108 SCIURUS BICOLOR. 



1878. Sciurus gigajiteus Anderson. Yuunan Expedition, p. 220. 



Ears tufted. Upperparts, eartufts, tail, hindlegs, upper 

 half of fore legs and toes black or purplish brown. An 

 elongated spot of the same color below the eye and two 

 dark spots on the under surface of the chin. The under- 

 parts yellowish white to rich orange. The hairs of these 

 parts are dark brown towards the base. No trace of white 

 or yellowish on back or tail. There is one upper premolar. 



Hab. North- Western Himalaya, Assam, Garo Hills, 

 Sylhet, Cachar, from Northern Assam across to Yunnan, 

 through Arracan and Burma to Tenasserim and the Ma- 

 layan peninsula and Borneo (fide Anderson, 1. c, p. 222). 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum : 

 1. Adult female, Himalaya, Hodgson. — 2. Adult fe- 

 male, Malacca, Diard. — 3. Adult male, Borneo, Poiv 

 tianak , Diard. 



4. Skull of NO. 1. 



Sciurus hicolor. 



1778. Sciurus hicolor Sparrmann. Gothenb. Vet. Handl. 



Vol. I. p. 70. 

 1878. Sciurus hicolor Anderson. Yunnan Expedition, p. 215 



(partim). 



Ears not tufted. Upperparts of head, back and tail 

 vary from pale brown to brownish black , sometimes tbe dark 

 hairs have v»diite tips. Hind legs , upperhalf and posterior 

 portion of lowerhalf of fore legs black , sometimes the 

 black hairs are white tipped. Toes black. Cheeks pure 

 white; there are two dark spots on the under surface of 

 the chin. Underparts of body, inside of legs and the an- 

 terior part of the lower half of fore legs yellowish to 

 orange. The hairs of the belly and inside of hind legs 

 dark brown toward the base. Tail brown to black, the 

 hairs however always are yellowish white to orange tipped 

 for a smaller or larger extension. Tip of tail unicolor, 



JVotes from tbe Leyden IMuseum, Vol. V, 



