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RODENTIA 



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



6, 2 ?. Marxheim, Bavaria. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 67-69. 



{Wolterstorg) 



?. Niesky, Silesia. ' Dr. E. Hamilton (r). 97. 12. 4. 20. 



2. Csallokoz-Somor j a, Budapest Museum (e). 94.8.1.29. 



Pressburg, Hungary. 

 6. Tr6fail,Steiermark,Hun- Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 90. 



gary. 

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



{Woltcrstorff.) 



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



(c & p). 

 i. Hatszeg, Hunyad, Tran- C. G. Dauford (c). 3. 11. 8. 20. 



sylvania. 



2. Zuberec. BudapestMuscum(K). 94. 3. 1. 31-32. 

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



mania. {W. Dodson.) 

 2 (5, 2 9. St. Galleu, Switzerland. 0. Thomas (p). 4. 4. 5. 35-38. 



(Zollikofer.) 

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



{Zollikofer.) 

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



{Zollikofer.) 

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



SciUEUS vuLUARis iTALicus Bonaparte, 



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

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



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



XII, p. 364 (part). 



1907. Sciiirus 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 italicns Trouessart, Faune Mamm, d'Europc, 

 p. 122. 



Tijjpe Ivcalitj/. — Italy. 



Geographical distrihution. — Italy except the region north of 

 the Apennines. 



Diagnosis. — Red phase lighter and more ochraceous than in 

 Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater ; brown phase less dark than in 

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

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

 sides rarely with any noticeable greyisli 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-buff; underparts from throat to 

 base of tail buffy white ; interramia tinged vrith. grey ; inner 

 side of legs paler and less red than outer side, closely resembling 



