SCIURIDA—SCIUROPTERUS VOLUCELLA. 655 
SCIUROPTERUS VOLUCELLA, (Pall.) Geoff. 
American Flying Squirrel, 
Var. VOLUCELLA. 
Southern Flying Squirrel. 
Sciurus volans CaTESBY, Carolina, ii, 1743, 76, 77, pl. Ixxvi, Ixxvii—Brisson, Quad. 157.—Lrn., Syst. 
Nat. i, 1766, 88 (in part). q 
Sciurus volucella PALLAS, Novy. Spec. Glires, 1788, 351, 353.—GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 153.—SCHREBER, 
Siiuget. iv, 1792, 808, pl. eexxii—Suaw, Gen. Zodl. ii, 1801, 155, pl. elv. 
Pteromys volucella DesMareEst, Nouv. Dict. d’Hist. Nat. xxvii, 1818, 406; Mamm. ii, 1822, 343.—HaRLAN, 
Faun. Amer. 1825, 187.—GRIFFITH’s Cuvier, v, 1827, 259.—F1scHEerR, Syn. Mam. 1829, 365.— 
GopMaN, Amer. Nat. Hist. ii, 146.—“ BENNETT, Gard. and Menag. Zodl. Soe. i, 1835, 185.”— 
YARRELL, Proc. Zobl. Soc. Lond. 1830-31, 38 (anatomy).—“D. W. C.”, Loudon’s Mag. Nat 
Hist. ix, 1836, 569 (habits)—EmMons, Quad. Mass. 1840, 69.—THomPson, Hist. Vermont, 
1842, 47.—DEKay, Zodl. N. York, i, 1842, 65, pl. xvi, fig. 2—WaGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Singet. 
iii, 1843, 231.—Scuinz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 54.—AupuBoN & BacuMAN, Quad. N. Amer. i, 
isis 216, pl. xxviii GIeBEL, Siiuget. 1855, 643.—KeENNIcoTT, Pat. Office Rep. Agric. for 
1856, 1857, 69, pl. vii—Barirp, Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 286.—THomas, Trans. Ill. Agric. Soe. iv, 
1860, 657.— HALL, Canad. Nat. and Geol. 1861, 292.—CoorEr, Proc. Cal. Acad. ii, 1861.— 
Tomes, Proc. Zoél. Soc. Lond. 1861, 281 (Guatemala).—MAxIMILiAN, Wiegmann’s Arch. f. 
Naturgesch. 1861, 77.—ALLEN, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., i, 1869, 224.—GiLPIN, Proc. and 
Trans. Nov. Sco. Inst. Nat. Sci. ii, pt. iii, 1870, 12—Apams, Field and Forest Rambles, 1873, 
99, 296 (New Brunswick).—Prrkins, Amer. Nat. vii, 1874, 132 (habits in confinement). 
Sciuropterus volucella GEOFFROY, Dict. Class. d’Hist. Nat. xiv, 1828, 132. 
Sciuropterus volucella var. volucella ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 189; Bull. Essex Inst. 
vi, 1874, 66. 
Sciurus agrobates ScnreseEr, Siiuget. iv, 1792, pl. cexxii B (no text). 
Asgapanick, SmitH, Hist. of Virginia, 1606, ; Purchas’s Pilgrims, iv, 1625, 1695. 
Quimichpatlan, FERNANDEZ, Nov. Hisp. 165], 8. 
Flying Squirrel, PENNANT, Hist. Quad. 1771, 293; ‘Arctic Zodl. i, 1784, 120”; 2d ed. i, 1792, 139. 
TD) Assapan, F. Cuvier, Hist. des Mam. livr. viii, 1819. 
Le Polatouche @ Amérique, Mavrot, “ Mém. Soe. Linn. Paris, ii, 1822, 148 (habits in confinement) ”. 
Var. HUDSONIUS. 
Northern Flying Squirrel. 
Sciurus hudsonius GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 153. 
Pteromys hudsonius Fiscurr, Syn. Mamm. 1825, 365.—Barrp, Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 288. 
Sciuropterus volucella var. hudsonius ALLEN, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. xvi, 1874, 289. 
Sciurus sabrinus Suaw, Gen. Zodl. , 1801, 157. 
Pteromys sabrinus RicHAnpson, Zool. Journ. iii, 1828, 519; Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 193.—WAGNER, 
Suppl. Schreber’s Siinget. iii, 1843, 228.—Scuinz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 54 AUDUBON & 
BacuMAN, Quad. N. Amer. iii, 1853, 202, pl. exliii, fig. 1.—GreBr1, Siiuget. 1855, 642.—GILPIN, 
Proc. and Trans. Nova Sco. Inst. Nat. Sci. ii, pt. iii, 1870, 13.—ADAMs, Field and Forest Ram- 
_ bles, 1873, 99, 296 (New Brunswick). 
Pleromys | sabrinus vary alpinus RicHarpson, Zobl. Journ. iii, 1828, 519; Faun. Bor.-Amer. i, 1829, 195, 
pl. xviii. 
Pteromys alpinus WAGNER, Suppl. Schreber’s Siiuget. iii, 1843, 280.—Scu1nz, Synop. Mam. ii, 1845, 55.— 
Aupuzon & BacHMAN, Quad. N. Amer. iii, 1853, 206, pl. exliii, fig. 2—Batrp, Mam. N. 
Amer. 1857, 289.—Ross, Nat. Hist, Rey. 1862, 274 (Liard River).—STEVENSON, Hayden’s Rep. 
U.S. Geol. Surv. Wyom. 1871, 461. 
Pteromys oregonensis BacuMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Ist ser. viii, 1839, 101—Scnr1nz, Synop. 
Mam. ii, 1845, 57 (““Texas”!).—AupuBon & BacuMan, Quad. N. Amer. i, 1849, 133, pl. xv.— 
Bairp, Mam. N. Amer. 1857, 290.—Coorrr, Proe. Cal. Acad. Sci. iv, 1868, 4 (Mendocino 
County, Cal.). 
Greater Flying Squirrel, Forster, Phil. Trans. |xii, 1772, 379. 
Severn River Squirrel, PENNANT, Hist. Quad. 1771; “Arctic Zodl. i, 1784, —”; 2d ed. i, 1792, 141. 
Severn River Flying Squirrel, Gurr, Proc. and Trans. Nova Sco. Inst. Nat. Sci. ii, pt. iii, 1870, 13. 
