8CIUKID.I3— SOIUBUS TEPUUOG ASTER. 



7G3 



Tarlr LV, — Lilt of ipecimeHt eiamined of SciURUs f^TCANS var. uufoniger, 



SCIURUS TEPHROGASTER (Gray) Allen. 



OrlMba Squirrel. 



T ifaaroxiti frantri Oiur, Ann. and Hag. Nat. Hint. 3il ser. zx, 18C7, 430. 

 Macnxut U-phngtuter Okay, ib. 431 ; ib. 4tb aer. z, 1872, 408. 

 jVmiroxiu ttBHiurua GBAr, lb. 3d ser. xz, 1867, 4:11. 

 ilacroxut middellinentii OlUT, ib. 4tb ser. z, 1972, 408 (Now Orannda). 



Specikic chahs. — She o{ Sciums astuans var. rufoniger; length of body 

 8.75 (ranging from 8.50 to 9.25); of tail-vertcbroc 7100 to 7.50; of tail to 

 end of hairs 9.00 to 9.G0. Color above, dark olivaceous-brown, minutely varied 

 with yellow or rufous, with the middle of the back darker than the sides, 

 and witti less rufous. Beneath, whitish-gray or fulvous, varying in diiTcrcnt 

 specimens from nearly pure white to orange, with the basal portion of the hairs 

 dusky ; generally grayish below, washed with reddish-fulvous. Tail above, 

 black, washed with white ; below, reddish-brown, ringed with black centrally, 

 with a broad subtcrminal bar of black, succeeded by whitish tips. The 

 small ear-patch varies from white to gray, fulvous, and even rufous. 



