March, 1904. Mammals of Southern California — Elliot. 285 



summer, as the horns are shed in the early part of October 

 or late in September. A male shot the middle of October had 

 small, soft horns, and a female taken the same date had shed 

 one horn, but still retained the other. This specimen contained 

 two embryos about three months old. 



At the head of the San Joaquin Valley, near the western termi- 

 nation of Tehachapi Pass, a herd of seven antelope is said to be 

 still in existence on the open plains of the valley. Another band 

 of about the same proportions was reported still farther west, 

 near Buena Vista Lake, and another one on the Carriso Plains, 

 on the western side of the San Joaquin Valley. Thev are said 

 to have formerly migrated through the low passes in the Teha- 

 chapi Mountains from the San Joaquin to the Mohave Desert. 



ORDER RODENTIA. 



FAM. SC1URID/E. 



SCIURUS. 



A. Hesperosciurus. 

 Sciurus griseus. 



Sciurus griseus Orel, Guth., Geog., 1815, p. 292. Elliot, Syn. 

 N. Am. Mamm., iqoi, p. 55. • 



I Specimen: Hot Springs, Mt. Whitney. 



"This squirrel was not common at this elevation, where thev 

 were confined to the black pine timber, Finns jeffreyi, which 

 does not extend much above this altitude. They were also seen 

 about Fort Tejon and on Mt. Pinos. About the fort they were 

 found in the white and live-oaks, and on Mt. Pinos in forests 

 of Pi mis jeffreyi. 



Sciurus douglasi albolimbatus. 



Sciurus d. albolimbatus Allen, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 1898, p. 453. Elliot, Syn. N. Am. Mamm., 1901, p. 66. 



II Examples: 1 Whitney Creek, 1 Whitney Meadows, 4 Ram- 

 shaw Meadows, 4 Big Cottonwood Meadows, 1 Hot Springs, Long 

 Canon, Mt. Whitney. 



"An abundant species in the Canadian Zone of the high 

 Sierras, in the vicinity of Mt. Whitney. Most of the chicarees 

 were seen in forests of lodge-pole pines, Piuus iniirrayaua, but 

 they were not rare in growths of the fox-tail pine, Piuus balfour- 

 iana. None were seen below the range of the lodge-pole pine 

 or below 8,000 feet. At timber-line thev were rare, the favorite 



