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which may perhaps be considered as peculiar to the Transition 

 area as any of our birds. It occurs locally in several places in 

 the central part of the State and I found a single pair even so 

 far up as Wonalancet, near the foot of Mt. Passaconaway in a 

 corner of a broad meadow which was grown up to sedges, 

 grass, and white hellebore with a sparse covering of wet Sphag- 

 num moss. 



Of other animals ranging northward into the Transition area 

 of New Hampshire, may be mentioned, among mammals, the 

 southern Flying Squirrel (Sciuropterus volucella) which occurs 

 at least as far as Lake Winnipesaukee, the northeastern Gray 

 Squirrel (Scmrtts caroli?iensis leucotis} which even among the 

 White Mountains, inhabits the beech woods at the lower alti- 

 tudes, and the eastern Cottontail Rabbit {Lepus floridanus 

 transitionalrs) which is reported from as far as Webster, where 

 it appears to have come in within recent years. Among reptiles, 

 the Box Tortoise (Cistudo Carolina} has been reported from 

 Pelham and from Lee in the southeastern corner of the state by 

 Mr. W. H. Huse (: 01). The same author finds the Yellow- 

 spotted Tortoise (Chelopus guttatus) common about Manches- 

 ter in the Merrimack valley, but I do not know of its occurrence 

 north of Lake Winnipesaukee, and among the White Mountain 

 valleys, the Painted Tortoise {Chrysemys picta) .is the only spe- 

 cies I have ever seen. The Ribbon Snake ( Thamnophis saurita) 

 follows the valley bottoms at least as far up as Intervale, where 

 I have not infrequently found it. 



A number of more northern species may also be enumerated 

 as finding their southern breeding limit within the Transition 

 zone. Such are the following among the birds: Loon (Gavza 

 imber), Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobatcs villosus), Olive-sided 

 Flycatcher (Contopiis borealis), Purple Finch ( Carpodacus pui - 

 pureus), Savanna Sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis savan- 

 na), Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)t , Blue-headed 

 Vireo (Vireo solitarius) , Nashville Warbler (Helminthophila 

 rubricapilla) , Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virenf), 

 Chickadee (Parus atricapillus} , and Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla 

 guttata pallasii) . 



