SCIURUS AtJBINNII. 13 



covered with short black hairs, with a small subterminal 

 brownish ring. Eyes black. No lighter colored spot be- 

 hind the ears. 



m. m. 



Length of head and body 270 



» » tail with tuft 390 



» » » without tuft 325 



» » hind foot 65 



» » skull 58 



Width between the jugalia 34 



» » » orbits 17 



Length upper molar series 11 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . . 13 



There are five molars in each upper, four in each lower 

 jaw. The first upper molar is more developed than is 

 usually the case with this generally small molar. Incisors 

 slender, ungrooved, orange colored. 



After having seen Gray's type of this species I am con- 

 vinced that my Sciurics salae is the same squirrel but in 

 its full dress. 



N. i. Bushcat (Büttikofer and Sala). 



Hab. Liberia, St. Paul-river, Bavia; Sofore-place, Bendo 

 (Büttikofer and Sala); Gold-coast, Fantee (Aubinn). 



The natives distinguish this species very well and give 

 it the name Bush-cat pretending that it is not a Squirrel. 

 It lives in cavities of trees. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 



1. Adult male, Sofore-place , St. Paul-river , Liberia , kil- 

 led 15 May 1880, Büttikofer and Sala. — 2. Adult male, 

 Sofore-place, 16 May 1880, Büttikofer and Sala. — 3. 

 Adult male, Sofore-place, 25 May 1880, Büttikofer and 

 Sala. — 4. Adult female, Sofore-place, 5 .July 1880, Büt- 

 tikofer and Sala. — 5. Adult female , Bavia , St. Paul- 

 river, 13 March 1880, Büttikofer and Sala. — 6. Adult 

 male, Bendo , Fisherman-lake, 3 December 1880, Bütti- 

 kofer and Sala. 



7. Skull of n". 2 — 8. Skull ofn». 3. — 9. Skull of n". 6. 



Notes from the Leyden ]Museum, "Vol. IV, 



