370 Mr. McClelland’s Catalogue 
Order VIT. RODENTIA. 
Genus Scrurus, Linn., &e. 
12. Sciurus bicolor, Auctor. Sciurus giganteus, McClelland’s MS. 
““ Upper part of the head, the nose, the ears, outer and hinder 
portion of the fore-legs, the feet, tail, and back, deep glossy-black ; 
beneath yellowish-white ; two small spots on the chin ; cheeks white ; 
a rudimental thumb, covered by a flat nail. Body fifteen, tail sixteen 
inches long. 
“The above description has been derived from seven or eight 
specimens procured during the course of three months. Among the 
various individuals I have seen there appeared to be no difference. 
“Tt differs from the Sczwrus maximus by the absence of the ma- 
rone colour on the head, and from Sciurus Leschenaulttt by its 
greater size, its deep black colour above, without any diminished 
intensity of shade on the anterior part of the head and nose; and 
from Sciurus bicolor of Sparrmann by the uniform blackness of the 
upper parts of the body, extending to the extremity of the tail, which 
is entirely black.’”—MeClelland’s MS. 
Individuals of this species, agreeing in all particulars with those 
collected in Assam by Mr. McClelland, have been observed in other 
parts of India by Dr. Francis (Buchanan) Hamilton and by Dr. Fin- 
layson. The latter forwarded several specimens to the Museum at 
the India House. The specific character originally constructed by 
Sparrmann, and subsequently adopted by all systematic writers, de- 
fines accurately the animal as described by Dr. Hamilton and by 
Mr. McClelland. Schreber’s figure also agrees with the same, while 
the animal from Java (represented in Horsfield’s Zoolog. Res.), and 
indicated as a variety in Fisher’s ‘ Synopsis Mammalium,’ appears to 
differ from the continental species by the variations to which its 
tint is subject. It remains therefore for further research and ob- 
servation to determine, whether these two varieties may not be spe- 
cifically distinct, and whether the name proposed by Mr. McClelland 
should not henceforth be applied to the species observed in Conti- 
nental India by himself and by Hamilton and Finlayson. 
13. Sciurus hippurus, Isid. Geoff. Guerin. Mag. Zool., Pl. VI. 
“Gray above, on the cheeks, on the outside of the limbs, and base 
of the tail: feet grayish-black: throat and lower part of the body 
reddish-brown: posterior third of the tail reddish-brown in a single 
specimen procured by Mr. Griffith in the Cossia mountains, but 
black in five specimens procured by myself in Upper Assam: tail as 
long as the body. Entire length of the animal eighteen to twenty 
inches. Inhabits the Cossia mountains, as well as the eastern parts 
of Assam.”—Mc Clelland’s MS. 
14, Sciurus Lokriah, Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, V. 1836. 
p- 232. 
“ Above brown, sprinkled with yellow, the hairs being dark at 
their bases, but towards their extremities alternately barred with 
fulvous. A broad irregular yellowish stripe extends from the chin 
