SCIURUS LIS. 



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17. Adult, Siberia. Tail, earpencils, hands and feet dark 

 blackish brown. — 18. Nearly fullgrown female, Sweden, 

 Schonen, 11 May 1877 , Schlüter , 1878. Colored like N» 17. 

 — 19. Adult female, Sweden, Quickjock, 26 November 

 1876, Schlüter, 1878. Colored somewhat intermediate be- 

 tween the red- and the Siberian-variety. 



The Alpine variety: 20. Adult male, Switserland, St. Go- 

 thard, Schlüter, 1878. —21 and 22. Adult males , Silesia , 

 Riesengeb., Januar 1850 and November 1860, 0. Finsch. — 

 23. Young specimen , Greece , Parnass-Mounts , 20 July 1866, 

 Schlüter, 1870. — 24. Young, Sub-alpine regions of Europe. 

 25. Adult male , Siberia , Verdey , 1873. — 26. Adult , North- 

 Europe. Purplish black. — 27. Adult , Russia. Colored like 

 N" 26 , the tail ornated with a pure white tip. — 28 and 

 29. Adult specimens , Japan , v. Siebold. Upperparts and sides 

 colored somewhat between the Siberian- and the Alpine- 

 variety, — 30. Adult male, Guelders, Lidth de Jeude, 1866. 

 Varietas alba. — 31. Adult female, the Netherlands, 

 Wildenborgh near Vorden, 24 February 1865, Brants. 

 White colored like N" 30. 



32. Skeleton of an adult specimen , Europe , Temminck's 

 collection. 



33. Skull of an adult individual, Guelders, 11 July 

 1862, A. A. V. Bemmelen. 



N" 1 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 24 and 25 have unpencilled ears. 



34. Young male (in spirits), Brunswick, Blasius. 



Sciurus lis. 



1842. Sciurus lis Teraminck. Fauna japonica. p. 45. PI. 

 XII, figs. 1—4. 



This species has not been mentioned by Gray in his 

 Synopsis of the year 1867 and Anderson says no word 

 about it in his Yunnan Expedition. A. Milne Edwards 

 calls it Sciurus Lys (Recherches, etc. 1868 a 1874. p. 308.) 



Notes from tlie Leyden Museum, Vol. V. 



