910 



SciUliUS VULGARIS FUSCOATEli Altum. 



1804. Scinriis vulgaris var. cincrca Hermann, Observ. ZooL, p. 65 



(Germany '?) Not Sciurus cinereus Liunieus 1766. 

 1857. Sciurns vulgaris Blasius Siiugethiere Deutschlands, p. 272 (part). 

 1S7G. [Sciurus vulgaris] var. fuscoatra Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Harz Mts. and Silesia). 

 187G. [Sciurus vulgaris'] var. nigresccns Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Silesia). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] var. hrunnca Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, 



p. 75 (Alsace-Lorraine). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] graca Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, p. 75 



(synonym of hrunnca). 

 1876. [Sciurus vulgaris] alpma 'Altum, Forstzoologie, 2d ed., i, p. 75 



(synonym of brunnea). Not Sciurus alpinus F. Cuvier, 1812. 

 IS'J'J. Sciurus vulgaris rufus Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. ZooL Soc. London, 



p. 5. Not of Kerr, 1792. 

 1905. Sciurus vulgaris var. gotthardi Fatio, Arch. Sci. I'hys. et Nat., 



Geneve, 4th scr., xix, p. 512 (South slope of 'Mt. St. Gothard, 



Switzerland). 



1907. Sciuriis vulgaris rutilans IMiller, Ann. and ilag. Nat. Hist., 7th ser., 



XX, p. 426, November, 1907 (Rudolstadt, Thiiringen, Germany). 

 Type in British ]\Iuseum. 



1908. Sciurus vulgaris fuscuatcr Miller, Ann. and ^lag. Nat. Hist., 8th ser., 



1, i>. 128, January, 1908. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris fnscoutcr Troucssart, Faune 3Iamm. d'Europe, 

 p. 118. 



Tj/iic Idciilitij. — llarz Moiintain.s, (Ttu'iiiany. 



GcLKjrdjiliicdl (lixtrihation. — East-central Europe fruui (lermany 

 through Austria-Hungary to Roumania; south through tlie Alps. 



Diaiino><is. — Hioiilar to S. vnhjaria riismafi, but red phase in 

 l)oth winter and summer a clear bright rufous, tinged with grev 

 on sides and sometimes on back. Dark phase present but less 

 connnon than red phase, the relative abundance of the two 

 subject to much local variation. Summer pelage : light phase : 

 body clear rufous, closely agreeing with that of Eidgway, and 

 without chestnut sufiusion, tail the sanae clear rufous but more 

 intense ; dark phase as in winter but general effect more sooty. 

 AVinter pelage : light phase : body rufous tinged with light 

 smoke- grey along sides, tail clear rufous; dark phase: liody a 

 grizzled hair-brown suH'used with mummy-brown over back : tail 

 slaty black. 



Measurements. — Average and extremes of live adults from 

 Ingelheim, liheinhessen, Germany: head and bo<lv, 229 •■! (220- 

 236); tail, 192 (189-198); hind foot, GO-4 (59-61); ear, 32-i: 

 (31-04). Young adult male from Rudolstadt, Thiiringen, 

 (nirmany (type of rntllaiis Millei') : head and body, 223 ; tail, 

 1 75 ; hind foot, 57 ; ear, 27. Adult female from Niesky, iSilesia, 

 Germany: head and body, 228; tail, 195; hind foot, 62; ear, 

 32. Adult male and female from St. Gallen, Switzerland : head 

 and body, 230 and 229; tail, 18-1 and 190; hind foot, 61 and 



