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like the colour of the wild rabbit, the hairs being lead-coloured at their 

 base, the rest brown with a black tip ; face whitish j orbits black ; 

 whiskers very long, black ; chin and lower parts yellowish-white ; tail 

 broad, rather tapering, fulvous, the hairs near the base black-tipped, 

 and the tail black at the end ; feet broad, the outer edge of the hind- 

 feet with a broad tuft of hair. 



Length .of one, head and body 10 to 11 inches; tail 8 to 9, but it is 

 said to attain larger dimensions. 



This flying squirrel is found throughout the north-west Himalayas 

 from Simla to Kashmir, and is said to extend still further west into 

 Afghanistan. Blyth has named a flying squirrel Sc. baberi, from the 

 drawings of Sir A. Burnes, which is probably the same species, or a very 

 nearly allied one. 



165. Sciuropterus alboniger. 



HODGSON. BLYTH, Cat. 302. Sc. Turribulli, GRAY. Khim, Lepch. 

 Piam-piyU) Bhot. 



THE BLACK AND WHITE FLYING SQUIRREL. 



Descr. Above black, faintly shaded with hoary or rufous ; tail 

 concolorous, distinctly distichous ; beneath white with a slight tinge of 

 yellowish ; nude lips ; ears and feet fleshy-white. 



Length, head and body 11 inches ; tail 8J to 9. The young is pure 

 black and white. 



This flying squirrel is found from Nepal to Bhotan, generally at an 

 elevation of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. I procured it near Darjeeling, 

 but it is not common now. 



166. Sciuropterus villosus. 



BLYTHJ J. A, S, XTL 866. Cat. 299. S. sayitta from Assam, 

 WALKER* 



THE HAIRY-FOOTED FLYING SQUIRREL. 



l)escr. tipper surface bright ferruginous, grizzled, with some pale 

 tips intermingled ; tail strongly rufescent, pale towards the base j under 

 surface of parachute deep ferruginous^ which more or less imbues the 



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