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WHILE shooting grey squirrels on the Duke of Bedford's estate at Woburn this spring, some specimens were obtained which throw light on the inheritance of melanism in this species (Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin). So far as can be discovered, there is nothing in the literature about this. Nelson1 states that in some parts of America litters are found to contain a black young; but there is no information on the proportion of black to grey young, or on the colour of the parents.
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Nelson, E. W., Nat. Geog. Mag., 33, 371 (1918).
Trans. Herts Nat. Hist. Soc. Field Club, 22, 53.
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SHORTEN, M. Inheritance of Melanism in Grey Squirrels. Nature 156, 46–47 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156046b0
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