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NOTE XXXIV. 



OK THE GENUS RHEITHROSCIURUS Gray. 



BY 



Dr. P. A. JENTINK, 



July 1881. 



As I wrote my paper on Sciuriis [Rheithrosciuru^) mi- 

 crotis, see Notes from the Leyden Museum, Part 1, 1879, 

 p. 40 , I knew Rheithrosciurus macrotis only from the both 

 short annotations of the late Gray about that Squirrel. 

 I here verbally copie his descriptions: Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. 1856, p. 341, pi. XLVI, he writes; » Among the 

 specimens of animals which the British Museum has lately 

 received from Mr. Wallace from Sarawak , is a large , 

 well-marked species of Squirrel, particular for having very 

 large, lougish pencilled ears like the European species, 

 with a broad white streak on the upper part of each 

 side , and a very broad full tail , grisled , with large white 

 tips to the hairs. Sciurus macrotis. Ears large , with large 

 pencil of elongate hairs. Dark chestnut-brown , very mi- 

 nutely grisled with pale tips to the hairs. Rump , out- 

 side of thighs and base of tail redder; point of thighs 

 bright bay ; feet blackish ; upper part of the side with a 

 broad pale streak ; cheeks and inner side of legs paler ; 

 chin , throat, and beneath white ; tail very broad , with 

 very long white-tipped hairs. Length 13, tail 11 =: 24 

 inches. Hab. Sarawak (Mr. Wallace)." — and: Ann. and 



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