er 22, 1943) named _T. s. pipilans_ and assigned to it
specimens from northeastern Alabama. Lowery did not, however, mention
the specimens from Greensboro and, thus, their subspecific identity was
placed in doubt. We have examined five of the six specimens mentioned by
Howell (_loc. cit._) (57034-57036, 57588, and 77037 BS) and because of
their brilliant color and large size, refer them to _Tamias striatus
pipilans_ Lowery.

~Tamias striatus rufescens~ Bole and Moulthrop

A. H. Howell (Jour. Mamm., 13:166, August 9, 1932) also referred a
specimen (13154), from La Porte, Indiana, in the Chicago Nat. History
Museum to _T. s. fisheri_. We find the specimen to be distinguishable
from _T. s. fisheri_ in darker, richer pelage, brown instead of blackish
anterior third of the median dorsal stripe, more buffy light dorsal
stripes, and more heavily constructed skull. The specimen most closely
resembles _T. s. rufescens_ in having, as compared to _T. s.
ohionensis_, brighter, more rufescent color, wider incisors,
proportionately narrower interorbital region, and more widely spreading
zygomatic arches. We refer it to that subspecies.

~Sciurus carolinensis pennsylvanicus~ Ord

When J. A. Allen considered what name to apply to the gray squirrel of
northeastern United States and adjacent parts of Canada, (Monogr. N.
Amer. Rodentia, p. 709, 1877) he selected the name _leucotis_ of Gapper
(Zool. Jour., 5:206, 1830) as applicable. Allen rejected Ord's
(Guthrie's Geog., 2nd Amer. Ed., Zool. App., 2:292, 1815) earlier name,
_Sciurus Pennsylvanica_, because (_loc. cit._) "it was given to
specimens from the Middle Atlantic States, and hence from a locality
bordering upon the habitat of the southern form, and consequently the
name is not strictly applicable to the northern type as developed in the
Northern and Northeastern States and the Canadas." It must be recalled
that Allen had not at that time seen a copy of Ord's exceedingly rare
work and was basing his comments on Baird's statements on Ord's
treatment of the squirrels.

Subsequently, Rhoads obtained a copy of the second edition of Guthrie's
Geography and had Ord's zoological appendix thereto reprinted. The
reprinted version (now known generally as Ord's Zoology by Rhoads, 1894)
contains (Appendix, p. 19) Rhoads' review of the _pennsylvanicus vs.
leucotis_ controversy. Rhoads concluded that _pennsylvanicus_ must apply
because it has priority and is available. The habitat was g