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female, Guatemala. — 19. Adult male, Honduras. N'^s. 10 

 till 19 are darker colored, the brownish-yellow lateral line 

 is not developed and the fulvous suöusion beneath the sur- 

 face of the pelage is more confused. No. 19 represents the 

 darkest phase. 



20, Skull of NO. 2. — 21. Skull of N". 8. — 22. Skull 

 of NO. 9. — 23. Skull of N^. 10. — 24. Skull of N». 11. — 

 25. Skull of NO. 12. — 26. Skull of N^. 13. — 27. Skull 

 of NO. 14. — 28. Skull of No. 16. — 29. Skull of No. 17. 



30 and 31. Adult male and female, Mexico, Presidio, 

 Forrer, 1883. 



Sciurus varieg atus. 



\111, Sciurus variegatus Erxleben. Systema regni animalis, 

 p. 421. 



1837. Sciurus socialis Wagner. Abh. d. Math. phys. Klasse 

 d. K. Bayer. Akad. d. Wissensch. II. p. 504. T. 5; 

 Sciurus albipes Wagner. 1. c. p. 501. 



1843. Sciurus varius Wagner. Schreber's Saugethiere. Suppl. 

 Bd. III. p. 168. T. CCXIII, D. 



1867. Sciurus arizonensis Coues. Am. Nat. I. p. 357 ; Sciu- 

 rus griseofiavus Gray. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 p. 427. 



1878. Sciurus arizonensis Alston. P. Z. S. L. p. 659; Sciu- 

 rus griseofiavus Alston. 1. c. p. 660 ; Sciurus varie- 

 gatus Alston. 1. c. p. 660 ; Sciurus hypopyrrhus 

 Alston. 1. c. p. 662. 



A careful examination of our large series obliges me to 

 bring together the two species distinguished by Alston , 

 s. n. Sciurus variegatus and hypopyrrhus. I cannot find 

 a single distinctif character. The type-specimens of Wag- 

 ner's Sciurus socialis and varius of the Munich-Museum 

 belong likewise to variegatus ; Sciurus varius Wagner is an 

 adult specimen of the aureogaster-varietj ; the sides of the 

 red belly are whitish , the feet white , neck and base of tail 

 as in aureogaster. Sciurus socialis Wagner, is a young 

 Notes from the Ijeydeii Museum, "V^ol. "V. 



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