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divergent form, more closely related t<> nigripes than to grfeeus, from 

 which hitter it iniiy be recognized by the following characters: Size 

 smaller; color paler and Less coarsely grizzled; pure white instead of 

 faintly yellowish on under parts: sides of head paler, with hairs less 

 annulated with black; feet and tail much blacker; ears narrower and 

 much longer; feet and claws .-mallei-; skull -mallei' (averaging 68 

 by 39 mm. in anthonyi against 70 by 38 in topotypes of griseus), 

 with relatively shorter and broader rostrum and nasals, and very 

 slightly higher audital bullae. fl 



From Sciurus griseus nigripes it is only distinguishable by slightly 

 smaller size, paler coloration, and absence of the yellowish-brown 

 suffusion over the hack. S.. </. nigripes is the darkest, and S. g. an- 

 thonyi the palest form: but the shape of the skull and ear- and the 

 color of the feet and tail are very similar. 



1 have seen specimen- of this form from the oak zone of the 

 Laguna, Cuyamaca, San Jacinto. San Bernardino, and Tejon moun- 

 tain- of southern California. it> range extending south at least to 

 the Laguna Mountains of Lower California. 50 miles south of 

 Campo. and 70 miles south of the type-locality in San Diego County. 

 Cali fornia. 



Habits and local distribution. — Our specimens were all obtained 

 from the type-locality. It was usually seen in pine and oak tree-, 

 often descending to the ground. The young are probably horn in 

 May and June, as we obtained a female with her two young on June 

 L2, and obtained a very young one June 10. 



"In addition to the facts of the present case. T will say that, according to 

 recently-applied standards, no native mammal of the Columbia River Valley is 

 supspecifically identical with the same species from any part of Mexico, so far 

 as my comparisons have gone. 



