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ears, as represented in BulTon's plate, and hence S. variegatus is clearly ref- 

 erable in part (and I think mainly) to the Southern Fox Squirrel of the 

 present article. The animal described very imperfectly under the above- 

 cited names by Fernandez is apparently referable to the S. hypopyrrhits of 

 Wagler, § as claimed by the last-mentioned author. 



Table XXVI. — Measurements of ten specimens of Sciurus niger var. cink'IEUS. 



345 

 294 

 295 

 290 

 339 

 2380 

 223H 



LocaHty. 



Carlisle, Pa . 



.do . 



Prince George's Co., Hd 



do 



do 



Washington, D. C 



do 



Clarke County, Va 



Pennsylvania? 



Pennsylvania. 



From tip of nose 

 tc— 



2.70 



3.20 



11.00 



12.20 



3. 00 13. 00 



Tail to end of- 



9.00 

 9.40 

 8.90 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 10.00 

 10.80 

 7.50 



11.00 

 13.20 

 11.00 

 11.40 

 13.00 

 13.50 

 14.75 

 11.50 



Length of — 



2.90 



2.90 

 2.W 

 2.75 



2. eo 



2.90 

 2.95 

 2.80 



Nature of specimen. 



Measurements from 



Baird's Mamm. N. 



Amer. p. 250. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



Measurements from 



And. and Bach. Qd. 



N. Am. i, p. 1 15. 

 do. 



Table XXVII. — Measurements of eight specimens of Sciurus nigeu var. niger. 



* In Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 

 $ See Isis, 1831, p. 510. 



