SCIURIDJE. 21 



136. Sciurus purpureus, Zimm. Malabar Squirrel. 

 Hob. India. 



a. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Turnbull, July 10, 1862. 



b. Presented by Capt. Gideon, April 28, 1864. 



c. Presented by A. G. Dove, Esq., Oct. 24, 1864. 



d. Presented by Sir Arthur Cotton, Nov. 17, 1862. 



e. Presented by K. H. Peirce, Esq., Oct. 1, 1864. 



137. Sciurus plantani, Ljungh. Plantain Squirrel. 

 Hab. Java. 



a. Purchased, Sept. 17, 1862. 



138. Sciurus palmarum, Linn. Palm Squirrel. 

 Hab. India. 



a, b. Presented by Miss Emily Lamprell, July 7, 1862. 

 c. Presented by Mrs. W. Sturrock, Sept. 8, 1862. 



Genus SCIUROPTERUS. 



1 39. Sciuropterus volucellus (Pall.) . American Flying Squirrel. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Male. b. Female. Born in the Menagerie, Aug. 18, 1860. 



Genus ARCTOMYS. 



140. Arctomys marmotta (Linn.) . Alpine Marmot. 

 Hab. Europe. 



a. Presented by S. Stauffere, Esq., Feb. 10, 1859. 



141. Arctomys ludovicianus, Ord. Prairie Marmot. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Female. Presented by the Proprietors of l The Field 



Newspaper, Dec. 29, 1859. 



b. Male. Presented by Capt. James Downie, July 23, 1863. 



c. Born in the Menagerie, Feb. 26, 1864. 



142. Arctomys empetra (Schreb.). Quebec Marmot. 

 Hab. North America. 



a. Presented by Lieut.-Col. Rhodes, June 11, 1862. 



b, c. Presented by the Hon. A. Gordon, April 30, 1864. 



From New Brunswick. 



