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2. Var. richardsoni. 

 Sciurus richardsoni, BACHMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vi, 1838, 100. 



3. Var. douglassi. 



Sciurus nudsonius, var. (3, RICHARDSON, Faun. Bor.-Am. i, 1829, 190. 



Sciurus douglassi, GRAY, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond. 1836, 88 (no description). BACHMAN, 



Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 99. 



Sciurus toivnsendi, BACHMAN, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. viii, 1839, 63 (MS. name). 

 Sciurus lanuginosus, BACHMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 101. 

 Sciurus mollipilosus, AUDUBON & BACHMAN, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 1842, 102. 

 Sciurus belcheri, GRAY, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, x, 1842, 263. 

 Sciurus suckleyi, BAIRD, Proc. Acad. Nat Sci. Phila. vii, 1855, 333. 



4. Var. fremonti. 



Sciurus fremonti, AUDUBON & BACHMAN, Quad. N. Amer. iii, 1853, 237, pi. cvlix, fig. 1. 



II. SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS, Ginelin. 



1. Var. leucotis. 



Sciurus cinereus, SCHREBER, Sauget. iv, 1792, 706, pi. ccxii (nee Linne", 1758). 



Sc'uruspennsylvanicus, ORD, " Guthrie's Geog. (2d Am. ed.) ii, 1815, 292" (melanistic). 



Sciurus niger, GODMAN, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 1826, 133 (melanistic; nee Linne", 1758). 



Sdunis carolinensis, GODMAN, Am. Nat. Hist, ii, 1826, 131. 



Sciurus leucoiis, GAPPER, Zool. Journ. v, 1830, 206, pi. xi. 



Sciurus vulpinus, DEKAY, N. Y. Zool. i, 1842, 59. 



Sciurus migratorius, AUDUBON & BACHMAN, Quad. N. Amer. i, 1849, 265, pi. xxxv. 



2. Var. caroliuensis. 



Sciurus carolinensis, GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 148. 



Sci irus fuliginosus, BACHMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1838, 96. 



3. Var. yucatanensis. 

 Solurus carolinensis var. yucatanensis, ALLEN, Mon. N. Am. Rod. 1877, 705. 



KOTE. In " Monographs of the North American Bodentia", p. 701, 

 exclude from synonyms of var. leucotis, " f Macroxus melania, Gray ", 

 and from synonyms of var. carolinensis exclude " f Sciurus deppeV\ re- 

 specting which see infrd,, pp. 881, 885. Variety yucatanensis seems to be 

 a rare form in collections, Mr. Alston stating that the only specimen he 

 has seen being the one I sent him. 



III. SCIURUS NIGER, Linne*. 



1. Var. niger. 



Sciurus niger, Linne*, Syst. Nat. i, 1758, 64. 



Sdurus variegatus, ERXLEBEN, Syst. Anirn. 1777, 421 (in part). 



Sciurus vulpinus, GMELIN, Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 147. 



Sciurus capistratus, Bosc, Ann. du Mas. i, 1802, 281. 



Sciurus rufiventris, M'MuRTRiE, Cuvier's An. King. (Am. ed.) i, 1831, 433. 



Sciurus texianus, BACHMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1838, 86. 



2. Var. cinereus. 



Sciurus cinereus, LINNE, Syst. Nat. i, 1758, 64. 



Sciurus vulpinus, SCHREBER, Sauget. iv, 1792, 772, pi. ccxr, B. 



