into pale rufous on the sides of the neck, body, and thighs, the rufous not being
much pronounced. The fore limbs externally are greyish-brown, the feet being
dark brown, almost black, and the hind limbs are of the same colour. The hairs
generally of the upper parts are ‘ annulated in the same way as in S. lokriah,
there being about eight alternate black or brownish and yellow bands, the basal
portion of the hair being dark blackish-grey. The upper light colour is produced
by the pale nature of the bands and the admixture of many nearly white hairs.
On the head, the annulation of the hairs has almost entirely disappeared. The
tail is regularly annulated orange and black, the hair being broadly tipped with
orange.
The specimen yielding the foregoing description was obtained in Sumatra by
Raffles, and its body from the tip of the muzzle to the root of the tail measures
8 inches, and the tail 6, and with hair 8 inches. The species has also been found
in Malacca and in Pulo Panjang in the Gulf of Siam. The animals referred by
Muller and Schlegel to Borneo and Canton seem to me to be examples of S. tenuis,
Horsfd., if they are not the young of S. modestus.
Muller and Schlegel’s figure is a good representation of the species.
S c i u r u s c h i n e n s i s , Gray.
Sciurus chinensis, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 144; Horsfd. Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co/s Mus.
1851, p. 159, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 634.
Macroxus chinensis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 1867, p. 282.
The fur is rather short and coarse, and dark brown with glossy tips to the longer
black hairs, as in S. philippensis. I t is very finely punctulated with yellow. The
two types of this species, both from the same locality, Canton, in China, differ considerably
from one another; one is a male and the other appears to be a female. In
the former, the upper surface of the head contrasts with the rest of the upper parts
in being pale reddish-brown, passing gradually, however, into the colour of the
surrounding parts. The hinder half of the side of the neck and the lower portion of
the shoulder and the upper half of the fore leg are pale reddish-brown; the tail being
uniformly pale brown without any annulations. In the supposed female, the head
and shoulders agree with the rest of the upper surface, which is less punctulated
and slightly darker than in the male. The tail is darker, and the hairs are slightly
grey-tipped. In the male, the chin, throat, and chest are white, but the sides of
the belly are slightly rufous, the latter having a white central streak. The chin,
throat, and chest of the female are not so pure white, and the belly is slightly more
rufous; in another specimen, there is also a tendency to form a pale mesial
abdominal line. The ears are moderately long, and clad on their backs with
short hairs.
The tail appears to be longer than the body, but in one specimen it is imperfect,
and the other is so badly stuffed that its measurements would not give its correct
proportions.
This species is closely allied to S. philippensis< and it is a dark-brown squirrel
larger than S. tenuis.
I t has hitherto been obtained only from Canton.
S c i u r u s p h i l i p p e n s i s , Waterhouse.
Sciurus pbili^smis, Waterborne, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, p. 117; Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl.
vol. ill. 1843, p. 209; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii. 1845, p; 3!0 ;. Blyth, Joum. As. Soc Bern?
vol. xvi. 1847, p. 874. • s-
Macroxus philippensis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, vol. xx. p. 281.
Waterhouse describes this animal, which appears to. be closely allied to S. ternrn,
and perhaps still more closely to S. chinensis, as haring the general hue o£ the
upper parts, sides o f the body, and outer sides oi the hind legs, deep brown; this
tin t being produced by the admixture of rust colour and black, the hairs behig of
the latter colour and rather broadly annulated with rusty red near the apex. The
tail is not very bushy; its hairs are black, with two bright rusty bars. The under
parts of the body are greyish-white, with a faint yellow tin t; the head, shoulder
and brachium are greyish, and the feet are black, slightly g rille d with rust colour.’
I t is interesting to observe th a t the shoulder of the specimen, in the circumstance
that its colour differs from th a t of the rest of the upper parte, c'onforms to the
distribution of colour both -in S. tenuis and S. chinensis, in which, however, the
shoulder is more rufous than the rest of the upper parts.
Length, muzzle to vent 6-50 inches, tail 6-26 inches. In the length of its
tail it approaches to S. tenuis.
I t was obtained in the Island of Mindanado in the Philippine group.
Sciunus t e n u i s , Horsfield.
Scimus tenuis, Horsfd. Zool. Beech. in Java, 1824; Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.’s Mus 1861 p 158-
Ksoher, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 355; Cantor, Joum. As. Soc. vol. xv. 1846, p. 250 GraVs
last Mamm. B M 1848, p. 144; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii; 1845, p. 45* Bly^ Joum.
As. Soc. Beng. 1847, vol. xvi. p. 874 (in part); ibid. vol. xx. 1851, p..166; ibid. vol. xxiv
1855, p. 476; Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 104.
Seturus modestus, Muller tmd Schlegel, Verhandl. 1889-44, pp. 87 and 96 (in part); Gray Ann and
Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 1867, p, 274.
Macroms tcuuis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 1807, p. 281.
Rufous olive-brown ou the upper parts, the rufous more bright on the shoulder
and outside of fore limbs and sometimes on the front of the th ig h ; the feet are
concolorous with the upper surface of body; a pale rufous area around the eye and
on the moustachial region and the sides of the muzzle. An oblique brownish band
passes downwards from the upper surface of the muzzle, behind the moustache, with
a pale rufous spot behind it. The sides of the face, below the eye, are concolorous
with the sides of the neck. The under parte and insides of the limbs are pure white
oryellowish, with a tendency to.form a yellowish median ventral streak. The tail is