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44. Mus Musculus, Linn., common House Mouse, O. L. 

 *45. M. agrarius, Gmel., Rustic Mouse, Northford. 

 ^*46. M. Rattus, Linn., Black Rat, Bridgeport. 



47. 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, 

 O. L. 



5L S. 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 Hystricidje. The Porcupine Family. 

 *57. H5''strix dorsata, Linn., the Porcupine, Huntington. 



*45. Of the rustic mouse, I caught two specimens some years since 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. 



M6. 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. 



*49. The jumping mouse has been taken at Stratford Point, at New Haven, and 

 at Bridgeport. I have a fine specimen in my cabinet, taken this season in Strat- 

 ford. 



*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 16 

 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. 



*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 

 Williamstown, a little north of us, and may easily straggle into Connecticut. 



