Vol. XI, pp. 281-282 December 30, 1897 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW RACE OF PINE SQUIRREL FROM THE COAST 

 REGION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. 



. BY OUTRAM BANGS. 



Mr. C. A. Allen, of Nicasio, California, has sent me fourteen 

 pine squirrels that were shot at Philo, Mendocino County, Cali- 

 fornia, by a friend of his, who sent them to him in the meat, Mr. 

 Allen measuring, sexing, and skinning them. This series shows 

 the pine squirrel of the coast region of northern California, west 

 of the mountains, to be a well-marked race. The region north 

 of its range is occupied by S. hudsonicus douglasi, and in the 

 mountains to the east is found S. hudsonicus ccdifornicus. The 

 present form differs considerably from either of these squirrels, 

 though undoubtedly it intergrades with one or both of them. 



The pine squirrel of the coast region of northern California 

 may be known as follows : 



Sciurus hudsonicus orarius subsp. nov. 



I'l/pe from Philo, Mendocino County, California, $ old adult, No. 4978. 

 Coll. E. A. and O. Bangs. Collected Dec. 9, 1895. Skinned, sexed, and 

 measured by C. A. Allen. 



General characters. — Size and proportions of <S'. Jiudsonicns doaglasi ; ear 

 small and low as in that form ; colors above very dark with hut little 

 rusty ; colors ])elow varying from ochraceous to ochraceous-bufi'; tail dark 

 colored with but little rusty in it and conspicuously bordered by a deep 

 fringe of white. 



Color. — Effect of upper parts, owing to the banding of the hairs, deep 

 olive varied with a fine sprinkling of yellowish olive, a little rust color 

 intermixed at base of tail, e.x^tendingin some specimens onto rump ; more 

 olive gray on cheeks and top of nose ; feet, hands, and underparts vary- 



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