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the preceding species ; but is of a deeper colour, 

 and is marked by five stripes instead of four. The 

 head and upper parts are of a very dark ferru- 

 ginous brown, palest on the limbs ; the throat, 

 breasc, and belly, are pale yellow ; on the back 

 is an obscure pale yellow stripe, and on each side 

 the body are two of a similar colour, of which 

 the lower are far less distinctly marked than the 

 upper : the tail is of a dull or dingy yellow, barred 

 or rather striped iu a longitudinal direction with 

 blackish bands. In some specimens the two lowest 

 side-stripes are scarce distinctly perceptible ; so 

 that the species is more securely described in its 

 specific character, by particularizing three stripes 

 only. This animal is an inhabitant of the hotter 

 parts of Asia and Africa, frequenting palm-trees, 

 and in its liveliness and general habits much re- 

 sembles the common European squirrel. 



GIXGI SQUIRREL. 



Sciurus Ginginianus. S. grlseits, fascia utrinque longifudinali 



alba, cauda nigricante. 

 Grey-brown Squirrel, with a longitudinal white stripe on each 



side, and blackish tail. 

 Sciurus Dschinschicus. S. testaceus, fasciis liiferaK&us orbitisquc 



albis, cauda nigra. Lin. Sysf. Nat. Gmel. p. 151. 



THIS species is described by Sonnerat, who in- 

 forms us that it is rather larger than the Euro- 

 pean squirrel, and of a brownish grey colour, 

 lighter on the belly, legs, and feet : on each side 



