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151. Sciurus macrouroides. 



HODGSON. -7 S. bicolor, var. indica, HORSFIELD, Cat. 204. BLYTH, 

 Cat. 309. S. giganteus, MCLELLAND. Shingsham, Bhot. Le-hyuk, 

 Lepch. 



THE BLACK HILL SQUIRREL. 



Descr. Uniform dark blackish-brown or black above, beneath and 

 round the lower part of the limbs fulvous-white ; posterior limbs wholly 

 black externally, and the anterior ones black behind, and more or less 

 so externally ; a black cheek-band ; cheeks fulvous-gray with a large 

 triangular patch ; a rusty-red spot between the ears, which are sometimes 

 pretty densely tufted. 



Length, head and body, 15 inches ; tail with the hair 16. 



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 Himalayan 

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

 has the ear-conch almost nude. It is found in the south-east Himalayas, 

 Nepal, and Sikim, also in the hill regions of Assam and Burmah. Near 

 Darjeeling I found it at about 5,000 feet of elevation, but by no means 

 common. It has been stated to occur in Southern, India ; and a well- 

 marked race or species, S. Tennantii, is found at high elevations in Ceylon. 

 This may have been the one observed by me near Kotagherry. The 

 nearly allied &. bicolor is found in the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, 

 &c. It is S. vffinis of Raffles, S. auriventris, Is. Geoffrey. 



152. Sciurus macrourus. 



FORSTER. BLYTH, Cat. 313. HORSFIELD, Cat. 211. HARDWICKE, 

 111. Ind. Zool. 2, 19. S. Ceylonensis, BODDAERT. Figd. PENNANT'S 

 Indian Zoology. 



THE GRIZZLED HILL SQUIRREL. 



Descr. Head and neck, basal half of tail, and limbs externally, dull 

 maroon-black, much grizzled with white, especially on the haunches, 

 sides, croup, and tail, the apical end of which is brown with a whitish 

 grizzle lips, cheeks, neck in front and on the sids, belly, and limbs 



