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Other records and reports. — Baltimore County: Bare Hills-Lake 

 Roland Area (Bures, 1948, p. 67) ; Lock Raven (Kolb, 1938) ; Patapsco 

 State Park (Hampe, 1939, p. 6). Montgomery Coimty: Sligo; Piney 

 Branch; Silver Spring; Sandy Spring (all from Bailey, 1896, p. 95) ; 

 Plummers Island (Goldman and J ackson, 1939, p. 133) . Prince Georges 

 County: Patuxent Research Center (Herman and Warbach, 1956, p. 

 87). Worcester County: near Milbum Landing (Vagn Flyger, per- 

 sonal communication, 22 June 1964) . 



Tatnias striatus lysteri (Richardson) 



Sciurus (Tamias) lysteri Richardson, Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1: 

 181, pi. 15, June 1829. 



Tyge locality. — Penetanguishene, Ontario. 



General distridution. — Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and southeastern Ontario, 

 south into Connecticut and Pennsylvania and in the Appalachian Mountains to 

 western Maryland. 



Distribution in Maryland. — Occurs in the higher mountains (above 

 2,000 feet altitude) of the Allegheny Mountain section where it is 

 abundant. 



Distinguishing characteristics. — This subspecies is similar to T, s. 

 fisheri, but has paler upper parts, especially the rump and the median 

 grayish bands. This paler coloration is most marked in the northern 



Figure 26. — ^Distribution of Tamias striatus fisheri and T. s. lysteri. 



