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other with which I am acquainted. It is, however, much smaller ; 

 rather less indeed than the common European Squirrel, and differs 

 both in the colours themselves and in their distribution. The whole 

 upper surface of the head and nape, as well as the cheeks of the 

 Coquallin, are intense and uniform black ; the ears and muzzle are 

 pure white ; the black and light- yellowish brown colours of the back 

 are finely intermixed, or as it were granulated, whilst the long hairs 

 of the tail are yellowish red at the roots, glossy black in the middle, 

 and intense red on the terminal portion. In the new species, on the 

 contrary, the head, muzzle, cheeks, and neck, are of the same colour 

 as the back ; the ears are but thinly covered with short hair, and that 

 of a sandy red colour, surrounded by a narrow black border, most 

 conspicuous in front; the back colours are brindled, or mixed in 

 wavy irregular patches, and the long hairs of the tail are mostly 

 black, terminated by snowy-white tips, which give the whole organ 

 a hoary appearance ; many of these hairs, however, have yellowish 

 gray roots. The limbs and under-sui-face of the body, in both spe- 

 cies, are red, but in the present species it is of a lighter and more yel- 

 lowish cast. 



For this species Mr. Ogllby proposed the name variegatoides : its 

 chief characters are as follow : 



SciURUS VARIEGATOIDES. Sc. suprH fulvo Tiigroque variegatus ; 

 subtus helvolus ; caudd longd, cylindricd, floccosd, cunescente ; au- 

 riculis imberbibus, subrufis, nigro marginatis. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin . . 10 



Cauda 11 



tarsi digitorumque 2 6 



auris 9 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris. ... 2 1-i- 



A new species of Squirrel, sent by Hugh Cuming,' Esq., Corre- 

 sponding Member, from one of the Philippine Islands, was thus cha- 

 racterized by Mr. Waterhouse : 



SciURUs Philippinensis. Sc. supra intense fuscus, pilis nigri- 

 rufescenti-flavo annulatis, subtUs cinerescenti-albus, capite et anti- 

 cis pedibus cinerescentibus ; auribus parvulis ; caudd mediocri. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 6 6 



Cauda 6 3 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 6 



tarsi digitorumque 1 9 



auris 3^ 



Hab. Mindanado. 



" This species is rather larger than Sc. Palmarum, and less than 

 Sc. bivittatus. The general hue of the upper parts, sides of the 



