SCTURUS. 379 



Distribution. Only obtained as yet on the Kakhyen hills near 

 Bhamo, Upper Burma. 



247. Sciurus phayrei. Phayres Squirrel. 



Sciurus phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, pp. 472, 476 (1855), xxxi, 

 p. 332 ; id. Cat. p. 104 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 30 ; Peters, 

 P. Z. S. I860, p. 429 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, p. 160 ; 

 Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 230. 



Sciurus caniceps phayrei, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 69. 



Colour. Upper parts speckled greyish brown, the back sometimes 

 with a rufous tinge ; dorsal hairs leaden black at the base, then 

 isabelline and black alternately, two rings of each, the tip black. 

 Feet and lower parts light rufous, a black or blackish band on each 

 side of the rufous abdomen from axil to groin. Tail concolorous 

 with the back above and at the sides ; below, in the middle, at all 

 events towards the base, pale rufous like the abdomen ; tip of the 

 tail black for one or two inches ; tail-hairs generally with 4 or 5 

 rings of each colour, isabelline and black. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a female 9'6 inches, tail, without 

 hair 8*8, with hair 1 1 , hind foot from heel 1*8 ; weight 8 oz. Basal 

 length of skull 1'9, extreme length 2-15, zygomatic breadth 1-25. 



Distribution. The province of Martaban in Burma, ranging north 

 to the southern border of the Karennee country. 



This form doubtless passes into S. pyyerytlirus, as in some skins 

 the characteristic dark lateral bands are indistinct. 



248. Scrams pygerythrus. The Irrawaddy Squirrel. 



Sciurus pygerythrus, Geoffroi), Mag. Zool. 1832, Cl. 1 ; Belaw/er, 

 Voyage, Zool. p. 145, pi. 7 (1834) ; Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xvii, p. 345, 

 xxiv, p. 475, xxxi, p. 333 ; id. Cat. p. 103 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, 

 p. 37 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. p. 227. 



Sciurus blanfordi, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 333, xxxii, p. 73 ; id. Cat. 

 p. 104 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 36 : Anderson. An. Zool. Res. 

 p. 230. 



Colour above speckled olive -brown to grey, below light rufous or 

 buff. Feet sometimes buff like the lower parts, sometimes not. 

 Dorsal hairs leaden black at the base, then white or isabelline and 

 black alternately, usually two rings of each, the tips black. Tail 

 coloured like the back, except the tip, which is black and well 

 defined ; tail-hairs annulated, with about four rings of each colour, 

 whitish and black. 



Dimensions. Head and body about 9 inches, tail without hair 

 rather less ; basal length of skull 1'75, extreme length 2-05, zygo- 

 matic breadth 1*25. 



Distribution. Throughout the Irrawaddy valley in places from the 

 neighbourhood of E-angoon, where it is common, to above Ava. 



Varieties. S. blanfordi, the Ava and Upper Burma race, appears 

 to be only a greyer form of the more olivaceous S. pyyerythrus of 

 Pegu. 



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