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ever it is by no means common, also at considerable elevations in 

 Wynaad and Coorg, as follows : 



" Of a dark grizzled olive color, tinged with tawny above, and 

 with three pale lines alternating with four dark ones on the back 

 and croup, the outer dark lines narrower and somewhat less dark 

 than the others ; beneath lighter, more mixed with tawny ; tail 

 grizzled, dusky olive and ferruginous, fur remarkably dense, close 

 and soft." 



No. 41, Page 62. Small striped Wood-Squirrel. 



My notes on this very pretty little Burmese Wood-squirrel have 

 been lost ; it had seven instead of fivs stripes and was much lighter 

 in color than the common Indian one, for which, except for its 

 smaller size, it might readily have been mistaken. This specimen 

 was a male, old or fully grown judging from his teeth. 

 No. 42, Page 63. Pteromys petaurista. 

 The brown Flying Squirrel. 



This beautiful animal is the most gentle and interesting pet of the 

 squirrel family : with Mr. Elliott, I should term the color a " beauti- 

 ful gray" rather than brown, it is thus described by Jerdon : 



"Upper parts dusky-maroon black grizzled with white, the 

 membrane and limbs above somewhat brighter and more rufous ; 

 the feet, the muzzle and round the eyes, and terminal half of the 

 tail, dark-brown or black, the last sometimes with a little white 

 towards the tip : under parts dingy brownish-gray, or nearly white. 

 Mr. Elliot calls its upper color a beautiful gray, caused by the 

 intermixture of black with white and dusky hairs. The male is 

 distinguished by an irregular patch of rufous on the sides of the 

 neck, which in the female is a sort of pale fawn. 



Length, head and body 20 inches ; tail 21 ; breadth 24. 

 The female has six mammae, two pectoral and four ventral. 

 This flying squirrel is found throughout the peninsula of India, 

 wherever there are extensive lofty forests." 



No. 44, Page 64. Gerbillus Indicus. 



The Indian Jerboa Rat. 



This wonderfully active rat is described by Jerdon as follows : 

 " Above light fulvous-brown, or bright fawn color, somewhat 



