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deeply ferruginous ; its lateral hairs have only one subterminal black bar, very distinct ; those 

 above have two ; those beneath show a very inconspicuous subterminal black bar. The backs 

 of the ears are densely coated with long hair, longest on the posterior half, and projecting 

 backwards, (not vertically,) in tufts. The soles are densely hairy to the tubercles at the base 

 of the toes, except the large central one. The ears are black externally, like the sides of head ; 

 the long hairs under are chestnut; the nose is white. The color above is a pale cinnamon. 

 The fur is long and full. (No. 39, Washington. Winter of 1852.) 



Specimens from Prince George's county, Maryland, are more " foxy" than any described. 

 Above, the general color is a yellowish gray, mixed with black ; beneath, of a pale ferruginous ; 

 the legs and ears similar but brighter. The tail still deeper in its fox color, with three annu- 

 lations of black, one sometimes very indistinct. In two males, the soles are slightly hairy as 

 stated ; in one female they are entirely naked. The nose is similar in color to the rest of the 

 head. (Nos. 294, 295, 296. Price Georges, Maryland. Mr. Plummer.) 



There are several specimens of the cat squirrel belonging to the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, in which the colors above are of a very bright grizzled hoary white, with 

 much less gray even than in the common gray squirrel. The under parts are of a pure white. 

 There is nothing to distinguish them from the Sciurus carolinensis to the eye of a casual observer, 

 except the stouter thicker body, shorter ears, and absence of any rusty stripe on the sides, or 

 wash on the back. 



This species is generally known in southeastern Pennsylvania and Maryland, where it chiefly 

 abounds, as the fox squirrel ; I have never heard it called cat squirrel, as given by Bachman. 

 Its range appears to be quite limited, though I can give no reliable information in this respect 

 beyond what is furnished by the list of specimens. I am told that it is not found in Georgia, 

 nor perhaps as far north as New York, except in very rare instances. In the Ohio and Missis 

 sippi it is replaced by a different species, likewise called fox squirrel. 



List of specimens. 



(Much stretched. 



