58 Howell — Notes on the Distribution of Certain Mammals. 



Lumpkin (November 20, 21), Preston (November 23), and 

 Americus (November 24). 



In addition to the records made personally on this trip, and 

 on a previous trip in northern Louisiana in January and Feb- 

 ruary, 1908, 1 have included in this report records of specimens 

 in the Biological Survey Collection taken by other members of 

 the staff, and of specimens in the National Museum Collection 

 and the private collection of Dr. C. Hart Merriam which furnish 

 additional information on the ranges of the species in the region 

 under consideration. 



Sciurus carolinensis Gnielin. 



SOUTHERN GRAY SQUIRREL. 



The range of this squirrel iuckides nearly the whole of the southern 

 States except southern Florida and the coast region of Louisiana. In 

 the lowlands it is found almost exclusively in heavily-timbered swamps 

 and in many places is still very abundant. In the mountainous districts 

 it ranges less commonly to at least 4,500 feet altitude. It is extensively 

 liunted in the fall and winter, and furnishes an important food supply. 



The Biological Survey Collection contains a large number of specimens, 

 all of the typical form, from various localities in the southern vStates, as 

 follows : 



Tennessee: Arlington, 7; Big Sandy, 17; High Cliff, Campbell County, 1. 

 Georgia: Brasstown Bald, Towns County (4,500 feet alt.), 1; Grassy 



Mountain, 5 miles east of Jasper, 1; Lumpkin, 1. 

 Alabama: Catherine, 1; Reform, 2; Hale County, 1; Castleberry, 3; Bon 



Secour, 4; Point Clear, Mobile Bay, 1. 

 Mississippi: Michigan City, 3; Washington, 2; Bay St. Louis, 6. 

 Louisiana: Mer Rouge, 3; Tallulah, 2. 



Sciurus niger Linnaeus. 



FLORIDA FOX SQUIRREL. 



The northern and western limits of the range of this scpiirrel are not 

 definitely known. It probably occupies, in addition to peninsular Florida, 

 nearly all of southern Georgia and the coast region of the Carolinas. 

 Bangs records a specimen from Columbus, Georgia.* There are specimens 

 in the National Museum from Nashville and Ilogansville, Georgia — the 

 former a typical specimen in the gray phase, the latter a black skin with- 

 out skull. From the very scanty material now at hand, intergradation 

 between ntr/er and texianun can only be surmised. Intrrgradation does 

 take place, however, l)etween niger and neglectus, as shown by interme- 

 diate specimens in the National Museum from Accotink, Virginia. 



• Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., X, p. 148. 1896. 



