124 Fretp Museum or Naturar History — Zoézoey, Vor. XI. 
The following measurements are from specimens in the collection 
of Field Museum of Natural History: 
Beaver Dam, Dodge Co., southeastern Wisconsin: 
Total length, 316 mm.; tail vertebra, 133; hind foot, 50. 
(a3 oe 
(a3 ce 331 73 ; iz3 ifs 143; ive 
Camp Douglas, Juneau Co., central Wisconsin: 
Total length, 325; tail vertebra, 140; hind foot, 50. 
“et ce 320; “ ce 138; ce ce 48. 
Solon Springs, Douglas Co., northwestern Wisconsin: 
Total length, 315; tail vertebrae, 133; hind foot, 50. 
iz ce 
ee ce - (<3 a9 
3155 128; 47. 
“ee et 310; a9 a9 125; 6c ce 48. 
ce “eo a a3 2% x ce ce 
310; 1255 47. 
a9 “ce 300; a3 ce 120; ce ce 48. 
ce ce = cc iz3 a rea a3 
318; 130; 47- 
Sayner, Vilas Co., northern Wisconsin: 
Total length, 312; tail vertebre, 122; hind foot, 50. 
ce ““c aia 46 cc 123; ce ce 46. 
Fort Snelling, Minnesota, (Topotypes of S. kh. minnesota collected by 
E. A. Mearns.): 
Total length, 323; tail vertebrae, 137; hind foot, 47. 
ce ce (za ce (a3 iz 
327; 1353 49. 
ce iz3 B27; ce ce 140; tas ce 52. 
3 ‘a3 3353 ce ce 142; “e ae 51. 
The following average measurements of 20 topotypes of S. h. 
minnesota are given by Dr. Allen (J. c., p. 641.): 
“Total length, 334; tail vertebra, 130.2; hind foot, 49.2 mm.” 
The following average measurements of eight adult specimens of 
S. h. loqguax from Liberty Hill, Connecticut (the type locality), are 
given by Mr. Outram Bangs (I. ¢., p. 161.): 
“Total length, 318.3; tail vertebre, 133.5; hind foot, 47.42 mm.” 
The Red Squirrel is found in the wooded portions of northern 
Illinois and is common throughout Wisconsin, frequenting hardwood 
and mixed groves, as well as coniferous forests, where it can procure 
pine seeds which in such localities form a considerable portion of its 
food. Its home is usually in a hollow tree, stump, or log, often an 
apple tree where, in the majority of cases, a deserted woodpecker’s 
hole is chosen. It has also been known occasionally, though rarely, to 
make its nest in a hole in the ground. While it does not hibernate in 
winter, at least in this latitude, it dislikes to go out in stormy weather, 
