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AA. Mus Musculus, Linn., common House Mouse, O. L. 
*45. M. agrarius, Gmel., Rustic Mouse, Northford. 
*46. M. Rattus, Linn., Black Rat, Bridgeport. 
A7. M. decumanus, Pal. common, Norway Rat, O. L. 
48, Arctomys Monax, Gmel., Wood Chuck, common, O. L. 
*49, Gerbillus Canadensis, Desm., Jumping Mouse, Strat- 
ford. 
*50. Sciurus Carolinensis, Gmel., Gray Squirrel, common, 
51. $. Hudsonius, Gmel., Red Squirrel, common, O. L. 
52. S. striatus, Klein, Striped Squirrel, common, O. L. 
*53. S. vulpinus, Gmel., Fox Squirrel, rare, Northford. 
*54. S. niger, Linn., Black Squirrel, Stonington. 
55. Pteromys volucella, Linn., Flying Squirrel, common, O. L. 
*56. Pteromys ? Red Flying Squirrel, Stratford. 
Family Hysrricwwz. The Porcupine Family. 
*57. Hystrix dorsata, Linn., the Porcupine, Huntington. 
*45, Of the rustic mouse, I caught two specimens some years singe in North- 
ford, New Haven county, about a mile from any house. They answer the de- 
scription as given by Godman, and are the same as the Emmonsii of Dekay, and 
leucopus of Richardson. 
*46. The black rat has been seen at Stonington, and at Bridgeport, as I am well 
informed by naturalists who have seen it in both places. __ Te cy 
*49, The jumping mouse has been taken at Stratford Point, at New Haven, and 
at Bridgeport. I havea fine specimen in my cabinet, taken this season in Strat- 
*50, I have a white squirrel in my cabinet, taken here, which 1 suppose a vari- 
ety of the gray, being of the same size. — 
*53. The fox squirrel is rare. I have seen but one specimen in Connecticut, 
though I killed one in Georgia which weighed 2} pounds, and tail measured 
inches. Ours are believed to be commonly a little less. 
*54. The black squirrel has been taken at Stonington, and one is now in that 
borough domesticated. eo 
*56. Several persons of the first respectability, in this and a neighboring town, 
have recently assured me that they have often killed a flying squirrel whose color 
is bright red, and the size much larger than the common flying squirrel. I have 
not had time since to obtain a specimen, but hope soon to be able to give some 
further account of it. It may however prove to be only a variety, but even that 
is new. 
*57. The porcupine was killed a year or two since in Huntington, in this county, 
but was subsequently supposed to be one which had escaped confinement in Mon- 
roe a few months previous. According to Dr. Emmons’s report, it is still found in 
i , a little north of us, and may easily straggle into Connecticut. 
