89 



Dimensioiis. in. lin. 



Froin nose to root of tail 12 O 



Tail to end of hair 10 ^ 



Heel to end of claws 2 5i 



Nose to ear 2 l^ 



H^ight of ear posteriorly O l-^ 



A second specimen, the locality of which Avas not given. differed 

 from the above in having a much richer colouring. The belly was 

 of a very bright rust colour. The hairs on the tail were black at the 

 roots, then broadly annulated with rūsty yello\v, then a considerable 

 space occupied by black, the apical portion \vhite, but when 

 viewed from beneath, a bright rust colour likę that of the belly was 

 very conspicuous, occupving the basai half of the hair. The upper 

 parts of the bodv were grizzled with black and \Yhite, and many of 

 the hairs were annulated \vith rust colour. Over the haunches and 

 rump, the hairs are annulated with rūsty yellow and black. The 

 hairs of the feet were chiefly black. _ 



The original specimen on which this species vfas founded, is in 

 the Museum at Paris, and Dr. Bachman quotes the following de- 

 scription from Mr. Waterhouse's manuscript notes. 



•• General colour, grizzled black and white. Throat, chest, belly, 

 innerside of legs, neariy the whole of the fore-legs, and the forepart 

 of the hind-legs, rūsty red. TaU very broad ; the hairs black ; red 

 at the base, and white at the apex ; lips white ; feet black, wath a 

 few white hairs intermLxed ; forepart of head also black, with scat- 

 tered white hairs. Chin blackish in front, shading towards the 



throat into grav." 



m. un. 



Nose to root of tail H 6 



Tail to end of hair H O 



Tarsus 2 4^ 



Sciurus cinereus. Gmel. Cat Sąuirrel, Pen. Aret. Zool. i. 137. 



A little smaller than the Fox Sąuirrel ; larger than the Northern 



Gray Sąuirrel ; body stout ; legs rather short ; nose and ears iiot 



white; tail longer than the body. Dental f»)rmula, incis. -g, can. g::^. 



mol. ĮZį. =20. 



Of this species Dr. Bachman remarks, " It has sometimes been 

 confounded with the Fox Sąuirrel, and at other times with the 

 Northern Gray Sąuirrel. It is, however, in size intermedjate be- 

 tween the two, and has some distinctive raarks by which it may 

 always be kno\vn from either. The Northern Gray Sąuirrel has, as 

 far as I have been able to ascertain from an examination of many 

 specimens, permanently five grinders in each upper jaw, and the 

 present species has but four. Whether at a very early age the Cat 

 Sąuirrel may not, likę the young Fox Sąuirrel, have a small deci- 

 duous tooth, I have had nomeansof ascertaining; all the specimens 

 before me, having been obtained in autumn or winter and bemg 

 adults, present the dentnl formula as giveh above. The Fox Sąunrel 

 is permancntlv marked with white ears and nose, which is not the 



