SCIUElDiE— SCIURUS BOOTHI.E. 



745 



body ; but ill this species the form is stouter than in cither of the othcis. 

 Tiiough so variublc in color, the character of the coloration is quite clUrerciit 

 in the three forms, as is the nature of the pelage. Possibly additional mate- 

 ria! will show that some of them (possibly all) intergrade, but the consider- 

 aide number of specimens before me leave mc strongly impressed with tiieir 

 distinctness. The character of the pelage is widely different in each, l»cing 

 eofV, and full in 8. aureigaster, longer and coarser in S. boothice, and courser 

 still, sparse, stiff and shining in S. hypopyrrhus. S. hypopyrrhus is iintiier 

 distinguished by the great length and narrowness of the ears. 



Table XLIII. — UeaturtmenU of ninetem ipeoimetit of SciURCS boothi^. 



