of Assam Mammalia and Birds. 371 



to the tail, and is broadest on the throat. Ears rounded, and nearly 

 naked : tail nearly equal to the body in length : body eight inches 

 long, and of stout proportions." — McClelland's MS. 



One imperfect specimen sent by Mr. McClelland agrees precisely 

 with Mr. Hodgson's description, referred to above. 



15. Sciurus Lokrioides, Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc, Bengal, V. p. 

 232. 



" Light gray, with a yellow tinge on the sides of the thorax ; sil- 

 ver-gray beneath ; hairs above alternately barred with light and dark 

 gray. Tail scarcely so long as the body : ears short, but pointed 

 upwards: length eight inches."* — McClelland's MS. 



16. Sciurus McClellandii, Horsfield. Supra fuscus fulvo te- 

 nuissime irroratus notceo saturatiore ; subtus ex sordido fulvo 

 canescens ; dorso summo lined recta atrd ; lined insuper utrinque 

 later all fused Iceto fulvo marginatd, antice saturatiore, ad oculos 

 extensd, postice obsoletd in uropygio utrinsecus approximatd ; 

 caudd mediori subcylindrico-attenuatd nigro fulvoque variegatd ; 

 auriculis atris barbd nived lanuginosa insigni circumscriptis ; 

 vibrissis longis nigris. 



" A black line extends along the spine, with a double-shaded line 

 of yellow and brown on each side, softly relieved from the remaining 

 upper portion of the body (which is most minutely variegated ful- 

 vous and brown) ; yellowish-gray beneath : tail slightly tapering, 

 shorter than the body and legs, more bulky than in Squirrels in ge- 

 neral : length three and a half inches, exclusive of the head, which 

 measures one inch. 



" It inhabits Bengal as well as Assam, and is the only one of the 

 foregoing species possessed of pencilated tufts on the ears. They 

 have each long black beards." — McClelland's MS. 



Genus Lepus, Linn. 



1 7. Lepus timidus, Linn. 



" This Hare is found in Assam, but its size is degenerate, measuring 

 only from seventeen to nineteen inches in length. It is not esteemed 

 as an article of food. The ears are more uniformly gray than in the 

 European variety." — McClelland's MS. 



18. Lepus hispidus, Pearson. 



This species is admitted by Mr. McClelland, on the authority of 

 J. T. Pearson, Esq., late Cur. Mus. As. Soc, who described it in the 

 Calcutta Sporting Magazine. 



" Its hair is harsh and bristly ; ears very short, not projecting be- 

 yond the fur : length eighteen inches : colour more dusky-gray than 

 that of the Hare. Inhabits Assam, especially the northern parts of 

 the valley along the base of the Boutan mountains. 



" I am indebted to Lieutenant Vetch of Assam for the skin of this 

 animal, but unfortunately the scull is wanting ; but according to Mr. 

 Pearson it is the same as the scull of the common Hare." — McClel- 

 land's MS. 



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