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Color of type. — General color of upperparts dark reddish-brown, 

 finely marked with black; much darker and less reddish than in 

 N. concinnus; the underfur broadly slate-black; terminal half of 

 hairs ringed with black and ochraceous-tawny, and tipped with 

 black. Cheeks and sides more biiffy, less reddish. Underparts with 

 underfur deep neutral-gray, the hairs tipped with buckthorn-brown. 

 Hands and feet like back but brighter, more reddish-orange. Tail 

 above and below mixed black and Sudan-brown, with more black 

 at tip. "Iris hazel." 



Slcull and teeth. — Skull longer and more slender than that of con- 

 cinnus, the nasals and rostrum narrower and the braincase elongated; 

 audital bullae shghtly larger. Teeth as in concinnus. 



Measurements of type. — Total length, 164 mm.; tail vertebrae, 77; 

 tail to end of hairs, 113; hind foot, 25. Skull: Greatest length, 27.7; 

 condylobasal length, 24.9; zygomatic breadth, 16.8; interorbital 

 breadth, 10.2; maxillary tooth row, 4.2: mandible, 16.4; mandibular 

 tooth row, 4.0. 



Specimens. — Four, from the following localities: Mindanao: "Min- 

 danao," 2 (Steere); Mount Malindang, 1 (Mearns); Summit of Mount 

 Bliss, 1 (Mearns). 



This new form apparently needs no special comparison with N. 

 samaricus, as the coloration is widely different from that described 

 of the Samar animal. 



SCIURUS SAMARENSIS Steere. 



Specimens. — Two, from Samar or Leyte (Steere). 



SCIURUS MINDANENSIS Steere. 



Specimens. — Three, from the following localities : Mindanao: Cata- 

 gan, 1 (Mearns) ; Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1 (Mearns) ; Mount ^la- 

 lindang, 1 (Mearns). 



SCIURUS PHILIPPINENSIS Waterhouse. 



Specimen. — One, from Basilan (P. B. S.). 



SCIURUS JUVENCUS Thomas. 



Specimens. — Three, from the following locahty: Palawan: Puerta 

 Princesa, 3 (Mearns, P. B. S.). 



Family PETAURISTIDiE. 



SCIUROPTERUS CRINITUS HoUister. 



Specimen. — One, the type, from Basilan (P. B. S.). 



