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to the tail, and is broadest on the throat. Ears rounded, and nearly 
naked: tail nearly equal to the body in length: body eight inches 
long, and of stout proportions.” —McClelland’s MS. 
One imperfect specimen sent by Mr. McClelland agrees precisely 
with Mr. Hodgson’s description, referred to above. 
15. Sciurus Lokrioides, Hodg., Journ. Asiat. Soc., Bengal, V. p. 
232. 
“Light gray, with a yellow tinge on the sides of the thorax; sil- 
ver-gray beneath ; hairs above alternately barred with light and dark 
gray. Tail scarcely so long as the body: ears short, but pointed 
upwards: length eight inches.’—MeClelland’s MS. 
16. Scrurus McCrevianpil, Horsfield. Supra fuscus fulvo te- 
nuissime irroratus noteo saturatiore; subtus ex sordido fulvo 
canescens ; dorso summo lined recté atra ; lined insupér utrinque 
laterali fusca leto fulvo marginatd, anticé saturatiore, ad oculos 
extensd, postice obsoleté in uropygio utrinsecus approximaté ; 
caudé mediori subcylindrico-atienuaté nigro fulvoque variegata ; 
auriculis atris barbad nived lanuginosd insigni circumscriptis ; 
vibrissis longis nigris. — 
« A black line extends along the spine, with a double-shaded line 
of yellow and brown on each side, softly relieved from the remaining 
upper portion of the body (which is most minutely variegated ful- 
vous and brown); yellowish-gray beneath: tail slightly tapering, 
shorter than the body and legs, more bulky than in Squirrels in ge- 
neral: length three and a half inches, exclusive of the head, which 
measures one inch. 
“Tt inhabits Bengal as well as Assam, and is the only one of the 
foregoing species possessed of pencilated tufts on the ears. ‘They 
have each long black beards.”—McClelland’s MS. 
Genus Lepus, Linn. 
17. Lepus timidus, Linn. 
* This Hare is found in Assam, but its size is degenerate, measuring 
only from seventeen to nineteen inches in length. It is not esteemed 
as an article of food. The ears are more uniformly gray than in the 
European variety.’—MceClelland’s MS. 
18. Lepus hispidus, Pearson. 
This species is admitted by Mr. McClelland, on the authority of 
J. T. Pearson, Esq., late Cur. Mus. As. Soc., who described it in the 
Caleutta Sporting Magazine. 
“Its hair is harsh and bristly ; ears very short, not projecting be- 
yond the fur: length eighteen inches: colour more dusky-gray than 
that of the Hare. Inhabits Assam, especially the northern parts of 
the valley along the base of the Boutan mountains. 
* I am indebted to Lieutenant Vetch of Assam for the skin of this 
animal, but unfortunately the scull is wanting ; but according to Mr. 
Pearson it is the same as the scull of the common Hare.” —Me Clel- 
land’s MS. 
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