SCIUROPTERUS. 



f. —fuliginosus. {SL-iurofiicrus), Rhoads, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. Phil., 

 1897, p. 314. 



Type locality. Martin Station, Kittitass county. Cascade Moun- 

 tains, Washington. 



Gtogr. Distr. Cascade, Coast, and Sierra Nevada Mountains, at 

 high elevations. 



Genl. Char. Like S. i'. alpiniis in size, but color darker. 



Color. Upper parts with under fur slaty drab, hairs tipped with 

 broccoli brown, giving a mottled slaty drab appearance. Upper half 

 of tail like back, rest slaty gray, end blackish slate. Upper surface 

 of membrane slaty drab. Tail beneath smoke gray, bordered with 

 blackish. Under parts light drab gray, tinged with brown on throat 

 at base and lower margin of membrane; orbital ring black. Lower 

 margin of membrane white. 



Mtasurcmcnts. Tj'pe. Total length, 317; tail, 153: hind foot, 

 40; ear from crown, 18; length of carpal fascia, 25. 



g.—klaniafhenxis. i^Sciuro/'tfrus), Merr. . Proc. Biol. See. Wash., 

 1897, p. 225. 



Type locality. Fort Klamath, Oregon. 



Geogr. Distr. Oregon, range not determined. 



Genl. Char. Similar to S. v. fuliginosiis, but smaller; tail paler 

 above. 



Color. Upper parts drab brown; tinged with fulvous brown; 

 under parts yellowish buff. Tail above like back, beneath deep buff; 

 cheeks pale yellowish gray. Top of head grayish fulvous, ears pale. 



Measurements. Type. Total length, 329; tail vertebra;, 138; 

 liind foot, 38. 



142. Stephens!. Merr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 1900, p. 151. 



T\pe locality. Sherwood, Mendocino county, California. 



Genl. Char. Similar to 5. klamathcnsis, but smaller and darker. 



Color. "In coloraHdn' this subspecies resembles klamathensis 

 much more closely than oregoncnsis, but it is slightly darker than 

 klamathensis and has much smaller ears and audital bullae. Under 

 parts and under side of tail without trace of fulvous suffusion." 

 (Merr. 1. c.) 



Measurements. Total length, 277: tail vertebrif, 131 ; hind foot, 37. 



Fam. II. Haplodoiitidae. 



Form stout, heavy; limbs short: head broad, Hat, triangular: no 

 neck apparent; tail short, terete, hairj'; ears moderate; eyes minute; 

 feet plantigrade, five-toed, upper surface hairy, palms and soles 

 naked, claws long, thumb short. Skull massive, depressed, triangu- 



