SYN'OPSIS OF THE 



are different from the black variety of the Gray Squirrel 

 and the tail shorter. He identifies this with the Black 

 Squirrel of Catesby, Carol, t. 273, and Barham's Travels 

 in North America, ii. 31, and w^ith Schreber, fig. 215. 



660. 17. S. Cinereus (^Gray or CavoUna. Squirrel). Larger 

 than the European species generally ; ash-coloured, with a 

 white belly, a yellowish line on the belly. 



Sciurus Cinereus Virginianus Major, j?ay. Syn. Quad. 

 215. Sciurus Carolinensis, et Cinereus, Gm. 



Petit Gris, Buff", t. 10. Gray Squirrel, Pen. Quad. ii. 

 144. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 25. F. Cutler, Mam. Lithog. 



Inhabits North America. 



Var. B. Rubrolineatus. Fur grayish on the sides, with a 

 red line on the middle of the back ; belly white. 



Sciurus Rubrolineatus, Desm. Mam. 333. 



Ecureuil Rouge, Warden, Descrip. v. 630. 



661. 18. S. Rufiventer (Red-bellied Squirrel.) Fur gray- 

 above, bright red beneath ; feet brown ; tail shorter than 

 the body ; base gray-brown and yellow. 



Sciurus Rufiventer, Geoff. Col. Mus. Desm. Diet. Hist. 

 Nat. X. 103. 



Icon. 



Inhabits North America. 



662. 19. S. Ludoviciana (Red River Squirrel.) Body, 

 and upper part of the tail, dark gray ; the belly, inside of 

 the legs, and thighs, and under part of tail, reddish-brown; 

 ears not bearded ; tail longer than the body, very broad. 



Sciurus Ludoviciana, Curtis. Barton's Med. Phys. Journ. 

 VI. 47. 



Icon. 



Inhabits the shores of the Red River, in America. 



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