906 RODENTIA 



2 6,2 9. Near Christiania,. W. E. de Winton (c & p). 97. 4. 11. 1-4. 



6 juv., 9. Upland, Sweden. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 48-49. 

 (G. Kolthoff.) 



2 S. Upsala. (G. KoUliujJ.) Lord Lilford (i'). 11. 1. 1. 50-51. 



SciURUS VULGARIS VARIIIS Giiielin. 



1789. [Sciurus vulgaris] fi varius Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 13tli ed., p. 146. 



1792. Sc[i2i7-us'] vulglaris'] varius Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 250. 



1829. [Sciur^is vulgaris] /3 cincreiis Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium, p. 353. 



Not Sciurus cinereus Linnseus. 

 1857. Sciurus vtilgaris Blasius, Saugethiere Deutscblands, p. 272 (part). 

 1899. Sciurus vulgaris varius Barrett-Hamilton, Proc. Zool. Soc, 



London, p. 6. 

 1906. Sciurus vulgaris varius Trouessart, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, 



XII, p. .300. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris variiis Trouessart, Faune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 117. 



Type locality. — Northern Europe. 



Geor/rajjhiral distribution. — From the extreme north of Scan- 

 dinavia eastward across Finland and into Rnssia. 



DiaijnosiH. — Similar to Sciiirus vulgaris vulgaris but with grey 

 of winter pelage much lighter, closely approaching the j^earl- 

 grey of Ridgway, and median dorsal region scarcely if at all 

 washed with chestnut. 



Colour. — Winter pelage : hairs of upper parts slate grey at 

 base {10 mm.), the underfur tipped (4 mm.) with a pale grey 

 most nearly approaching the grey No. 10 of Eidgway, but less 

 blue and with a slight smoky cast, the longer hairs (30 mm.) 

 greyish to level of tips of underfur, then light hair-brown with 

 from one to three whitish annulations. The general effect is a 

 delicately grizzled, light bluish grey, approaching the pearl-grey 

 of Ridgway, the sides lighter and clearer ; the back with a 

 slight drab cast. In some specimens the drab becomes faintly 

 reddish. Grown and face not so pale as back, occasionally with 

 a distinct brownish or reddish wash. Cheeks like sides of body ; 

 muzzle buffy whitish. Ears grizzled grey like sides of body 

 internally, the tufts varying from orange-rufous to blackish. 

 Outer surface of legs like sides of body, usually tinged to a vary- 

 ing degree with dull orange-rufous or light russet, this generally 

 the dominant colour on upper side of feet ; soles light buffy gre}'. 

 Tail greyish or light reddish russet above, clouded by the blackish 

 sub-terminal bands (20 mm.) of hairs ; tips of hairs incon- 

 spicuously light russet. Underside of tail with median area 

 (25 mm.) like sides of body but more coarsely grizzled, this 

 edged with yellowish russet (10 mm.) and blackish. Underparts 

 and inner surface of legs creamy white to base of hairs ; chin 

 sometimes a little grizzled with grey. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Kirkkonunnni, Finland : 

 head and body, 205; tail, 160; hind foot, 55; ear, 30. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 918. 



