J. Knox Jones

“ I have examined the specimen from Webster County referred to by Glass and agree that it is paradoxus. I have not seen the specimen from [Pg 485] 9 mi. NW of Lincoln; however, another specimen from there, two others from Lancaster County, and one from Seward County (see above) , are here referred to P. h. spilotus, rather than P. h. paradoxus, on the basis of notably darker dorsal coloration and smaller external and cranial measurements. The range of P. h. spilotus in Nebraska, as presently known, therefore, is limited to the eastern, more humid part of the State, south of the Platte River. ”

“ Average and extreme external measurements of the four adults from Otoe County, three males and one female, are as follows: Total length, 110 (109-112) ; length of tail-vertebrae, 24.2 (22-26) ; length of hind foot, 13.8 (13-14) . Another specimen from 3 mi. S, 1-1/2 mi. E of Peru, Nemaha County, also is referable to carolinensis. These recent records indicate that the range of B. b. carolinensis extends up the Missouri River Valley, approximately to Nebraska City, Otoe County. ”

“ Sciurus carolinensis carolinensis Gmelin. Gray Squirrel.—An adult male gray squirrel shot by Mr. Terry A. Vaughan in the heavily timbered bluffs of the Missouri River, 3 mi. S, 2 mi. E of Nebraska City, Otoe County, on October 10, 1953, provides the only museum specimen of a gray squirrel from Nebraska known to me. Residents in the area concerned report small numbers of this squirrel as still occurring on the heavily wooded bluffs along the Missouri River in Nemaha, Otoe and Richardson counties, Nebraska, at least as far north as Nebraska City. ”