TflK KKl) OR PINK SC^l'IKKKI.. 



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found in northern Now England, Lal)rador, Minnesota and to the 

 west. 



In Indiana its range includes the northern part of the State 

 only, and there are localities within its range where it is wholly 

 unknown. I was unable to hear of it near Roselawn in northern 

 Newton County. In southern Porter County, 80 miles east of Rose- 

 lawn, it was abundant in a country that does not differ in the 

 character of the soil, drainage or timber. 



Other localities are Laporte, South Bend, Kewanna, Ray, Wi- 

 nona Lake, Marion and Miami, Fulton, Wabash, Randolph, La- 

 grange, Huntington and Delaware counties, Dr. Raymond reported 

 in 1869 that one had been seen in Franklin County, but there is no 

 other record as far south. 



a b 



Fig. 4. — Skull of Sciurus hudsonicus loquax : a, lateral view ; b, dorsal view. 



After Baird. 



Habits. — In this State the red squirrels seem to prefer the open 

 groves near barns and farm residences. In South Bend they have 

 taken up their residence in the catalpa trees that border one of the 

 streets well within city limits. Here they are known to be guilty of 

 robbing birds' nests. There is a colony of red squirrels in the 

 grounds of the Winona Assembly at Winona Lake. 



The writer's personal acquaintance with this species in its na- 

 tive haunts is somewhat limited. It is an active, energetic animal, 

 apparently spending most of its time in searching for, storing up 

 and eating food. Much of its time is spent on the ground, where 

 it gathers acorns and nuts and buries them under the leaves and 

 soil. Some supplies are stored in hollow trees also, although the 

 snow is no hindrance to its finding and securing buried treasure. 



In summer it usually has a home built of sticks in the branches 

 of the trees and sometimes this is built tightly and firmly enough 



