178 SCIURID^E. 



clisticlious ; molar teetli tuberculated. Usually of smaller size, otlicvwise 

 as in Pteromys. 



163. Sciuropterus caniceps. 



Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. X. 262.— Blytii, Cat. 29G.— /'/tvoHi^s 

 senex, Hodgson. — Blijom chimho, Lepch. 



The Grey-headed Flying Squirrel. 



Bescr. — Entire head iron-gray ; orbits and base of ears deep orange- 

 fulvous ; wliole body above, with parachute and tail, a mixture of 

 blackish and golden-yellow ; limbs deep orange-ochreous ; margin of 

 pai'achute albescent ; beneath, the neck Avhitish, rest of the lower parts 

 pale orange-red ; tip of tail black ; ears nearly nude ; tail sub-distichous. 



Length of one, head and body 14 inches ; tail with the hair 16|. 



This species by its long and only slightly distichous tail, its large 

 size, and coloration, is quite a link between Sciuropterus and Pleromi/i-t, 

 and I would have preferred classing it with the latter, but for the sake 

 of uniformity with Blyth's Catalogue have placed it as the first of the 

 former group. The pelage is not so fine as in true Pteromys. 



It has been found in Nepal and Sikim. I got one or two specimens 

 only near Darjeeling and it was said to frequent a somewhat lower zone 

 than P. magnificus, viz., from about 4,000 to 6,000 feet. 



Horsfield, in his Catalogue of Mammalia, has Pteromys Pearsoui, Gray, 

 like caniceiys, about one-third smaller, paler above and below, head 

 coloxti'ed like the back, no orange spot over the eye or at base of ears ; 

 tail flatter and broader. From Darjeeling. I fancy that this must be 

 the young of S. cmdccps, or it may be S. villosus, q. v. Blyth does not 

 notice it in his Catalogue. 



Sc. Layard't, Blyth, from Ceylon, is* stated to be somewhat allied to 

 8. caniceps. 



164. Sciuropterus fimbriatus. 



Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist. N. S. I. 584.— Blytii, Cat. 208.— Pteromys 

 Leach a, Gray ? 



The Gray Flying Squirrel. 



JDescr. — Pur above pale rufous-brown, or soft gray, varied with black. 



