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The fur is more glossy and less wavy than in S. macrourus. 

 The pelage is sometimes blanched and rusty on the back towards 

 the rump ; and, in the young, it is said to be always thin and pale 

 on the croup. 



I have here, with Hodgson, considered the South-east Himala) r an 

 squirrel with its well-clad ears, as distinct from the Malayan race, 

 which has the ear-couch almost nude. It is found in the South- 

 east Himalayas, Nepaul and Sikim, also in the hill regions of Assam 

 and Burmah." 



No. 39, Page 60.Sciurus Ferrugineus ? 



Burmah Red Squirrel. 



Jerdon does not describe this squirrel, nor have I notes to enable 

 me to do so it is however most richly colored and very handsome ; 

 deep fox-red with a black tip to a large brush, and considerably 

 larger than, perhaps double the size of, the next species. 



No. 40, Page 60. Sciurus Palmarum. 



The Common Striped Squirrel. 



Any description of this well known squirrel would be unneces- 

 sary were it not, that there are many varieties of striped squirrels, 

 so similar to each other that the subject is interesting. 



Jerdon writes of it as follows : 



Description. " Above dusky greenish-grey with three yellowish- 

 white stripes along the whole length of the back, and two fainter 

 lines on each side ; beneath whitish ; tail with the hairs variegated 

 with red and black ; ears rounded. 



Length about 13 to 14 inches, of which the tail is nearly half. 



This well known little squirrel is common throughout the whole 

 Peninsula of India, except in some parts of Malabar and the North- 

 eastern part of Bengal. It does not occur out of India, nor in 

 Ceylon." 



This familiar little pest is accused, but I believe unjustly, of rob- 

 bing nests ; were he guiUy of this, it would in the breeding season 

 cause much excitement among the small birds in whose society he 

 lives on terms of the most perfect friendship. 



Be he guilty or not however, the following extract from Dr. John 



