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he conceives to be the same species ; and in the British Museum 

 there is a specimen obtained at Texas by Mr. Douglas, agreeing with 

 the others in almost every particular. Dr. Bachman also states that, 

 among his notes there is a description of a specimen received by a 

 friend from the south-vrestern parts of Louisiana, which, on a com- 

 parison with memoranda taken from the other specimens, does not 

 appear to differ in any important particular. Hence, he thinks it 

 probable that this species has a tolerably extensive range extending 

 perhaps from the south-western portions of Louisiana, through 

 Texas, into Mexico. 



The Texian Squirrel is about the size of the Fox Squirrel. On 

 the upper surface there is a mixture of black and yellow, and on the 

 under parts deep yellow. The under sides of the limbs, and also the 

 parts of the body contiguous, are whitish. Fore-legs externally, 

 and the feet, rich yellow : ears, on both surfaces, yellow, with in- 

 terspersed white hairs : nose and lips, brownish white : hairs of tail, 

 rich rusty yellow at base, with a broad black space near the ex- 

 tremity, and finally tipt with yellow. 



Dimensions. in. lines. 



Length of body 13 6 



Tail to end of hair 15 



Tarsus 3 



Height of ears to end of fur 65 



The Texian Squirrel bears some resemblance to the Scivrus ca- 

 pistratus. The latter species, however, in all the varieties hitherto 

 examined by Dr. Bachman, has uniformly the white ears and nose. 



This species would appear to replace the Capistratus in the south- 

 western parts of America. 



SciuRus suBAiiRATUs. Sci. covpove suprh cinereo, flavo lavato, 



infrcL austere aureo, caudd corpore longiore. Denies, inc. -^, mol. 



4-4 



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The designation " Golden-bellied Squirrel," and the specific term 

 subauratus, are given by Dr. Bachman to a species, of which two 

 dead specimens were procured in the markets of New Orleans by 

 Mr. Audubon. Their size was between that of the Northern Gray, 

 and the Little Carolina Squirrel. There was no trace of the small 

 anterior upper molar generally found in the species of the genus 

 Sciurus. The upper incisors are of a deep orange brown colour, and 

 of moderate size : under incisors a little paler than the upper ; the 

 head is of moderate size ; whiskers longer than the head ; the ears 

 are short and pointed, and clothed with hair on both surfaces. The 

 body seems better formed for agility than that of the small Carolina, 

 in this respect approaching nearer to the Northern Gray Squirrel. 

 The tail is broad and nearly as long as that cf the last-named spe- 

 cies. 



The colour of the whole upper surface is gray, with a distinct 

 yellow tint. The hairs, which give this outward appearance, are 

 grayish slate colour at their base, then very broadly annulated with 



