914 



EODBNTIA 



lighter and duller anteriorly and continuing over outer surface 

 of fore leg and along side of- neck. Feet dull tawny-ochraceous 

 clouded 'with blackish. Tail blackish suffused with tawny- 

 ochraceous beneath surface. Underparts creamy white ; chin 

 and interramial region light drabby grey. 



Measurements. — Type (young adult female) : hind foot, 60 ; 

 ear from meastus, 29. For cranial measurements see Table, 

 p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Three, all from the type locality. 



1. Agoriani, Lyakura Mts., Greece. Lord Lilford (p). 7. 9. 8. 1. 



(Schlttter.) (Type of subspecies.) 



1. Parnassus. Lord Lilford (p). 8. 10. 17. 1. 



Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Desmarest. 



1822. Sciurus alpinus Desmarest, Mammalogie, n, p. 543 (Pyrenees). 

 1842. Sciurus alpinus P. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. des Mamm., iv, tabl. gen., p. 4 



(described and figured in fasc. 24, pi. 237, 1821). 

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



1905. Sciurus alpinus Cabrera, Bol. Beal Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., v, p. 230, 



April, 1905. 



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



xii, p. 363. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris alpinus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe, p. 119. 



Type locality. — Pyrenees. 



Geographical distribution. — Pyrenees ; limits of range not 

 known. 



Diagnosis. — Size essentially as in Sciurus vulgaris italicus ; 

 colour in dark phase similar to that of S. v. russus and S. v. 

 fuscoater ; skull with rostral portion noticeably broadened and 

 shortened. 



Measurements. — Adult male from Espot, Lerida, Spain : head 

 and body, 240 ; tail, 205 ; hind foot, 58 ; ear, 22. For cranial 

 measurements, see Table, p. 921. 



Specimens examined. — Two from Espot, Lerida, Spain (U.S.N.M. and 

 Cabrera). 



Remarks. — The status of this race is not clearly understood. 



SciUROS VULGARIS NUMANTIUS Miller. 



1905. S[ciurus'] sp. Cabrera, Bol. Beal Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, iv, 



pp. 224, 231, April, 1905. 

 1905. S\ciurus~] ru/us Cabrera, Bol. Beal Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, 



iv, p. 225, April, 1905 (not of Kerr, 1792). 



1907. Sciurus vulgaris numantius Miller, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 7th 



ser., xx, p. 428, November, 1907. Type in British Museum. 

 1910. Sciurus vulgaris numantius Trouessart, Paune Mamm. d'Europe 

 p. 120. 



Type locality. — Pinares de Quintanar de la Sierra, Burgos, 

 Spain. 



