906 RODENTIA 



2J,2f. Near Christiania. W. E. de Winton (c & p). 97. 4. 11. 1-4. 



6 juv., 9. Upland, Sweden. Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 48-49. 

 (O. Koltkoff.) 



2 <$. Upsala. (G. EoUhoff.) Lord Lilford (p). 11. 1. 1. 50-51. 



Soiurus. vulgaris varius Gmelin. 



1789. [Sciurus vulgaris] $ varius Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, 13th ed., p. 146. 



1792. Sc[iurus] vulg[aris] varius Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 256. 



1829. [Sciurus vulgaris] cinereus Fischer, Synopsis Mammalium, p. 353. 



Not Sciurus cinereus LinnEeus. 

 1857. Sciurus vulgaris Blasius, Saugethiere Deutschlands, p. 272 (part). 

 1899. Sciurus vulgaris varius Barrett-Hamilton, Proo. Zool. Soc, 



London, p. 6. 

 1906. Sciurus vulgaris varius Trouessart, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, 



xii, p. 360. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris varius Trouessart, Paune Marnm. d'Europe, p. 117. 



Type locality. — Northern Europe. 



Geographical distribution. — From the extreme north of Scan- 

 dinavia eastward across Finland and into Russia. 



Diagnosis. — Similar to Sciurus vulgaris vulgaris but with grey 

 of winter pelage much lighter, closely approaching the pearl- 

 grey of Ridgway, and median dorsal region scarcely if at all 

 washed with chestnut. 



Colour. — Winter pelage : hairs of upper parts slate grey at 

 base (10 mm.), the underfur tipped (4 mm.) with a pale grey 

 most nearly approaching the grey No. 10 of Ridgway, but less 

 blue and with a slight smoky cast, the longer hairs (30 mm.) 

 greyish to level of tips of underfur, then light hair-brown with 

 from one to three whitish annulations. The general effect is » 

 delicately grizzled, light bluish grey, approaching the pearl-grey 

 of Ridgway, the sides lighter and clearer ; the back with a 

 slight drab cast. In some specimens the drab becomes faintly 

 reddish. Crown and face not so pale as back, occasionally with 

 a distinct brownish or reddish wash. Cheeks like sides of body ; 

 muzzle buffy whitish. Ears grizzled grey like sides of body 

 internally, the tufts varying from orange-rufous to blackish. 

 Outer surface of legs like sides of body, usually tinged to a vary- 

 ing degree with dull orange-rufous or light russet, this generally 

 the dominant colour on upper side of feet ; soles light buffy grey. 

 Tail greyish or light reddish russet above, clouded by the blackish 

 sub-terminal bands (20 mm.) of hairs ; tips of hairs incon- 

 spicuously light russet. Underside of tail with median area 

 (25 mm.) like sides of body but more coarsely grizzled, this 

 ed|fed with yellowish russet (10 mm.) and blackish. Underparts 

 and inner surface of legs creamy white to base of hairs ; chin 

 sometimes a little grizzled with grey. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Kirkkonummi, Finland : 

 head and body, 205; tail, 160; hind foot, 55; ear, 30. For 

 cranial measurements see Table, p. 918. 



