/S. splenditlics, Gray. 

 (V. chiiimnniiieitt, Ti;m. 

 <S'. SiaiiifHuis, Oray. 

 S. splendens, Gray. 



Tlio above are tho synonyms of the (livcrse-foloiucd stpiiricl, acioriliii^ to T)r. 

 Anderson. Tho colours vary from (loop niaroon-fliostnut to red, and from grey-grizzled 

 to intense black and pure white, and white spotted or piehald. S. Grrinani is black. 

 S. Finlaysoni is white. <S'. Duconrti is piebald. All the otluu's are rich red sijuirrcls. 

 S. leucogdKtcr and S. Siame?i.siii are young animals. <§. Kenmttrcni has a white tail lip. 

 " The appearance of the white," remarks Dr. Anderson, " on this portion of the tail, 

 ■would seem to indicate that there is an inherent tendoucj' to tho production of that 

 colour, probably explicable on the theory of reversion, because the young of many 

 squuTels, when born, have their tails white. This colour disappearing with age." 



Eanges from Assam throughout Burma and 8iam. 



S. LOKRIOIDES, Ilodg. 



jS. Assainfnui.i, ilacC'lell. 

 S. nbjfhu, Tytler. 

 8. similis, Gray. 



Colour rufous olive-brown. The base of tho hairs greyish-black, and their 

 remainder banded yellow, black and yellow, and brown or blackish-tipped. Throat 

 and belly greyish or sullied white, tinged more or less with rufous, but never with 

 bright orange, as in <S. lul;riah. Tail similar to the back, l>iit the hairs more coarsely 

 aniiulated. 



This species ranges into Arakan and I'reparis Island, and stretches from Nipal to 

 Western Yunan. 



S. LOKKLin, Hodg. 



Colour deep ferruginous olive-brown. Belly rich orange. Tlio bands on the 

 hair are orange, not yellow as in S. lokriuides, and the terminal black tip to the tail 

 is broad, but tipped with orange or white. A white tuft behind the ear. 



From Nipal to Assam, ranging into Arakan. 



S. ATBODORs.vLis, Gray. 



Colouration of two tyjies. In the paler type, the back and the feet are yellowish 

 rufous, the top of the head orange red, and the under surface and the inside of the 

 limbs chestnut. Tail ringed orange and black, the former colour being terminal. In 

 the other type the back is black, with generally, but not ahvays, white whiskers. 



Head cind body 8-9 ; tail 10-25 = 1915 inches. 



Mr. Blanford remarks, "I have only seen S. atrodorsalis from the northern 

 portion of the Tenasserim provinces, the species has not yet, so far as I am aware, 

 been recorded from Jlergui or Tavoy, nor is it known to occur west of the Salween 

 River. It abounds around Maulniain and Amherst, and in the valleys of the 

 Hoimgdarau and Attarau Rivers." ' 



S. RUFIGENIS, W. Bl. 



This sc|uin'el is nearly the same size as S. caniceps and S. atrodorsalis, but tho 

 tail is much shorter, its length, without counting the liairs at the end, being always 

 considerably less than that of the head and body ; it is distinctly distichous below. 

 i'ur soft throughout. 



Upper parts dark olive, frizzled, checks ferruginous, a small white spot beliind 

 the ear, lower parts white, tail hoary, black with white rings and tips above, chestnut 

 below. 



The colour of the back and sides resembles that of specimens of <S'. catiicep.s in 

 which there is no yellow or rufous tinge, being a fine mixture of bhick and pale 



' " Error is provorbially inimort.il, anil conscqueutly. attention cannot be too frequently called to 

 the circumstance tliat tlie localities assigned to tliis species and to many other Asiatic sijuirrela in 

 IJr. Gray's lists are incorrect." 



