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Sciurus Niger Linne. 
Sciurus niger Linne., Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 64. 
Type locality. Southern South Carolina. 
The southern fox squirrel is a common animal throughout the 
pine forests of Georgia and Florida, and from its retiring and wary 
nature is likely to hold its own for many years. Of course its 
numbers in the more thickly settled places are much reduced, though 
it still occurs in small numbers even in the vicinity of the larger 
cities. 
I have specimens from the following localities: Georgia: Hurs- 
man’s Lake, 4, Barrington, 10, and St. Mary’s, 2. Florida: New 
Berlin, 1, and Citronelle, 37. 
Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis Gmelin. 
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, p. 148. 
Type locality. Carolina. 
The southern gray squirrel is common in hummocks, swamps, 
and along the streams throughout Georgia and northern Florida, 
south to about the middle of the Florida peninsula, where it begins 
gradually to merge into the tropical form, S. carolinensis extimus. 
Thus specimens from Gainesville, Florida, are wholly S. carolinensis 
typicus , those from Citrus County begin somewhat to approach S. 
extimus , while those from Eau Gallie and Oak Lodge are refer¬ 
able rather to S. extimus , though not extreme. 
The southern gray squirrel varies somewhat in color both individ¬ 
ually and locally. In a heavy swamp near Barrington, Georgia, Mr. 
Brown took some grays that are very dark colored and have the 
' under parts washed with buff; in color these skins suggest sub¬ 
species fuliginosus, but are of course smaller than is that form. At 
Gainesville, Florida, I took, March 30, 1897, in one swamp five 
grays; three of these are normal, while one, an old nursing female, 
is of a peculiar ferruginous color above, being about as red as sum¬ 
mer specimens of the red squirrel ( Sciurus hudsonicus) , and another, 
a younger male, has a large admixture in the back and tail of the 
same red color. Melanistic individuals of this form are very rare. 
Mr. Chapman records a wholly black one from Tarpon Springs, 
