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SCIURUS PALMARUM. 



uapore; aud it ranges northward to the Himalaya (An- 

 derson. 1. c). 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 



1 till 9. Adult aud youug males aud females, Ceylon, 



Colombo, Diard, 1859. — 9. Adult specimen, Colombo, 



Diard, 1859 (in spirits). 



10. Skeleton of an adult specimen, Colombo, Diard, 

 1859. 



11. Skull of an adult specimen, Colombo, Diard, 1859. 



Sc turns p aim a rum. 



1776. Sciurus palmarum Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, p. 186. 

 1878. Sciurus palmarum Anderson. Yunnau Expedition, 

 p. 257. 



There are two upper premolars. The pale lines or bands 

 extend from the shoulder to the base of the tail. Skeleton with 

 12 costales, 7 lumbares, 3 sacrales and 25 caudales (Cuvier). 



Hab. Bengal, north-west to the Punjab and southwards to 

 Central India (Anderson. 1. c.) and Ceylon (Leyden Museum). 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 

 1. Adult specimen, Hindoustan. Labeled Sciurus palma- 

 rum by Anderson. — 2. Female, Indian Continent, Zoo- 

 logical Garden at Amsterdam. — 3. Very young speci- 

 men , India. — 4. Adult male , Indian Continent , Frank, 

 labeled Sciunis layarcli by Anderson. It agrees in all 

 respects with Sciurus palmarum^ the only difference is 

 that the general color is darker. — 5. Adult male , Ben- 

 gal, Frank. Labeled Sciurus tristriatus by Anderson, al- 

 though it differs by no means from N^ 4. — 6. Male, 

 India. — 7. Male, Ceylon, Colombo, Diard, 1859. Labeled 

 Sciurus tristriatus , var. rujiceps by Anderson ; the same 

 author wrote upon the label: »very different voice from 



JN'otes from the Leyden IMuseum, "Vol. V". 



