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with a black ring. Hairs of chin , throat , breast , belly 

 and inside of legs pure white throughout. 



A light spot behind the well developed ears. A whi- 

 tish circle surrounds the eyes. Whiskers black. 



m. m. 



Length of head and body. . 186 



» » tail with tuft (incomplete) . . . about 180 

 » » » without tuft (incomplete) . . » 140 



» » hind foot 41 



.> » skull 42 



Width between the jugalia (incomplete) . . about 22 



» » » orbits 10.5 



Length upper molar series , . 7 



Distance of incisor and first upper molar ... 10 



There are five molars in each upper jaw ; the first is a 

 very well developed tooth. The smooth incisors are orange 

 colored. 



Hab. Cameroon mountains (Burton); Gaboon (Ansell , 

 Verreaux, Laglaize); Ogobai-river (Marche); Chinxoxo (Fal- 

 kenstein) ; Angola , Kuango (v. Mechow). 



Captain Burton found this squirrel 7000 feet above the 

 level of the sea in the Cameroon-mountains. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum: 



1 and 2. Adult females , Ogobai , Schliiter. 



3 and 4. Skulls of n"s. 1 and 2. 



/3. Fur harsher. 



S c ill r u s g e tul u s. 

 1560. Sciurus getulus C. Gessner. Icoues auimalium qua- 



drupedum viviparum et oviparum. First edition. 

 1788. Sciaras getulus Lin. Systema naturae. T. L p. 150. 

 1842. Xerus trivittatus Gray. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 



Hist. X. p. 264. 



Sciurus (Xeros) praetextus Wagner Schreber's 



Saugethiere. Supplera. Bd. HI. p. 216. 

 1853. Xerus getulus Temminck. Esquisses Zool. sur la 



Cote de Guine. 1"^ partie. p. 124. Note. 



Notes from tlie Leytien INXuseum, "Vol. IV. 



