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oonnty about a leopard that had been seen in the vicinity of Riohwood, and traced by 

 its depredations and different contests with adventurous hunters. That wild beast was 

 finally caught, stuffod and pnt on exhibition in the towns of Union county to satisfy the 

 OQTiosity of ihosB whom it iia! liepf- in terror for some time. In Union county there are 

 very large forests, perhaps the largest in the State, and it is known as a great region for 

 hnnters. Last weoli a man was attaclced by a wolf in Jerome township, Union county, 

 abont four miles from Plain City. The circumstances are as follows: John Robinson 

 was out in the woods cutting wood, and in the evening had started for his house, when 

 he was suddenly attacked by a ferocious wolf He rai-sed a terrific yell and with Ms 

 weapons at hand mmaged to- keep the savage beast at bay until a neighbor, named 

 John Boner, came to his relief and shot the wolf. It measured five feet in length, and 

 was a heavy, strong beast of its kind. It is not ascertained whether it is a wild inhab- 

 itant of those woods or one that escaped from some cage, but it is thought to be a wild 

 native of those forests. The woodcutters in that county meet with wild beasts almost 

 every winter." , 



Speemophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell), Audubon and Bachman. 



Var. tridecemlineatus. Allen. 

 Striped Gopher; Striped Pp.airie Squirrel; Eastern Striped Spbrmophile. 



1821. Sciurvs tridecmlineatus, Mitchell, Med. Repos., xxi, 1821, 248. — 



Desm., Mamm., ii, 1822. 339 (from Mitchell). 



1822. Arctomys hoodi, Sabine, Trans. Linn, Soc, xiii, 1822, 590, pi. xxix ; 



Franklin's Journal, 1823, 663 (Carlton House).— Fisher, Synop. 

 Mamm., 1829, 644 (from Sabine). — Wagner, Schreber's Sauget., 

 pi. ccxc. (name on plate). 

 1825. Arctomys tridecemlineatus, Harlan, Faun. Amer., 1825, 164. — God- 

 man, Am. Nat. Hist., ii, 1826, 112. 

 1829. Arctomys (Spermophilus) hoodi. Richardson, Faun. Bor. Amer., i, 



1829, 177, pi. xiv. 

 1849. Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Audubon and Bachman, Quad. N. A., 

 i, 1849, 924.— Hoy, Pat. Off. Rep. Agr., 1853 (1854), 68 (habits).— 

 Kennicott, ib., 1856 (1857), 74, pi. viii (general history).^ 

 Baird, Mamm. N. A., 1857, 316 (in part).— Thomas, Trans. 111. 

 State Agr. Soc, iv, 1860, 657.— Allen, Proe. Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist., 

 xiii, 1870, 189 (Iowa).— Jordan, Man. Vert., 2d ed., 1878. 

 1874. Spermophilus iridfcemlineatus, var. tridecemlineatus, Allen, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. .Hist., xvi, 1874, 291; Mon. N. A. Rodentia, 

 1877, 871. 

 Leopard Ground Squirrel, Schoolcraft, Travels, 1821, 331. 

 Striped American Marmot, Sabine. 



Striped and Spotted Ground Squirrel, Say, Long's Ex., ii, 1823, 174. 

 Hood's Marmot, Sabine. 

 Leopard Marmot, Richardson. 

 Leopard Spermophile, Aud. and Bach. 



