migratorius, Aud. & Bach. Quad. N. Am., 1849, i, p. 265, pi. xxxv. 



Type locality. Region between New York and Lake Simcoe, 

 Ontario, Canada. 



Geogr. Distr. Allef;hanies of Pennsylvania north through New 

 York and New England to southern New Brunswick and southern 

 Canada, west to Minnesota. 



Gcnl. Char. Size large; tail long, bushy. 



Fig. 11. SCIURUS (NeOSCIRUS) carolinensis. 

 No. 3qS Field Columbian Museum Coll. Nat. size. 



Color. Above silvery gray; under parts white, rusty sometimes 

 on neck or chest; tail hairs yellowish at base, then black broadly 

 tipped with white; ears yellowish white. Melanistic individuals not 

 uncommon. 



Meastir, mints. Total length. 503; tail vertebra?, 230; hind foot, 71. 



h.—hypophaeus. (Sciurus), Merr. Scien., 1886, viii, p. 351. 

 Ty/ie locality. Elk River, Minnesota. 



