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Cebus variegatus Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Paris, xix, p. Ill, October, 
1812. 
Cebus xanthosternos Wied, Reise nach Brasilien, I, p. 371, footnote, 1820; 
Kuhl, Beitr. ZooL vergl. Anat., p. 35, 1820; Wied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras., 
II, pp. 90-97, 1826 — Boca d^Obu, near Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil. 
Simia variegata Humboldt, as shown by Sherborn and Thomas (see 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xii, p. 567, footnote, 1913), antedates 
Cebus variegatus Geoffroy. It is preoccupied by Simia (Sapajus) 
variegatus Kerr which refers to an unidentifiable squirrel monkey 
received from Antigua. The next available name seems to be Cebus 
xanthosternos Wied, 1820. 
NOTES ON THE FOX SQUIRRELS OF SOUTHEASTERN 
UNITED STATES, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A 
NEW FORM FROM FLORIDA 
By Arthur H. Howell 
The fox squirrels, throughout the greater part of their range in 
southeastern United States, dwell almost exclusively in open pine 
forests. In the mountainous regions of northern Alabama they are 
found to some extent in mixed timber (oaks, hickories, pines, etc.), 
and in central and southern Florida they inhabit also cypress swamps. 
On the southwest coast of Florida a well marked form has developed 
in the damp, dark forests of black- and red-mangrove which extend 
practically without a break from Marco Pass to Cape Sable and around 
the southern end of the peninsula to the shores of Biscayne Bay on the 
east coast. 
In this region the animal is known as the ^ black mangrove squirreP 
and is said to be not uncommon. Several days spent in hunting 
through these mosquito-infested forests resulted, however, in seeing 
only one of the squirrels, which escaped before I could get a shot at it. 
The type was secured for me by an Indian boy, who knew where its 
home tree was located. Another specimen, examined while at Ever- 
glade, agreed closely with the type. 
The National Museum collection (including that of the Biological 
Survey) contains a large series of fox squirrels from various parts of 
Florida and a few from southern South Carolina — the type region of 
Sciurus niger. Through the courtesy of the authorities of the Museum 
