Inches. 



Linei 



11 



9 



12 



6 







8 



2 



9 



5 



6 



330 HARE SQUIRKEL. 



neck, and whole under surface, including the inner surface of the legs, 

 white ; the hair being of this colour from the roots. Feet, dull yellowish- 

 white. On the outer surface of the hind-leg, above the heel, a small 

 portion of the fur is brown ; there is also a spot of the same colour on 

 the upper surface of the hind-foot. 



DIMENSIONS. 



Length of head and body . . 

 " tail . . . . 



Height of ear, .... 



Heel to end of middle claw . , 

 Breadth of tail with hairs extended 



This species, which is one of our most beautifully furred Squirrels, is 

 especially remarkable for its splendid tail, with its broad white border. 

 We know nothing of its habits, as it was brought from California, with- 

 out any other information than that of its locality. 



We have represented two of these Squirrels in our plate, on a branch 

 of hickory, with a bunch of nearly ripe nuts attached. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The range of this Squirrel through California, is, as well as its habits, 

 totally unknown to us. It will not be very long, however, we think, 

 before a great deal of information respecting that portion of our con- 

 tinent, so rich in rare and new species, may be expected, and we 

 should not be surprised to find it extending toward the south-western 

 portions of Texas, where several species of Squirrels that we have not 

 obtained, are said to exist. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



This species, in its general appearance, so much resembles some 

 varieties of Sciurus migratorius and >S. cinereus, that had- it not been for 

 its distant western locality, we should at first have been tempted to set 

 it down, without further examination, as one or other of those species. 

 There can, however, be no doubt, from its differing in size and in so many 

 details of colour from all other species, that it must be regarded as 

 distinct. It should be further observed that S. migratorius has never 



