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west coast, it is difficult to secure specimens, a dog being neces- 

 sary to assist the hunter. Near St. Mary's, Ga., Mr. Surber 

 writes that they seem to be practically extinct, but in the pine 

 lands south and west of Riceboro, they are tolerably common. 

 He adds, "there are more fox squirrels within twenty miles 

 about Jacksonville, Florida, than in any place visited by the 

 writer in the State. In the vicinity of Enterprise they are 

 nearly extinct." One of the specimens from New Berlin has the 

 under parts dark buff, while the rest of the body, head, legs and 

 entire tail above and beneath is jet black, relieved only by 

 the white nose and edge of ears. This melanistic pelage in 

 such a complete condition is very rare. The Riceboro example 

 shows an inclination towards melanism, as the edges of thighs 

 and arms are jet black, and the under parts blackish. The other 

 New Berlin specimen has a normal coloration. 



Sciurus carolinensis. 



Sciurus carolinensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat., i, 1788, p. 148. 



Thirteen examples: i, Apex, North Carolina; 2, Calhoun 

 Falls, South Carolina; 4, St. Mary's, Georgia; i, Riceboro, 

 Georgia ; i, New Berlin, i, St. Charles Creek, i, Oak Lodge, i, 

 Enterprise, and i, Crystal River, Florida. 



In this small series of the gray squirrel from various localities, 

 a surprising variation in measurements is found among the 

 adults. The largest from Apex, North Carolina, has a total 

 length of 490 mm., and tail vertebrae, 215. The total length of 

 the St. Mary's specimens ranges from 420-450 ; tail vertebrae, 

 175-220; while that of the Florida examples is 425-440; tail 

 vertebrae, 200-215 > tne last averaging in total length 431.7, or 7 

 mm. less than Bangs' S. c. extimus, which is called the smallest 

 of the S. carolinensis series. The description of S. c. extimus is 

 suited to some of these Florida skins, but they also agree per- 

 fectly with those from the north in color of pelage, and undoubt- 

 edly should be regarded as S. carolinensis, although apparently 

 possessing all the characters that are given as distinguishing 

 S. c. extimus. I regret that at present I have no examples from 

 Dade County, the typical locality oiS. c. extimus, to compare with 

 these more northern specimens, and so get a better conception 

 of the value of the sub-species as a separate form. Judging 

 from the description alone one would have little hesitation in 



