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Habitat. This animal prefers the shelter of heavy coniferous forests. 
It is however by no means confined to the woods, as it wanders freely 
wherever attracted by congenial shelter and food supply. 
Distribution in New York. The details of the distribution of the Can- 
adian form of Sciwrus hudsonicus in New York are quite unknown. The 
animal probably occurs throughout the large Canadian area in the 
northern part of the state, but it is impossible at present to say exactly 
where the transition to the southern form /oguax takes place. Mr Bangs 
has recorded a specimen taken at Peterboro, Madison county, as ar 
intermediate between the two subspecies (’96d, p. 160). 
Principal records. De Kay: “This familiar and well known species is 
found from the arctic circle to the mountainous ranges of North Caro- 
lina and Tennessee” (’42, p. 62). Merriam: “The red squirrel is one 
of the commonest and best known of the mammalian inhabitants of the 
Adirondacks, being found in all parts of the wilderness at all seasons of 
the year” (784d, p. 111). 
Remarks. As 1 have already stated the limits of the range of this 
form of Scéurus hudsonicus in New York are very imperfectly known. 
The northern and southern races have been only very recently recognized, 
and the details of their ranges are yet to be worked out. De Kay clearly 
included both forms under the name Sczurus hudsonicus, but Merriam 
refers exclusively to the more northern subspecies. 
Scirurus hudsonicus loquax Bangs Southeastern red squirrel 
1842 Sciurus hudsonicus De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p. 
61 (part). 
1896 Sczurus hudsonicus Fisher, The Observer. May 1896. 7: 197. 
1896 Sciurus hudsonicus logquax Bangs, Biolog. soc. Washington. Proc. 
Zon WECmnegO iO: NOT. 
1898 Scrurus hudsonicus loguax Mearns, Am. mus. nat. hist. Bul. g Sep. 
OQO MELO! 340; 
1898 Sczurus hudsonicus loguax Mearns, U.S. Nat.mus. Proc. 21: 352. 
Type locality. Liberty Hill, New London co., Connecticut. } 
faunal position. ‘Transition zone and northern edge of upper austral 
zone. 
Habitat. “Mixed woods, groves and in fact almost everywhere ; 
perhaps most numerous where there are large tracts of Pinus rigida, the 
seeds of which it is very fond of” (Bangs, ’g6e, p. 161). 
Distribution in New York. The details of distribution of the south- 
eastern red squirrel in New York are as little known as those of the range 
of the Canadian subspecies. The animal undoubtedly occurs throughout 
