236 MAMMALIA. 



YELLOW-BELLIED SQUIRREL. 



This is another species which Blyth says inhabits 

 Arracan, but which is unknown in these Provinces. 

 Sciurus loki'iah, Hodgson. 



" subflaviventris. M'Clelland. 



LARGE FLYING SQUIRREL. 



We have one or two species of that jjraceful, elegant 

 group, the flying squirrels. The largest Blyth regards as 

 a variety of Pteromys petaurista, " but the whitish tips to 

 the fur more predominating, imparting a hoary-grey ap- 

 pearance to the whole upper surface, and continued along 

 the tail, the extreme tip only of which is blackish ; under 

 parts pure white, or nearly so, in different specimens ; 

 and the rest of the colouring much as in the preceding 

 variety. (?) In both, the white tips to the fur predominate 

 in the newly put forth pelage, and disappear to a great ex- 

 tent as the fur becomes old and worn. In the young of 

 the Arracan race, the black extreme points of the fur arr 

 much developed." 



In the specimens that I have examined in these Pro- 

 vinces the ears are tipped with white. 

 Pteromys petaurista. 



SMALL FLYING SQUIRREL. 



The small species inhabits the southern provinces, but 

 no one seems to have obtained specimens. I judge it, 

 however, to be identical with the small flying squirrel of 

 Arracan. "A diminutive species about 5 inch, in length, 

 minus the tail, which measures 4| inch. ; tarse to end of 

 claws \\ inch. Upper surface bright ferruginous-bay 

 in old specimens, with the membrane, limbs and tail, 

 dusky, and the basal fourth of the latter pale rufous un- 

 derneath : under-parts dull white, with fur of a somewhat 

 woolly texture : that of the upper-parts dusky except at tip," 

 Pteromys spadiceus, Blyth. 



