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Oliver B. Lockhart at Lake Georoe, Warren County, in 1872 or 

 1873. Mr. W. ^^^ Lockhart saw another near the same phice at 

 about the same time.* 



Formerly, the species was found in man)- parts of the State. In 

 the year 1853 a specimen was presented to the State Cabinet of 

 Natural History by Isaac B. Lottridge, who shot it at lioosic, in 

 Rensselaer Count)-. f Two other specimens (male and female) 

 were afterwards presented to the wState Cabinet by Mr. Lottridge. 

 Both "were taken in Rensselaer County, New York, in the spring 



of 1854."}; 



Dr. }. Bachman, writing in 1839, speaks thus of this animal: 



" In the northern part of New York it is exceedingly rare, as I only 



saw two pair during fifteen years of close observation. In the 



lower part of that State, however, it appears to be more common, 



as I recently received several specimens procured in the Count)' of 



Orange." § 



TAMIAS STRIATUS H-nm.) BahK. 



Chipmunk ;■ Ground Squirrel ; Striped Squirrel ; CJiipping Squirrel. 



The Chipmunk or Ground S(piirrel is always present in greater 

 or less numbers in some parts of the Adirondacks. It is a migra- 

 tory animal and is exceedingly abundant some years, while during 

 others it is scarcely seen at all, the difference being dependent upon 

 the ([uantit)' of the food-supply. 



The Striped Squirrel feeds upon a \ariety of nuts and roots. 



* Since the above was written I have learned, through Dr. A. K. I'isher, tliat a caged Fox 

 Squirrel escaped, near the southern end of Lake (".eorge, previous to the date of killing of Mr. 

 I, ockhart's specimen. Hence it is possil)le, th?)ugh I think hardly inobable, tliat tlie specimen in 

 question was imported. 



f Seventh Annual Report of the Regents of the University on the Condition of the State Ca])i- 

 net of Natural History, 1854, p. 15. 



% Eighth Annual Report on the Condition of the State Cabinet, 1S55, ]). 15. 



t; Monograph of the Genus Sciurus. Charle.',worth's Magazine of Natural History, \'ol. HI, 

 iS39, p. 161. 



