300 MAMMALIA OF INDIA. 
question of the magnitude of the ears is one yet to be settled by fur- 
ther investigation of the living animal. Jerdon’s description is “ entire 
head iron-grey ; orbits and base of ears deep orange fulvous; whole 
body above, with parachute and tail, a mixture of blackish and golden 
yellow ; limbs deep orange ochreous; margin of parachute albescent ; 
beneath the neck whitish ; rest of the lower parts pale orange-red ; tip 
of tail black ; ears nearly nude; tail sub-distichous.” The fur is softer, 
denser, and longer than in the last two species. 
S1zE.—Head and body, about 14 inches; tail, 15 to 16 inches. 
No. 305. PTEROMYS PEARSONII. 
Sciuropterus villosus of Jerdon, Vo. 166. 
The Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel. 
Hapirat.—Sikim and Upper Assam. 
DeEscription.—Upper part of head and back rich glossy reddish- 
brown, grizzled with black; the parachute blackish-brown, sparsely 
washed with faint reddish brown. 
“Fur very fine, soft, and rather long, but adpressed, and the hidden 
portion is almost black, narrowly tipped with the reddish-brown, the 
sides of the hair being blackish-brown. On the parachute only a few 
hairs have the reddish band, and these are most numerous towards the 
margin ; the tail is rather bushy and but slightly distichous, and the 
hidden portion of its fur is pale fawn,at the base, passing into pale 
chestnut brown, washed with dusky brown on the sides and upper 
surface ; the margins of the eyelids are dark brown, and the sides of the 
face are pale rufous; the ears are moderately large and rounded, rather 
dark brown towards the tips, and pencilled at the base, anteriorly and 
posteriorly, with long delicate hairs. There are no true cheek bristles, 
but the moustachial hairs are very long; the under surface is pale 
ferruginous, palest on the mesial line, and most rufescent on the outer 
half of the membrane, the margin of which inferiorly is pale yellowish ; 
the hairs on the membrane have dark slaty—almost black-—bases, the 
ferruginous being confined to the tips; the fur of the under-parts is 
very soft and dense; the feet are well clad, more especially so those of 
the hind limbs.” Anderson. 
S1zE.—Head and body, 8 inches ; tail, 8 inches, 
Jerdon says it is found at elevations of 3000 to nearly 6000 feet. 
No. 306. PTEROMYS FUSCOCAPILLUS. 
Sciuropterus of Jerdon, No. 167. 
The Small Travancore Flying Squirrel. 
Hasirat.—Southern India and Ceylon. 
DESCRIPTION.—Upper parts rufous chestnut according to Kellaart, 
