. Monographs of North American rodentia [microform]. Rodentia; Paleontology; Rongeurs; Paléontologie. llll M. mm 778 MONOOKArUS OF NORTU AMERICAN RODENTIA. Sciurui^ carolinensis. If tlio specimen camo roally from North Americn, It is far morn likely rc('oral)lf! to this s|)ocics than to any other. Ilamilton-Sniith's iloscripfion in lull is as follows:—"C/arfrr's Sguhrel lias the hack, npper part of the iiead and neck, cheeks and tail, of n delicate silver-gray colour; the shoulders, flanks, belly, and posterior extremities, both within and without, are white, with a slight ochery tint; on
. Monographs of North American rodentia [microform]. Rodentia; Paleontology; Rongeurs; Paléontologie. llll M. mm 778 MONOOKArUS OF NORTU AMERICAN RODENTIA. Sciurui^ carolinensis. If tlio specimen camo roally from North Americn, It is far morn likely rc('oral)lf! to this s|)ocics than to any other. Ilamilton-Sniith's iloscripfion in lull is as follows:—"C/arfrr's Sguhrel lias the hack, npper part of the iiead and neck, cheeks and tail, of n delicate silver-gray colour; the shoulders, flanks, belly, and posterior extremities, both within and without, are white, with a slight ochery tint; on the sides of the nose anil fore arms this tint deepens in intensity; the bend is rather flattened and thick, the cars small and round; the eyes black, and situate on the sides of the bend very far distant from each other, leaving a wide expanse of fore- head ; the nostrils are semilunar in shape; the upper lip is cleft, and there is a black spot on the chin; the tail, which is flat and spreading, is very beau- tiful, not so full near its insertion as toward the middle, and again diminishing in breadth till it terminates in a ;—{Griffith's Cuoiet's Animal King- dom, vol. ii!; pp. 189, 190.) 5.—ScicHUs 80CIALI8 Wagner. Sciuriu locialh Wagnkr, Abh. tier KlaHXo ilnr K. Bayer. Akad. d, WiHttensch. ii, 1837, 504, pi. V ; 8up;>l. Sobreber's Sanget. hi, 1843,171. In 1837, Wagner described two species of Mexican Squirrels under the names S. alhipes (subsequently changed to S. varius) and S. socialis, neither of which I can satisfactorily determine. The first I have doubtfidly referred to Sciurus boothite (see anted, p. 741), to some phases of which it seems to have a close resemblance. The S. socialis, in its small size (length ) and short tail (somewhat shorter than the head and body), differs from anytiiing as yet known to me. It is perhaps based on an immature specimen, in which case its small size would be readily accounted for. I have met with
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