APRIL, 1902. LIST WITH NOTES OF THE MAMMALS OF DODGK CO., WIS. 1 19 
1900- 1901. These are the only cases of complete melanism of 
which I have record (that is, as pertains to Dodge County). 
I have in my possession three interesting specimens tending 
toward melanism : 
No. 1093, ^ , taken during December, 1891, at Fox Lake, by 
G. A. Morrison. 
No. 1440, 9 , taken October 23, 1899, by Fred. Kimball. 
No. 1470, 9 , taken December 19, 1899, by the writer. 
These three have the under surface, inside of legs, throat, 
low jaws and cheeks black, elsewhere their color is somewhat 
darker than usual in ludoi'icianiis. 
Sciunts Icucotis (Northern Gray Squirrel). 
In 1888, when I came to Beaver Dam, I found the Gray 
Squirrel common and a Fox Squirrel was a prize indeed. About 
1896 the Fox Squirrel increased wonderfully in numbers and ap- 
parently has driven out the Gray, and now the latter is the 
hunter's prize. Elsewhere in the county, notably about Randolph 
and in Oak Grove townships, the Gray is still common. Since 
1898 I have seen but one Icucotis on the farm — that one on July 
18, IQOI. 
Last September I mounted a snowy white albino, which had 
been killed five miles south of town, on Sept. 5th, The eyes were 
pink and its coat of fur immaculate. 
One skull in my possession, No. 1535, from Jefferson Co., 
shows an abnormal condition of growth of the incisor teeth. The 
two upper and right lower incisors are of unusual length. The 
other lower incisor is broken off close to the jaw bone. In this 
section of the jaw a shot is imbedded — which explains the strange 
growth. In early life- this incisor was broken, and the others, lack- 
ing the usual opposition, became abnormally elongated and de- 
This squirrel was fat and appeared healthy, 
veloped in the form of a curve. 
Sciunis Iiypophacus (Merriam's Squirrel.) 
The remarks which have just been made about Sciunis Icucotis 
apply equally well to this species, although Iiypophacus appears 
to be common in but one locality — that near Randolph. This spe- 
cies has been driven out by the Fox Squirrel. 
From January, 1899, to the present date I have seen but one 
near my home — that one having been seen the past summer. 
Merriam's Squirrel is apparently, in its distribution, restricted 
