734 AiAimALtA. 



Sciurus bicolor, Sparrmann, 



" gig ant ens, M'Clelland MS&. 



« madagascariensis ) A ' g 



" macruroides, Hodgson. ) r * 



GOLDEN-BACKED SQUIRREL. 



The golden-backed squirrel which bears a considerable 

 resemblance to the American gray squirrel, is peculiar to 

 the Tenasserim Provinces, and like that is considered 

 very good eating. Tts general colour is gray, with a tinge 

 of yellow on the back, 



It is described by Mr. Blyth, as "the size of Sc.Rafflesii, 

 or measuring about 20 in. long, of which the tail is half, 

 its hair reaching 2 in. or 2£ in. further. General colour 

 grizzled fulvous above, the limbs and tail grizzled ashy 

 (from each hair being annulated with black and pale ful- 

 vescent), with an abruptly defined black tip to the latter : 

 under-parts and inside of limbs pale grizzled ashy : in 

 bright specimens, the nape, shoulders, and upper-part of 

 The back, are vivid light ferruginous or golden-fulvous, 

 sometimes continued to the tail, more generally shading 

 niT gradually towards the rump, and in some but slightly 

 developed even upon the nape and shoulders : whiskers 

 ioncr arid black; and slight albescent pencils to the ears, 

 more or less developed." 



Sciurus chrysonotus. 



BLACK-BACKED SQUIRREL. 



This is an ordinary-sized squirrel, the upper parts griz- 

 zled with black, on a golden ground, with a superb bushy 

 tail. 



Sciurus atrodorsalis. 



5)8 » In j. c35i 



RUSTY SQUIRREL. 



The rusty squirrel, first found in Pegu, is met with in 

 these Provinces, but is not abundant. Blyth describes it as 

 according in size " with Sc. vittatus, except that the tail 

 js longer and more bushy. Entire upper-parts uniformly 

 grizzled, much as in that species, or more especially a* 



