368 



Sciuropterus phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 278 (1859) ; id. 

 Cat. p. 97 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 35. 



Ears large, without pencils of hair at the base. Tail flat and 

 distichous. Fur short and dense. 



Upper parts throughout brown with a yellow tinge, the head 

 coloured precisely like the back, and the tail scarcely differing. 

 Fur ashy at the base, still darker on the parachute. Lower parts 

 white or yellowish white. Tail brown above, redder beneath. 



Dimensions of an adult male in spirit : head and body 6'25 

 inches, tail without hair 5, hind foot 1'25. 



Distribution. Southern Pegu, Tenasserim, Cambodia, the Malay 

 Peninsula, Java, and some of the other Malay islands. The most 

 northern locality recorded is Shwe Gyeng, on the Sittoung Eiver. 



236. Sciuropterus spadiceus. The pic/my Flying-Squirrel. 



Sciuropterus spadiceus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 867, pi. xxxvi, 



fig. 1 (1847) ; id. Cat. p. 97 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 35. 

 Pteromys spadiceus, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 300. 

 Kywek-shu-pyan, Arrakan. 



Size very small. No pencils of hair at the base of the ears ; 

 tail distichous, flat, acuminate. Metatarsal pad oval. 



Colour above chestnut, basal three fourths of dorsal fur sooty 

 black, tips red. Membranes and limbs darker, tail dark brown, 

 rufous below near the base. Lower parts white. 



Dimensions. Head and body about 5 inches, tail 4|, tarsus 1|. 

 Skull 1-25 inches long (extreme length), zygomatic breadth 0-8. 



Distribution. Arrakan, Moulmein, and Cochin China. 



Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 75, advocates the amalgamation of 

 S. spadiceus with S. lepidus, a very small Javan form. There 

 appears to me, however, too much difference in colour and in the 

 form of the tail, which in S. lepidus is webbed like a feather. 



237. Sciuropterus fuscicapillus. The small Travancore Flying- 

 Squirrel. 



Sciuropterus fuscocapillus, Jerdon, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 867 

 (1847), xxviii, p. 286; id. Cat. p. 97 ; Jerdon, Mam. p. 180. 



Sciuropterus layardi, Kelaart, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 165 (1851) ; 

 Kelaart, Prod. p. 56. 



Pteromys fuscocapillus, Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 294. 



A pencil of soft hairs, greatly exceeding the ear in length, at 

 each base of the ear-conch, which is short and almost naked. Tail 

 flat, bushy. Metatarsal pad very elongate, no supplementary outer 

 pad. Fur long, soft. Skull broader than that of S. fimbriatus. 



Colour above reddish brown, the dark underfur showing, especi- 

 ally on the parachute. Dorsal hair dark ashy at the base and for 

 the greater part of its length, becoming blackish towards the end ; 

 terminal portion rufous-brown, extreme tips of longer hairs black. 

 On the parachute the hairs, except the brown tips, are black 

 throughout. Sides of face whitish. Feet pale rufous-brown. 



