MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
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LIST OF SPECIES. 
1. Odocoileus amcricanus borealis Miiller. Northern White-tailed 
Deer. — Deer are quite common in the region of Douglas Lake. The 
writer saw five during the eight week's session of the summer school, 
and several more were seen by other students. Two or three came 
out to the lake, to eat the water vegetation or to drink, almost every 
night during the summer. 
2. Seiurus niger rufiventor (Geoffrey). Western Fox Squirrel. — This 
species was not found to be very abundant, perhaps for the reason that 
the country is as yet too sparsely settled. The fox squirrel in Michigan, 
unlike the gray and black squirrels which retreat before the settlements, 
is found in groves and in small tracts of timber in the older settled 
regions. No specimens were taken, but farmers and hunters reported 
their presence. 
3. Seiurus carolinensis leucotis (Gapper). Northern Gray or Black 
Squirrel. This species was found in great abundance in the hardwood 
timber north of the lake. Three specimens were taken, two of which 
were deep black. Many more were seen, and it is interesting to note 
that of the ten specimens observed only four were gray and the rest 
black. 
Mr. Norton, a man who has lived on Indian Point, Burt Lake, for a 
period of more than ten years, told the writer that a family of black 
squirrels live in a tree back of his cottage, and, as he never allowed 
anyone to molest them, he has had a good opportunity to observe their 
habits. The most interesting fact about these squirrels was that in the 
past ten years he had never seen one gray squirrel among the young 
of those living in that tree. When large squirrels were plentiful in 
Osceola county, the percentage of the black phase was even greater 
than is found at present in Cheboygan county. The writer has seen 
hunters bring in a bag of fifteen or twenty large squirrels and only 
one or two gray squirrels among them, the rest being black. 
Museum Number. 
Sex. 
Color. 
Length. 
Tail . 
Foot . 
41390 
Adult female 
Black 
469 
215 
64 
41.389 
Adult Male 
Black 
464 
204 
64 
41396 
Adult female 
Cray 
430 
205 
69 
4. Seiurus liudsonicus loquax (Bangs). Red Squirrel, Chickaree.— 
This squirrel was found in great abundance wherever there was any 
timber at all. In the hardwood and hemlock forest north of Douglas 
Lake, especially near the shore in a narrow belt of hemlock, the noise 
made by numbers of these little animals was almost deafening during 
the early hours of the morning. 
Museum Number. 
Sex. 
Length. 
Tail. 
41392 
Adult male 
306 
295 
120 
107 
41391 
Adult female 
