable, that the specimen in 

 question was imported. 



f Seventh Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Cabi- 

 net of Natural History, 1854, p. 15. 



X Eighth Annual Report on the Condition of the State Cabinet, 1855, p. 15. 



§ Monograph of the Genus Sciurus. Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural Histoiy, Vol. Ill, 

 1839, p. 161. 



