10 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



GLIRES. SIMPLICIDENTATA. 



SCIURIDAE. 



Coniferous and mixed woods of transition and upper austral 

 zones. 



Me. — Southern counties, not typical. 

 N. H. — Southern counties. 

 Vt. — Southern counties. 

 Mass. to Conx, 



24. SciuEus KUFivEXTEE :n'eglectus (Gray.) Allen. 



Northern fox squirrel. 



Macroxus neglectus Gray, Ann. mag. nat. hist., ser. 3, 1867, 

 vol. 20, p. 425. "NoKTH America?" 



^Sc^urus ludoiyiciamis vicinus Bangs, Proc. )_)ioI. soc. Washing- 

 ton, 1896, vol. 10, p. 150-153, pi. 8, fig. 3. 



Sciuriis cinereus Linne. Audubon & Bachman, Quadrupeds of 

 North Anier., 1846, vol. 1, p. 145-150, pL 17. 



Deciduous forests of upper austral zone. 

 Mass. — Southern Connecticut valley ; Saugus. 

 Conn. — Northford (Linsley). 



Note. — " N. H." — Two in Peabody acad. sci., Salem. 



25. Tamias STRiATis LYSTEPa ( liichardson.) ^lerriam. 



Lyster's chipmunk ; G-round squirrel ; Striped 

 squirrel ; Chipmunk. 



tSciurus {Tamias) h/steri Rich., Fauna Boreali-Americana, 

 1829, vol. 1, p. 181, pi. 15. " Penetanguishene," Ontario. 



Tamias striatiis h/steri (Rich.). Merriam, Araer. naturalist, 

 1886, vol. 20, p. 242.' 



tSciiD'us striatus Linne. DeKay, Xat. hist. New York, 1842, 

 pt. 1, p. 62-64, pi. 16, fig. 1. 



Open woodlands and among rocks. Lives in burrows. 

 Me. to Conn. 



