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is characteristic of the latter species, and the upper incisors are 

 not longitudinally grooved. 



SciURUS RUBRiPES. General color slate tipped with yellow ; 

 from the shoulder backward an indistinct yellowish white stripe, 

 fading away before reaching the thighs ; lower parts and inside of 

 limbs yellowish white, tinged on the latter with chestnut ; head 

 dark chestnut ; whiskers black ; outside of limbs bright chestnut ; 

 tail black, tipped with white above, and chestnut on the under 

 surface ; teeth orange yellow. Length from tip of the nose to 

 base of the tail, 9^ inches ; length of the tail, 5 1 inches. 



This resembles the S. -pyrrhopus, (F. Cuv.,) from the Guinea 

 coast ; but the tint is not greenish, the lateral band is yellowish 

 white, the tail differs in its chestnut lower surface and whiter 

 tips, and the head and outside of limbs are chestnut instead of 

 tawny. 



This beautiful red-legged squirrel is found in the country wa- 

 tered by the rivers Nazareth, Ogobai, Fernand-Vaz, Rembo, and 

 Ovenga, running through a country situated two degrees south of 

 the equator. It inhabits the forests of equatorial Africa, and is 

 found in the interior as far as I have been. It is called by the 

 natives " Ngori." 



SciURUS MiNUTUS. Color bright ferruginous above, beneath 

 tawny ; tail with alternate black and rufous bands ; base of the 

 fur, above and below, plumbeous ; whiskers long and black ; muz- 

 zle yellowish white ; ears scantily furnished with yellowish white 

 hair ; teeth whitish yellow, lower incisors diverging at the points ; 

 well clothed with hair on the lower parts. Length from tip of 

 the nose to base of tail, 3 inches ; length of tail, 2 inches. 



This beautiful little squirrel, which is thus far the smallest 

 known, is called by the native tribes inhabiting the head waters of 

 the Ovenga River " KendoT It is always found on the trees of 

 the forest, and to get a sight at it is most difficult, not only on ac- 

 count of its small size, but of its constant and rapid movements. 



It is found on the mountainous range or table-lands situated in 

 the interior from" the western coast of Africa, between two degrees 



