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America, 1 I found it necessary in several cases to apply to .Mi'. Oldfiehl 

 Thomas of the British Museum for information concerning (he speci 

 mens Gray had in hand when preparing his brief descriptions. Mr. 

 Thomas very kindly looked up Gray's types and gave me exactly the in 

 formation necessary to settle the status of various species. Among 

 others I asked about Gray's MacrcTua neglectus and Mr. Thomas wrote 

 that the type of this species (No. 44.5.29.9 of the British Museum regis 

 ter) is a common fox squirrel of the cinerev* type and is entered as hav 

 ing been collected at Wilmington, Delaware, by H. Doubleday. Mr. 

 Thomas adds that 'Gray did not trouble to look out the locality in the 

 register' and thus accounts for the indefinite locality given. 



In Mr. O. Bangs' 'Review of Squirrels of Eastern North America' 2 

 the fox squirrel of the northeastern United States is described as tfciuru* 

 ludovicianux mcinux with the type from White Sulphur Springs, West 

 Virginia. Gray's Ifacroxu* negUctua came from the midst of the range 

 given by Mr. Bangs for his & I. vicinux and it follows therefore that the. 

 fox squirrels from Northern Virginia to Southern New York and New 

 England should be called 8ciurus ludovicianu* neglectus (Gray). E. W. 

 Nelson. 



*Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., I, pp. 15-10(5, 1899. 



2 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, X, 150 (Dec. 28, 189(5). 



