SCIURUS. 377 



black with one pale yellow ring near the end. A distinct whitish 

 spot behind each ear, often concealed by the conch. Muzzle rufous ; 

 cheeks bright ferruginous red, vibrissse black ; chin and fore neck 

 white, sometimes more or less tinged with rufescent ; breast and 

 abdomen purer white, the hairs dusky at the base. Tail nearly 

 black above, rich ferruginous below, the hairs on the upper surfaca 

 black with one white ring near the base and white tips ; on the 

 lower surface, chestnut with long black white-tipped terminations. 

 The red beneath the tail extends around the vent and to the back 

 of the thighs. 



Dimensions. Head and body 8 inches, tail without hair 6'5, 

 with hair 7*8, hind foot 1'8 ; extreme length of skull from occiput to 

 end of nasals 2-1, basal length about 1'75, zygomatic breadth 1-2. 



Distribution. The sides of Muleyit mountain about 70 miles east 

 of Moulmein, in dense forest at an elevation of 4000 to 6000 feet. 

 Also found in Karennee by Mr. L. Eea. An allied species, 

 S. pernyi, occurs in Se-chuen, China. 



245. Sciurus erythraeus. Pattas's Squirrel. 



Sciurus erythrams, Pallas, Glires, p. 377 (1778) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. 



xi, p. 970, xvi, p. 872, xxiv, p. 473 ; id. Cat. p. 102 ; Anderson, 



An. Zool. Res. p. 236; Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 61. 

 Sciurus hippurus, McClelland, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 151 ; Horsjidd, Cat. 



p. 154, partim, nee Geoffroy. 

 Sciurus erythrogaster, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 970 (1842), xvi, 



p. 871, xxiv, p. 473 ; id. Cat. p. 102. 

 ? Sciurus piceus, Peters, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 429. 



Macroxus punctatissimus, Gray, A. M. N. H. (3), xx, p. 283 (1867). 

 Sciurus sladeni and S. gordoni, Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 139, 

 140 ; id. An. Zool. Res. pp. 240, 242, pis. xix, xx. 



Kherwa, Manipuri. 



Tail bushy, longer than head and body. Two pairs of mammae, 

 ventral and inguinal. Soles of feet smooth, not tubercular, 

 between the pads. 



Colour above varying from almost black through speckled 

 blackish olive to pale olive and to rufous or yellowish brown, or 

 occasionally speckled grey. Hairs leaden black at the base, then 

 yellow (whitish or orange) and black alternately, usually two rings 

 of each, the tip black. Lower parts varying from rusty red to 

 deep bay, usually rich chestnut ; in some varieties the chin, fore 

 neck, and a stripe down the middle of the abdomen are of the same 

 speckled olive or brown colour as the sides. In some forms too the 

 ears and muzzle, and in one race (S. sladeni) the head and feet, are 

 bright ferruginous like the lower parts. The tail is either rufous 

 throughout or annulated by each hair having six or eight alternating 

 rings of black and grey, and the terminal portion, varying from the 

 tip to the greater part of the tail, is either black or ferruginous red. 



Dimensions. A Manipur male measured, head and body 7'5 

 inches, tail without hair 9'5, with hair 12. Judging from other 

 skins, the tail may in this case have been proportionally longer than 



