10 NOin'II A.MKKH'AN ]iII!I)S. 



ciiiL; of tlic ^rayisli tints liy a hii^lit liitdiitious-nit'iuis, the ])0iK'illiii,u.s bciiii,' 

 ill till' saiiK! tiiiK) less wi'U (Ictiiicd, luid the patteni ol' the siiialler iiiarliiii^s 

 til'lfu cliaiiuci!. 'I'iiis cipiiilitiiiii scciiis to lie somewhat analogous to nic/iniisin 

 in eei'taiii luilciuuiUr, and apjiears to lie more eouinion in the j^cui'ia Smjis 

 and (lliniriiliidii tin whicii it all'eels mainly the trojiical speeiesl, and (icenis 

 al>o ill the iMMojii'an Si/i/'iniii aluro. Xa studied with relation to <inr Xoitli 

 Auieriean siieeie-;, we liiid it only in (SVe/w ((nio and (ilinirldldni Jrrriii/iiic/nn. 

 The latter, hein^ strictly tiopieal in its haliitat.is similarly a lie led throie^h- 

 (iiit its rani^e ; lait in the t'onner we find that this eondition deiieiids nnieli 

 u]ion the renioii. 'J'iuis neither Dr. ('(lojier imr 1 have ever seen a red spe- 

 eiiiu'n I'roiii tlic I'aeilie eoast, nor do 1 find any record ol' such an occtirrence. 

 'I'iie normal i,'ray |ilunia,i;e, howtncr, is as common throughout that re,L;i<iu as 

 ill the Atlantic States. In the New England and Middle States the red jilii- 

 mage seems to he more rare in most places than the gray one, while toward 

 the south the red jiredominates greatly. Of over twenty s]ieciniens obtained 

 in Southern Illinois (Mt. Carmel) in the course of one winter, only one was 

 of the gray plumage; and of the total number of specimens seen and se- 

 t'lired at other times during a series of years, we can remember but one other 

 gray one. As a ].arallel examjile among mammals, Professor IJaird suggests 

 the case of the Ked-bellied Sipiirrels and Foxes of the Southern States, 

 whose relationshi]is to the more grayi.sli northern and westuni forms appear 

 to be about the same as in the jH'osent instance. 



(ii:xis STRIZ, S.wir.xY. 



S/n'.i; SAViiiNV, 18(10 (,/-■<• I, inn. 173."i). (Tyiie, Sln'.rjfnwiiicd. Ijnn.) 

 Slriihilii. .S|.i.i.vs-I,(iNii(||, 1S4"2. 

 Ei(slr!ii.i\ Wv.v.v.k IJi.iMii. Ib41. 

 lliilirii. X11/.-.C II. 



(ii;N. CiiAii. Size iiic'liuiii. Xncnr-lal't.-j; liiciiil lulV entirely I'lintiiiiious, vci-y conspicu- 

 iiis. Willi;- vt'iy lull,!;-, llic llisl or socdiiil (|nill lon.^cst. ami nil without ciuar.uiiiatioii. Tail 



.sliort, umar.LiiiiMliMl. Dili 

 oloiiifiUi'il, coiiiiin'sseil. rcLT- 

 ularly ciirvcii : top ol' llic 

 wrc lu'iu'Iy i'(iiiiil to tiic 

 ouliiii'ii, .str:iii.;iit. and sonii'- 

 wiial (l('p-'ss('(l. Xosirii 

 opt'ii. oval, nearly liori/,oiii;il. 

 Eyes very ,-iiiall. T;irsns 

 nearly twice as loiiff as the 

 liiiilillu toe, cleiisely (•lollie<l 

 with soft .short H'alliers, 

 those on the posterior liieo 

 Sirir imtinraUi. inclined Upwards; toes 



.seaiilily Iii'istled ; cImws cn- 

 treiiiely sharp and loiej-, the niiildle one willi ils inner eilav pectinated. Ear-euncli nearly 



