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TAMIAS stRIATuS, Baird.—Chipmunk; Ground Squirrel.—Dr. D. 8. 
Young notes a habit of this species that does not appear to have been 
recorded heretofore. The Doctor informs us that many years ago he was 
eye witness toa struggle between a Ground Squirrel and a Common Frog, 
at the edge of a small pond in Burnet Woods, the conflict finally ending 
by the frog being bitten through the head. At this stage of the pro- 
ceedings the squirrel was frightened off. so that the evidence of its car- 
nivorous propensities, while strong, is merely presumptive. 
HeEsPERoMys LeEUCoPUS, Leconte.—White.footed or Deer Mouse; 
Field Mouse.—I have a beautiful specimen of the Field Mouse (Hes- 
peromys leucopus), which is a perfect albino, with red eyes. It is 
alive and bears confinement well, having become very tame, so much 
so that it will take food from my hand. When first taken it was per- 
fectly white, but now is of a slight creamy tinge. It has some curious 
traits, one of which is that if a finger is placed at an opening in the 
cage, it brings leaves from the nest in which it sleeps, and places them 
against the intruder, as if to shut it out.—Epear R. Quick, Brookville, 
Franklin Co., Indiana. 
ARcToMys MonaAx, Schreber.— Woodchuck; Ground Hog.—We have 
the following additional testimony as to the arboreal habits of this 
species. ‘“‘I have repeatedly shaken them from saplings, and have 
seen them in trees of considerable size.” * * * “It is a common 
belief among the country people that it is a sign of rain to seea Ground 
Hog in a tree. So confident are they in this opinion that I have seen 
one rustic bet twenty-five dollars’ worth of property on the sign. On 
this occasion it did not rain for two weeks after the ascent of the 
‘ Hog.’’’—Howarp Jones, M. D., Circleville, Ohio. 
Lzpus syLvaticus, Bachman.—Gray Hare ; Rabbit.—Writing of this 
species, Dr. Howard Jones says, “our rabbit lives in burréws to a very 
large extent. A fellow here hunts them with ferrets like they do the 
English Hare (rabbit—Ep.) Sometimes, he tells me, as many as 
ten come into the bag from one hole. That many of them live in bur- 
rows, I have long known; whether or not they dig them themselves, 
I am ignorant.’ 
ORNITHOLOGY. 
HELMITHERUS VERMIVORUS, Salv. & Godm.— Worm-eating Warbler.— 
Mr. E. R. Quick has observed this species to be quite common near 
Brookville; Indiana, as early as April 22 (1881). 
