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on tlie sides of tlie neck nearly up to tlie lower edge of the 

 ear and in the presence of a distinctly white line alon^ the 

 edges of the bc»dy-fur at the sick^s of the belly, but distin- 

 guislied Ijy the li^ht s|)eckling ot the back bein^- yellowish or, 

 at most, lulvoiis instead of strung- rufous and by the inner 

 surface of the forearms being- orange-rufous instead of 

 whitish. Patch behind ear dull orange-rufous. Crown dark 

 hoary grey. Upper surface of hands blackish, finely ticked 

 with orange, of feet orange-rufous, becoming rich rufous 

 lerniinally. 



Dimensions of the tyjie (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body 310 mm. ; tail (doubtfully perfect) 300 j 

 hintl foot 6-4. 



Skull: greatest length 68; condylo-basilar length 5G'5; 

 length of tooth-row 10"3. 



llnh. Abutseiii, Lower Niger. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 2. 11. 10. 10. Collected by 

 ]\lr. Alexander Brahum. 



In its yellowish general colour this animal corresponds with 

 true JStatigeri, while resembling members of the ehorivorus 

 group in its neck-patches and reddish feet, 



Sciurus Stangeri centricola. 



Size, as judged by skull, rather less than in true western 

 ehorivorus. Colours rich and bright throughout, the fulvous 

 suffusion of the back, often confined in true ehorivorus to the 

 rump and never extending beyond the nape, more rufous iu 

 tone and carried forward on the head to between the eyes. 

 Line along edge of belly not conspicuous, hoary grey. 

 Yellowish or rufous of limbs at a maximum everywhere, the 

 hind feet especially rich rufous. 



Skull similar to that of IS. ehorivorus, but rather smaller. 



Dimensions of the type (taken on the skin) : — 



liead and body (overstretched) 310 mm.; tail 330; hind 

 foot 61. 



Skull : greatest length Qi^b ; condylo-basilar length 55 ; 

 Lngth of tooth-row 11*2. 



Hah. Entebbe, Uganda. 



Type. Old female. B.M. no. 6. 3. 8. 24. Original number 

 74. Collected 7th October, lUOo, by E. Degen. iSix 

 specimens, of which the first were obtained by Mr. F. J. 

 Jackson in 1905. 



Funisciurus paUiatus Lastiij subsp. n. 

 Distinguished from other forms of F. palUatus by having 

 black hands and teet. 



