914 RODENTIA 



lighter and duller anterioi'ly and continuing over outer surface 

 of fore leg and along side of neck. Feet dull tawny-ochraceous 

 clouded with blackish. Tail blackish suffused with tawny- 

 ochraceous beneath surface. Underparts creamy white ; chin 

 and interramial region light drabby grey. 



Measurements. — Type (young adult female) : hind foot, GO ; 

 ear from meastus, 29. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from the type localit}'. 



1. Agoriani, Lyakura Mts., Greece. Lord Lilford (p). 7. 9. 8. 1. 



[SclilUter.) {Type of subspecies.) 



1. Parnassus. Lord Lilford (p). 8. 10. 17. 1. 



SciURUs VULGARIS ALPiNUs Desmarest. 



1822. Sciurus alpinns Desmarest, Mammalogie, ii, p. 543 (Pyrenees). 

 1842. Sciurus alpimis P. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mamm., iv, tabl. gen., p. 4 



(described and figured in fasc. 24, pi. 237, 1821). 

 1857. Sciurus vulgaris Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 272 (part). 

 1905. Sciurus alpinns Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., v, p. 230, 



April, 1905. 

 190G. Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Trouossart, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., Paris, 



XII, p. 3G3. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Trouossart. Faune ]Mamm. d'Europe, p. 119. 



Type localitij. — Pyrenees. 



Geographlcnl distrihuiion. — Pyrenees ; limits of range not 

 known. 



Diagnosis. — Size essentially as in Seiurus vulgaris itaUrus ; 

 colour in dark phase similar to that of S. v. russus and »S'. v. 

 fuscoafer ; skull with I'ostral poi-tion noticeablj' broadened and 

 shortened. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Espot, Lurida, Spain : head 

 and body, 240 ; tail, 205 ; hind foot, 58 ; ear, 22. For cranial 

 measurements, see Table, p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Two from Espot, Lerida, Spain (U.S.N.JI. and 

 Cabrera). 



BemnrJi-s. — The status of this race is not clearly understood. 



Sciurus vulgaris numantius Miller. 



1905. Slciunisl sp. Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., ^Madrid, iv, 



"pp. 224,231, April, 1905. 

 1905. S\ciurus] rufus Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., iladrid, 



IV, p. 225, April, 1905 (not of Kerr, 1792). 

 1907. Sciurus vulgaris numantius Miller, Ann. and ]\Iag. Nat. Hist., 7th 



ser., sx, p. 428, November, 1907. Tj'pe in British Museum. 

 1910. Sciurus rulgaris mimantius Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, 



p. 120. 



Ti/pe localitij. — Pinares de (^Hiintanar do la Sierra, Burgos, 

 Spain. 



