1908] 
Jackson, List of Wisconsin Mammals. 
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of the state where they are to be. found. It is reported by rehable 
authorities that in the days of the early settlers fox squirrels were 
so plentiful as to be a nuisance and that often in the autumn twelve 
or fifteen could be seen at one time carrying corn from the field to 
the woodland. They are at present regularly distributed over the 
southern half of the state, being more common in the central por- 
tion of this area and becoming less common along the shore of 
Lake Michigan and in the southern tier of counties. 
Tamias striatus griseus Mearns. 
Gray Chipmunk ; Ground Squirrel. 
Tamias s. griseus is found from the southern boundary of the 
state north at least to Oneida County, where I took an adult female 
August 20, 1907. This specimen was taken in a clearing among 
birch trees, and specimens of Butamias q. neglectus were trapped 
in the same clearing. Old rail fences and second growth woods 
are the favorite habitats of the gray chipmunk and in such envi- 
ronments it is quite common north to about latitude 45°. 
Chipmunks are particularly fond of berries, and during the 
month of July gooseberries and raspberries constitute their chief 
food ; seeds of the linden tree also find favor in their eyes, and the 
smaller grains and grass seeds receive their due amount of at- 
tention. 
Eutamias quadrivittatus neglectus (Allen). 
Little Striped Chipmunk. 
This, the eastern representative of the Rocky Mountain chip- 
munk, is confined in Wisconsin to the Canadian zone ; here it lives 
in open woods and clearings. In the northern part of its range 
it confines itself almost entirely to rock piles, but in the southern 
part of its range it inhabits sand banks, stump piles, brush heaps, 
and nearly any conceivable location except dense woodlands and 
swamps. 
No sooner is the camp made than these little chipmunks make 
