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I cannot pass over an incident, characteristic of this pretty little 

 squirrel and, could it be drawn so as to give an idea of the relative 

 sizes, numbers and noise of the animals concerned, one that would 

 fairly represent " dignity and impudence." 



A few hours ago, (3d September 1868) at the People's Park in 

 Madras, I was in the enclosure allotted to the Carnivora. Dinner 

 being announced, caused great excitement among the goodly com- 

 pany comprising. I write from memory and may perhaps be wrong 

 in one or two of the junior ranks, but I think I am right. 



Two Lions, of great beauty. 



Two tigers the finest I have seen in captivity. 



Three junior tigers. 



Nine panthers, of various degrees of seniority. 



A black panther of Satanic disposition. 



A lynx of almost fabulous merit. 



A hyaena 'Unsettled, gloomy and malignant. 



Three or four young bears unacquainted with sorrow. 



An august and, with the exception of the hyama, aristocratic 

 assembly of the brute creation that should have ensured reverence 

 or respect from a much more important member of it than a palm 

 squirrel. 



However in the midst of the proceedings a very small squirrel 

 came quietly forth from the lion's den, where he had probably been 

 drinking from the royal goblet, calmly seated himself on a post 

 in the midst of, and overlooking the cages, and from this command- 

 ing position, scolded or attempted to exceed in noise the entire 

 company. 



No- 41- Sciurus McClellandi- 



JERDON, No. 159, PAGE 173 ; SMALL HIMALAYAN SQUIRREL. 

 I sent to the Madras Museum a specimen of a very small striped 

 wood squirrel, shot in deep forest, near Rangoon ; it was, I think, 

 nearly allied to this, probably S. Barbei, page 174 of Jerdon- 



