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PERSIAN SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Persicus. 5. obscurus, lateribus albis f subtus flaws, az/ri- 

 culis imberbibus, cauda ex atro cincrca annvlo albo. lAn. Syst 

 Nat. Gmel. p. 148. 



Dusky Squirrel, yellow beneath with white sides, beardless ears 

 and blackish-grey tail with a white band. 



IN its general appearance and way of life this 

 is said to resemble the common squirrel, but dif- 

 fers in colour, and in having plain or untufted 

 ears : the upper parts are dusky, with the parts 

 about the eyes black ; the throat, breast, and 

 belly, yellow, and the sides white : the tail black- 

 ish-grey, marked beneath, about the middle, with 

 a white band ; the feet reddish. It is an inhabi- 

 tant of the mountainous parts of Persia. 



FAIR SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Flavus. S. aurkulis subrotundis, pedibus pentadactylis, 



corpore luteo. 



Yellow Squirrel, with roundish ears and pentadactyle feet. 

 Fair Squirrel. Pennant Qvadr. a. p. 148. 



THIS small species is said by Linnseus to be 

 half the size of a common squirrel, and of a yel- 

 low colour, with the hairs tipped with white : the 

 thumb of the fore-feet consists of little more than 

 a very small claw. It is, according to Linnseus, 

 an inhabitant of Carthagena in America, but it 

 has likewise been supposed a native of India, and 



