912 ■ RODENTIA 



9. Strass, Bavaria. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 89. 



6, 2 9. Marxheim, Bavaria. Lord Lilford (i>). 11. 1. 1. 67-69. 



{Woltcrstofff.) 



9. Niesliy, Silesia. Dr. E. Hamilton (r). 97. 12. 4. 20. 



2. Csallok'oz-Somor j a, Budapest Museum (e). 91.3.1.29. 



Pressburg, Hungary. 

 6. Trefail,Steiermark,Hun- Lord Lilford (p). 11.1.1.90. 



gary. 

 6 6. Haida, Bohemia. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 61-66. 



(Wolterstorff.) 



1. Karlsbad, Bohemia. Lord Odo Russell 44. 9. 7. 3. 



(c & p). 

 6. Hatszog, Hunycad, Trail- C. G. Danford (c). 3. 11. S. 20. 

 sylvania. 



2. Zubcrer. BudapestMuscum(B). 91. 3. 1. 31-32. 

 3 iJ, 2 9. Bustenari.Prahova, Rou- Lord Lilford (p). 4. 4. 6. 67-71. 



mania. [W. Dodson.) 

 2 o', 2 9. St. Galleu, Switzerland. O. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 35-38. 



(Zollikofcr.) 

 2 9. Untorvatz, Grisons. O. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 39-40. 



{Zollikofcr.) 

 i, 6 juv. Davcsco, Ticino. O. Thomas (p). 2. 8. 4. 28-29. 



(Zollikofcr.) 

 6. Switzerland. E. R. .\lston (p). 79. 9. 25. 30. 



SCIURUS VULtiAPaS ITALICUS Buiuipaite. 



1838. Sciurus italicus Bonaparte, Iconogr. Faun. Ital., i, fasc. 23 (Italy). 

 1857. Sciurus vulgaris Blasius, Siiugethiero Dcutschlands, p. 272 (part). 



1906. Sciurus vulgaris italicus Trouessart, Bull. ilus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, 



XII, p. 364 (part). 



1907. Sciurus mcridionalis Lucifcro, Revista Ital. di Sci. Nat., Siena. 



XXVI, p. 45, June, 1907 (Sila, Calabria, Italy). Renaming of 

 ,S'. alpinus Costa (not of Desmarest). 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris italicus Trouessart, Faunc ^lamm. d'Europc, 

 p. 122. 



2\i/p,' /(/ra/////.— Italy. 



GeiKjraphical tJistrihation. — Italy except tlic region iioith of 

 the Apennines. 



Di(upwnis. — Ked phase H<ihter and more ochraceous than in 

 Sri II run vuhjaris fuscoater ; brown phase less dark than in 

 fnscodter, the tail with broad grizzled median area ; back rarely 

 if ever showing any evident trace of a darker median line, and 

 sides rarely with any noticeable greyish suffusion even in winter. 



Colour. — Red phase, winter : upper parts clear ochraceous- 

 rufous, the crown, ears and median dorsal region brighter and 

 more red, the sides paler and duller but with no distinct inter- 

 mixture of grizzled grey ; tail dark orange-rufous, the median 

 region below tinged with light clay-colour or occasionally some- 

 what grizzled ; feet like median region of back, the soles drab ; 

 face and muzzle, especially the region surrounding base of 

 whiskers, fading to ochraceous-bufT; underparts from throat to 

 base of tail buflfy white ; interramia tinged vath grey ; inner 

 side of legs paler and less red than outer sirle, closely resenabhng 



