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like the colour of the wild rabbit, the hairs being lead-coloured at their 

 base, the rest brown with a black tip ; face whitish ; orbits black ; 

 whiskers very long, black ; chin and lower parts yellowish-white ; tail 

 broad, rather tapering, fulvous, the hairs near the base black-tipped, 

 and the tail black at the end ; feet broad, the outer edge of the hind- 

 feet with a broad tuft of hair. 



Length of one, head and body 10 to 11 inches ; tail 8 to 9, but it is 

 said to attain larger dimensions. 



This flying squirrel is found throughout the north-west Himalayas 

 from Simla to Kashmir, and is said to extend still further west into 

 Afghanistan. Blyth has named a flying squirrel Sc. baberi, from the 

 drawings of Sir A. Burnes, which is probably the same species, or a very 

 nearly allied one. 



165. Sciuropterus alboniger. 



HoDGSOX. — Blyth, Cat. 302. — Sc. TunibulU, GRkY.—Khim, Lepch. 

 — Fiam-p'vju, Bhot. 



The Black and White Flying Squirrel. 



Descr. — Above black, faintly shaded with hoary or rufous; tail 

 concolorous, distinctly distichous ; beneath white with a slight tinge of 

 yellowish ; nude lips ; ears and feet fleshy-white. 



Length, head and body 11 inches ; tail 8;^ to 9. The young is pure 

 black and white. 



This flying squirrel is found from Nepal to Bhotaii, generally at an 

 elevation of from 3.000 to 5,000 feet. I procured it near Davjceling, 

 but it is not common now. 



166. Sciuropterus villosus. 



Blyth, J. A. S. XVI. 866.— Cat. 299.— /S'. sacjitta from Assam, 

 Walker. 



The Hairy-footed Flying SqutRREL. 



i)esc)\ — Upper surface bright ferruginous, grizzled, with some pale 

 tips intermingled ; tail strongly rufescent, pale towards the base ; under 

 surface of parachute deep ferruginous, which more or less imbues the 



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