278 MamMaAtLiA OF INDIA. 
DescripTion.—‘ The upper surface and the sides of the neck, the 
shoulders, and the outside of the~-fore-limbs, the lumbar and sacral 
regions, the outside of the thighs and the tail are black, the black of the 
hind-quarters being prolonged forwards along the mesial line towards. 
the black of the shoulders ; a large dark maroon spot on the vertex, 
separated from the maroon of the nape by yellowish inter-aural area, 
which extends downwards and forwards to the cheeks; a maroon- 
coloured line passes downward from the front of the ear, with a yellow 
area behind it. The sides of the face and muzzle are pale yellowish, 
the latter being flesh-coloured; the other portions of the trunk and 
the lower half of the tibial portion of the hind limbs are maroon. The 
tail is either black or maroon black, sometimes tipped with yellowish 
brown. The whole of the under-parts and inside of the limbs and the 
hands and feet are rich yellowish ; the ears strongly maroon and tufted ” 
(Dr. Anderson). Jerdon’s description of this animal is very meagre and 
doubtful. : 
Size.—About the same as the last. 
This squirrel was tolerably common in the forests of Seonee, and we 
had one or two in confinement. One belonging to my brother-in-law 
was so tame as to allow of any amount of bullying by his children, who 
used to pull it about as though it were a puppy or kitten, but I have 
known others to bite severely and resent any freedom. 
No. 275. ScIURUS MACROURUS. 
The Long-tailed Forest Squirrel ( Jerdon’s No. 152). 
Native Names.—Rookeeah or Dandoleyna, Singhalese. 
Hasitat.—Ceylon, Southern India, i.e. Malabar, Travancore, Mysore, 
Neilgherries. 
Description.—* Fur of the upper parts coarse and slightly waved ; 
above, the colour varies from maroon-black to rufous brown ; hairs 
sometimes grizzled and tipped white or pale yellow, particularly on the 
croup, sides, and upper parts of limbs ; crown of the head darker in 
most specimens than other parts; cheeks, under-parts, and lower two- 
thirds of limbs of a fulvous white ; occiput ofa deeper fulvous, sometimes 
yellow or ferruginous brown ; an indistinct dark spot on the cheek, which 
is sometimes absent ; two-thirds or more of the basal portion of the tail 
black or brown ; the rest grizzled grey or fulvous. In some the hairs 
of the whole tail are tipped white, and in others grizzled white through- 
out. In the young there is very little of brown or black; the whole 
tail is more or less formed of grey hairs, and the terminal third is nearly 
white. Grey is also the prevailing colour on the posterior half of the 
body ; toes in all black or blackish brown; ears hairy, only slightly 
tufted in adults.” —Kellaart. 
