TENNESSEE MAMMALS KELLOGG 275 



at the same locality. Five were trapped in deciduous woods north of 

 Waynesboro, Wayne County. Another one was trapped on an oak 

 tree near Frankewing, Lincoln County. Howell (1918, p. 24) lists 

 one specimen from Nashville, Davidson County. 



In the southwestern corner of the State, four were trapped in the 

 cypress sw^amp near Hickory Withe, Fayette County. Local residents 

 did not know that flying squirrels were present in this area. In the 

 lowlands of Haywood County flying squirrels were common accord- 

 ing to B. C. Miles (Rhoads, 1896, p. 197), and in 1890 he routed 30 

 out of his martin box. Flying squirrels seemed to be less numerous 

 in the northwestern corner of the State. Only two were trapped in 

 Obion County, one on a beech tree south of Hornbeak and another 

 one near Samburg. 



This southern race resembles volmifi rather closely in external meas- 

 urements, and typical specimens are darker than the latter. jSIost of 

 the Tennessee specimens referred to this race have lighter upperparts 

 than those from Alabama listed by Howell (1918, p. 25) . The average 

 measurements of eight males are as follows: Total length, 223.7 

 (211-237); tail vertebrae, 97.2 (93-101); hind foot, 30.1 (29-31). 

 For 11 females the average measurements are : Total length, 221.7 

 (205-233); tail vertebrae, 94.5 (88-102); hind foot, 30.1 (^28-32). 



Cumberland County: 7 miles southwest of Crossville, 6. 

 Fayette Coimty: Hickory Withe, 4. 

 Lincoln County: 6 miles southwest of Frankewing, 1. 



Obion County: Reelfoot Lake. .3 miles south of Samburg. 1; Reelfoot Lake, 5 

 miles west of Hornl^eak, 1. 



GLAUCOMYS VOLANS VOLANS (Linnaeus): Small Eastern Flying 



Squirrel 



These small flying squirrels appeared to be rather common in the 

 Holston Mountains northeast of Shady Valley, for eight were taken 

 in Schuyler traps nailed to the trunks of oak and beech trees at 

 elevations of 3,000 to 3,800 feet. One was taken on the trmik of 

 an oak tree at an altitude of 4,200 feet on Koan Mountain. 



Specimens from Greenbrier, Sevier County, and Eaioxville, Knox 

 County, are listed by Komarek and Komarek (1938, p. 154). 



Detailed comparisons of the series from the mountainous section 

 of eastern Tennessee with a comparable series from eastern West 

 Virginia failed to reveal any valid differences. It should be noted, 

 however, that relatively few specimens from the southern Alle- 

 gheny Mountains were available when Howell (1918) revised this 

 genus. In the whiter pelage, the toes and the fore parts of the 

 feet are generally whitish in volans in contrast to the rather imi- 

 formly dark feet of saturatus^ although the external measurements 

 of this race do not differ appreciably from those of the latter. The 



