146 Bangs The Squirrels of Eastern North America. 



melanistic individuals occur; on the other hand, over large areas 

 of country the black phase is unknown. The red squirrel is not 

 subject to melanism. I have heard of black individuals, but 

 have never seen one. Local albinistic races or families are, how 

 ever, not uncommon. One of these colonies is near Denver, 

 Ind., from whence I have a curious series presenting every de 

 gree of albinism. 



The flying squirrels do not vary individually to an extent 

 worth notice. 



The earlier writers were much troubled and confused by our 

 squirrels, and as a consequence some of the species have an 

 appalling array of synonyms. Professor Baird, in 1857, did a 

 splendid piece of work, considering the scanty material he had, 

 in doing away with most of the superfluous names, and Allen, 

 twenty years later, put on a few finishing touches. 



List of Species and Subspecies of Sciurus and Sciuropterus Inhabiting Eastern 



North America. 

 Name. Type locality. 



Sciurus niger Linn Southern South Carolina. 



ludovicianus Custis Red River of Louisiana. 



ludovicianus vicinus subsp. nov AVhite Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 



carolinensis Gmelin Carolina. 



carolinensis leucotis (Gapper) Region between York and Lake 



Simcoe, Out. 



carolinensis hypophseus Merriam . . . .Elk River, Minn. 

 carolinensis fuliginosus (Bachman). .New Orleans, La. 



carolinensis extimus subsp. nov Miami, Florida. 



hudsonicus Erxl Hudson Strait. 



hudsonicus loquax subsp. nov Liberty Hill, Conn. 



Sciuropterus sabrinus (Shaw) Severn River, James Bay. 



silus sp. nov.. Top of Katis Mtn., above White 



Sulphur Springs, W. Ya. 



volans (Linn.) North America. 



volans querceti subsp. nov Citronelle, Citrus Co., Florida. 



Genus SCIURUS Linnaeus. 



Tail long and bushy ; ears well developed, sometimes slightly tufted ; 

 feet adapted for climbing, the anterior having four digits and a rudi 

 mentary pollex and the posterior five digits, all of which have long, 

 curved, and sharp claws; mammse from four to six; skull light built, 

 with long postorbital processes ; penultimate upper premolar, when 

 present, minute ; diurnal.* 



* Substantially taken from Flower and Lydekker, Mammals Living and 

 Extinct, London, 1891. 



