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in the tail of that species — the tip of the tail being black : 

 under-parts, inside of limbs, fore-paws above, and almost 

 the entire hind limbs exteriorly, together with a broad 

 median line to the tail underneath continued to its black 

 tip, bright ferruginous-chesnut ; that of the belly bordered 

 laterally with black : whiskers black. Specimen a, as- 

 signed Sc. erythrceus in Mr. Gray's catalogue of the mam- 

 malia in the British Museum, seems referrible to this.' 

 Sciurus pygerythrus. 



barbe's squirrel. 

 This is a beautiful little squirrel, striped with nine alter- 

 nate lines of black and rusty white, and somewhat resem- 

 bling the American ground squirrel. It is, however, a 

 new species, abounding in the Provinces of Yay, Tavoy,, 

 and Mergui. 



Sciurus Barbei. 



g§» R)ol3i. cojScbu 



berdmore's squirrel. 

 This is a large striped squirrel, often seen m the south- 

 ern Provinces. 



Sciurus Berdmorei- 



5)S„ lnjle. cojSoj^. 



red squirrel. 

 The red squirrel has not yet been seen in the Provin- 

 ces, but Capt. Phayre found it in Arracan. It is" entire- 

 ly of a deep rufo-ferruginous colour, rather darker above 

 than below — toes of all the feet blackish, " tip of the tail 

 yellowish white." 



Sciurus Keraudrenii, Lesson. 



" ferrugineus, Cuvier. 



ASSAMESE SQUIRREL. 



Capt. Phayre met with this species also in Arracan, 

 but no one has yet found it in the Provinces. It is de- 

 scribed as being more or less rufescent all over. 

 Sciurus lokroides, Hodgson 



u assamensis, M'CIelland. 



