hitherto classed under Sc. finlaysoni, Ilorsf. 397 



from both Cambodia {Capt. S. S. Floiver) and the upper 

 Me Nam {Mr. J. H. Lyle) absolutely white specimens have 

 been received which were found side by side with the red 

 variety. Mr. Lyle specially notes that these white specimens 

 have black eyes. Face to face with such bewildering varia- 

 tion I have concluded to accept Gray's " splendens var. 2," 

 Capt. Flower's Chantaboon specimen, and Mr. Lyle's series 

 from the upper Me Nam as the normal of the species. 



Dimensions of an adult female of Mr. Lyle's series : — 



Head and body 220 mm. ; tail 236 ; hind foot 53 ; ear 20. 



Skull : greatest length 56 ; basilar length 45 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 32; brain-case breadth 25 ; interorbital breadth 19*5 ; 

 nasals, length 16, proximal breadth 4, distal breadth 8 ; 

 diastema 13*5; upper molar series 11. 



This species differs from the preceding in the complete 

 absence of the black-coloured feet, the constant presence of 

 which is so characteristic of ferrugineus. 



(3) Sciurus nox, sp. n. 



Size rather smaller than cinnamomeus. 



Colour uniform jet-black above and below. 



Dimensions of type (taken in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 207 mm. ; tail 164 (broken, probably 210) ; 

 hind foot 51 ; ear 21. 



Skull : greatest length 53'5 ; basilar length 42*5 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 32 ; brain-case breadth 26 ; interorbital 

 breadth 18'6 ; nasals, length 16*3, breadth proximally 4*5, 

 breadth distally 7'3 ; diastema 12; upper molar series 10. 



Hab. Sea-coast south of Bangkok. 



Type. Old male. B.M. no. 6. 10. 7. 4. Original number 

 214. Collected by Mr. T. H. Lyle on 7th August, 1906, and 

 presented by him to the Natural History Museum. 



A series of eight specimens, of which one is quite young. 

 There is not the smallest sign of variation through the whole 

 series. 



(4) Sciurus germani, A. M.-Edw. 

 1867. Sciurus germani, A. Milne-Edwards, Rev. Zool. p. 193. 



The type-locality is the island Pulo-Condor, off the coast 

 of Cambodia. Milne-Edwards gives the head and body as 

 230 mm. and the tail of equal length, but he was dealing 

 with skins. Judging from two specimens from the same 

 island in the Museum Collection, the following are approxi- 

 mate dimensions of this species : — 



