226 Mammals of Eastern Asia 
concolor from Malacca, damsoni from Tenasserim, and milleri 
from Trang, peninsular Siam. Apparently only 1 young one is 
born. 
The species C. imitator, a plainly colored Squirrel from Ton- 
kin, northern Laos, and northern Annam is related to caniceps. 
Its upperparts, including the ears, face, and crown, are reddish 
cinnamon, underparts "blue-gray," the sides grayish cinnamon, 
hands and feet gray, tail grizzled black and yellowish, the tip 
black. The length of the head and body is 8% inches, tail 7% 
inches, hind foot 1% inches. 
The Plantain or Striped, and Black-banded Tree Squir- 
rels, Callosciurus notatus and allies, a group greatly developed 
on the Sunda Islands, are represented on the mainland as far 
north as Siam by comparatively few forms. 
The general color plan in the notatus group includes a dorsal 
color of red-tipped black hairs, and reddish feet; the face and a 
ring around the eye are generally reddish. The underparts vary 
from chestnut to reddish orange. There is a pale stripe, beneath 
which is a pure black stripe, along each side. The ears are some- 
what reddish. The length of the head and body is about 8% 
inches, of the tail 7 inches, of the hind foot U/o inches (Bon- 
hote). 
The Plantain Squirrel, C. notatus, originally of Java, is 
represented by the races singapurensis of Singapore, subluteus 
of Johore, peninsularis of Pahang; in Trang, peninsular Siam, 
and south to Johore the race miniatus is found. 
The Black-banded Tree Squirrels, C. nigrovittatus of Java, 
appear on the Malay Peninsula as C. n. johorensis and farther 
north as C. n. bilimitatus. The general color of C. nigrovittatus 
is black, finely speckled with red, each hair gray at the base, red- 
dish near the tip, and black at the tip. The face is reddish brown. 
The underparts are pale smoky gray, dark at the hair bases, 
hoary at the tips. There is a pale, rather yellowish lateral line. 
A black line is also present on each side. This species is distin- 
