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Bay show the first indication of intergradation toward loquax , the 
subspecies that undoubtedly inhabits the whole southern portion of 
the Province. 1 
Measurements of Sciurus hudsonicus hudsonicus from Ontario. 
Locality. 
North Bay, Ontario. 
ii ii ii 
a a a 
a a a 
a a a 
Nepigon, “ 
Peninsula Harbor, “ 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
ii ii ii 
Number. 
Sex. 
Total 
length. 
3995 
? 
316 
3997 
? 
300 
3998 
$ 
321 
3999 
$ 
313 
4000 
$ 
307 
4001 
? 
317 
4002 
? 
290 
4006 
9 
310 
4007 
? 
300 
4011 
? 
240 2 
4003 
$ 
315 
4004 
$ 
310 
4005 
$ 
300 
4009 
$ 
270 2 
4010 
$ 
310 
Tail 
vertebrae. 
Hind foot. 
Ear from 
meatus. 
117 
47 
24.4 
128 
48 
24 
125 
47 
26 
118 
48 
23 
133 
46 
25 
122 
45 
26 
110 
44 
25 
125 
48 
25 
118 
44 
23 
58 2 
49 
24 
138 
46 
25 
120 
47 
23 
118 
44 
23 
90 s 
46 
25 
125 
47 
25 
Sciurus carolinensis leucotis Gapper. 
The gray squirrel does not occur at North Bay. I did not find 
the animal on the north shore of Lake Superior, but reports reached 
me that it had been taken near Port Arthur. 
“ At Mount Forest this squirrel used to be common, but was very 
scarce during the six years preceding 1892, when it began to get 
more numerous again. Fairly common in 1894. Only one gray 
specimen observed, and this had a considerable admixture of black. 
Generally common at Milton, some years abundant. Black form 
predominating about 10 to 1” (Brooks). 
In 1830 Gapper recorded the black phase as the more common in 
the region between York and Lake Simcoe. He considered the 
black and gray phases as two distinct species, and described the 
latter as new under the name Sciurus leucotis. 
1 For a revision of the squirrels of eastern North America see Bangs, Proc. Biolog. Soc. 
Washington, Dec. 28, 1896, vol. 10, p. 145-167. 
2 Tail imperfect. 
