428 Mr. G. S. Miller on 



Specimens examined. — Twenty-two, from tlie foUowiiT]^ 

 localities : — Holland, Oosterbeek, 2 ; Graveland, 4 : France, 

 Dinan, Cotes-du-Norcl, 4 ; Duclair, Seine-Inferieure, 2 ; 

 Seine-Inferieure, no exact locality, 3 ; Manonville, Meurtlie- 

 et-Moselle, 2 ; Mein-the-et-Moselle, no exact locality, 5. 



Bemarhs. — While the exact limits of the range of this 

 squirrel are still unknown, it is probable that the animal 

 occupies tlie coast-region from Denmark southward at least 

 to Brittany. In the Landes of South-western France it is 

 apparently replaced by the North-Spanish squirrel or a closely 

 related form. Westward it extends across France to the 

 Valley of the Moselle. 



In colour, as Avell as in rang-e, Sciurus vulgaris rtissus and 

 S. V. rutllans correspond with the two races of red-backed 

 voles, Evotomys hercynicus rubidus and E. h. hereynicus, 

 occurring in the same regions. 



Sciurus vulgaris numanfius, subsp. n, 



1905. S[ci>fntf<] sp., Cabrera, Bol. Real Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. iv. 



pp. 224, 2.31 (April 1905). 

 1905. S[cmrtis'} rufus, Cabrera^ Bol. Real Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. iv. 



p. 225 (April 1905). 



Type. — Adult female (.■^kin and skull) collected by Gerrit 

 S. Miller, at Pinares de Quintanar de la Sierra, Province of 

 Burgos, Spain, October 28, 1906. Original number 7418. 



Diagnosis. — Size greater than in the Central-European 

 forms, but less than that of Sciurus infuscafus, Cabrera. 

 Colour of upperparts in light phase not as dark as in S. infus- 

 catus, and tail never with white median area on lower 

 surface. 



Colour. — Type : head, back, sides, and outer surface of 

 legs a uniform indistinctly grizzled brown, intermediate be- 

 tween the broccoli-brown and wood-brown of Ridgway; a 

 faint russet tinge along middle of back. Muzzle and fore 

 part of face between ochraceous-bufFand clay-colour. Cheeks 

 drab. Ear-tufts blackish brown. Sides of neck pale dull 

 wood-brown. Inner surface of legs and ill-defined stripe 

 along sides of belly dull light hazel. Feet like inner side of 

 legs, but paler. Tail a very dark rufous, approaching the 

 chestnut of Ridgway, especially near base, but rather more 

 red ; median portion of tail below lighter, the hairs buffy grey 

 through basal half, each with two drab annulations. Under- 

 parts buffy white, tlie chin and interramial region light ecru- 

 drab. 



In the dark phase the tail is clear bluish black, very faintly 



