76 SCIURUS. 



a. Sciuriis adolphei dorsalis (Gray). 



Sciurus dorsalis Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1848, p. 138. 



Sciurus rigidus Peters, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 



1863, p. 652. 

 Sciurus intermedius Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 



1867, p. 421. 

 Sciurus nicoyana Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, 



p. 423. 

 Sciurus boothicB Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rod., 1877, p. 741. (Part. 



West Costa Rica specimens.) 

 Sciurus hypopyrrhus Allen, Mon. N. Am. Rod., 1877, p. 746. 



(Part. West Costa Rica specimens.) 

 Sciurus adolphei dorsalis Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. 



Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, Pt. 1, 1904, p. 127. Zool. Ser. 

 Banded-back Squirrel. 



Type locality. Liberia, Costa Rica, nee Caracas, Venezuela. 

 Geogr. Distr. Western Costa Rica, Alajuela to Liberia, Peninsula 

 of Nicoya, and possibly adjacent parts of Nicaragua. 



149. Sciurus melania (Gray). 



Macroxus melania Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 3d Ser., xx, 1867, 



P- 425- 

 Sciurus melania Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F, C. M. 

 Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 128. Zool. Ser. 

 Gray's Black Squirrel. 



Type locality. Point Burica, Costa Rica. 



Geogr. Distr. Costa Rica, Chiriqui, Panama. Altitude, 2,000 

 feet. 



150. 5ciurus boothiae Gray. 



Sciurus boothicB Gray, List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus., 1843, p. i39- 



Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, F. C. M. Pub., iv, 



Pt. I, 1904, p. 128. Zool. Ser. 

 Sciurus richardsoni Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ist Ser., x, 1842, 



p. 264. (nee Bachman.) 

 Sciurus juscovariegatus Schinz., Syst. Mamm., 11, 1845, P- ^S- 

 Sciurus hypopyrrhus Alston, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 662. (Part. 



Honduras specimens.) 

 Honduras Squirrel. 



Type locality. Honduras, San Pedro Sula? 



Geogr. Distr. Humid coast forests of northern Honduras and bor- 

 der of Guatemala. 



