Vulpes virginianus * "RED POXES" are said to be rather numerous. 
BATS.- I have observed at least two species,but have taken no 
specimens nor identified the species seen. 
HR 
Sciurus c are linens is . GRAY SQUILL; BBACK SQUI^®^ • -C oration. Said 
by all the people to have been entirely absent from the 
region about here until three or four years ago,when thee 
occurred a general immigration,and the species at once 
became abundant everywhere. The number of black ones 
is small as compared with the gray,but a snail percent- 
IVU.. ^AAJLcLl 2 * to AKXi-.' 
age is regularly observed. (camvLj 
Ac^y> Le. U<j &UJU *y. ^ 
Spermophilus 3-decimlineatum . THREE'LL I NED GOPHER. {/&“- 
Everywherc^ abun Aaayb-, and probably the most abundant mam¬ 
mal in the region. Young were ohservcd as earjy as June 
16th. A State law provides a bounty of Jjf pre head 
for their destruction,on account of their injury to agri¬ 
culture . 
Spermophilus 
GRAY GOPHER. I have only seen 
one of these Spcrmophiles in the post,but am told that 
they are rather common,and that a bounty is also paitfL 
for their extermination. 
Tamias striatus . CHIPMUNK. A very common species. A young of 
the year,killed July 5th,was two-thirds as large as its 
parents. 
I have not yet seen,heard,of heard of the RED SQUIRREL ( Sciurus 
hudsonijgsWor the PLYING SQUIRREL. &U-&- ■- 
Arctomyn. monax• 
woodchuck: GROUND HOG. 
Very common. 
