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NORTHERN POCKET-GOPHER. 



lliomonnifi tdlpoideH (Richanlson ). 



Never having- seen an example of this species 1 know nothing about 

 it; Init from what Mr. Moberly states it prol)ably inhabits the banks 

 of the North Saskatchewan in the immediate vicinity of the Rocky 

 Mountains. He further adds that there is an allied but somewhat 

 larger gopher on the west side, from the Kootenay to the Frazer River. 

 It is about 2 inches longer than 2\ faIj)oidt.'^ and has ver^' short ears, 

 with more brown about the l)ody. Both kinds are good eating-, and 

 they also form an important item in the diet of the grizzl}" bear. 



NORTHERN FLYING-SQUIRREL. 



Sriuroplcrus sdbriiKis (Shaw). 



Having lost some of my original field notes and several Smithso- 

 nian receipt lists, I can not feel quite sure of a few stated entries and 

 references in this paper. 1 have, however, an impression that I saw 

 a tlying-squirrel north of Fort Simpson and several elsewhere in other 

 southern tracts of territory. Some specimens were collected at Fort 

 Liard by Mr. Hardisty, at Big Island by Messrs. Ross and Reid, at 

 Resolution by Mr. Lockhart, and one also labeled "Arctic America'' 

 by Mr. Kennicott many years ago. In lS!>o, Dr. Frank Russell, of 

 the Iowa State Ihiiversity, secured one specimen at (Irand Rapids, 

 where he says they are very rare. The brothers Pre])le, of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, have also recentl}^ obtained some skins at 

 Oxford House and Norway House, Keewatin. Mr. Moberly writes 

 that the tlying-squirrel of the Rockies nuist be A'. alj>/)iHH^ as it is not 

 found in the country to the east. Mr. Pierre Deschambetudt writes 

 that the tlNdng-squirrel is not unconunon at Isle a, la Crosse and Lac 

 du Bi'ochet. 



RED SQUIRREL. 



Sciunis lindtioniciis (Erxlehen). 



This species is undoubtedly the most generally distributed of the 

 squiri'el family, and it is more oi- less common throughout the entire 

 timbered region of northern continental Canada. It is also numerous 

 in Alaska, while specimens have l)een sent to Washington fi-om nearly 

 every Hudson Bay post in the Mackenzie River district. It makes 

 its nest in a tree and has usually, once a year, from foui" to six, and 

 occasionally as many as seven young. I obtained an albino example 

 which nuist have l)een forwarded to the Smith.sonian Institution. Mr. 

 IVIoberly writes: 



This s(jairrel is common at every place I have been since I came to the eompanj^'s 

 service in 185-i — on the North Saskatchewan, Peace, and Athabasca rivei-s, and at 

 Frazer Lake, British Columbia. 



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