veiv African Squirrels. 477 



tcrminallv into tawny ocliraccoiiSj instead of yellow as in 

 riarc)i:orii. 



Sknll and dentition as in trne ruirciizoril. 



l)inu'nsions of the type (ineasnred in skin) : — 



Head and body ^(!0 inn>. ; tail:;i()(); liind foot 5i; ear 19. 



Sknll: basal lenf^tli (c.) 1 !• ; front of // to back of m^ 

 8-7. 



Iltih. ^'^llean Forest north of Lake Kivn, between iJajaka 

 and Kassonj^o. 



l ;ipe. Adult female. Original number 1'2. Collceted by 

 K. Cjrauer. Two speeimens. 



This subsi)ccies is readily distin^fuishable ivom. the 

 Ruwenzori squirrel by its more rufous limbs and darker and 

 less olivaceous body-colour, in these respects therefore even 

 more like llvHosciurus riifubrurliiatiis than is the typical 

 form. 



Funiscinrus carruthcrs'i tanganyik(S, subsp, n. 



General colour rather darker and more suffused with 

 ochraccous than in the typical greenish carriithcrsi of 

 lluwcnzori. Forearms and hind legs strongly suli'used with 

 ochraceous, and the feet also but less strongly. Tail-hairs 

 washed terminally with whitish, far lighter than their basal 

 rings, -while in carruthcrni both proximal and terminal rings 

 are of the same yellowish colour. 



Skull and dentition as in curruthersi. 



Dimensions of the type (nu\'isured in skin) : — 



Head and body 220 mm. ; tail 200; hind foot 52 ; car 19. 



Front of y/ to back of m^ 8-7. 



Hab. Usumbura, N. end of L. Tanganyika. 



Type. Adult male. Original number " T.S. 3." Col- 

 lected by U. Grauer. Two specimens. 



This squirrel differs from the Ruwenzori carntthersi in 

 very much the same way as S. ruwenzori vulcanius does 

 from its type form, although not so strongly. A darkening 

 of the body-colour and a reddening of the extremities are the 

 distinguishing features of each of these two new subspecies. 



Fmiisciurus mandingo nif/rensis, subsp. n. 



Very similar to the Gambian F. mandingo, Thos.*, with 

 which it shares the general pale colour, reduction of rufous 



* Ann. & Mnja-. Nat. Hi,«t. (7) xi. p. rs> (1W3). 



