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314. Sciurus variegatus, Erxl. Red-bellied Squirrel. 

 Hob. Vera Cruz. 



a. Purchased, June 9, 1871. 

 b,c. Purchased, June 26, 1871. 



315. Sciurus variabilis, Is. Geoffroy. Variable Squirrel. 

 Hob. South America. 



a. Purchased, June 24, 1876. From Cartagena. See P. Z. S. 



1876, p. 694 (as Sciurus gerrardi). 



b. Purchased, Sept. 30, 1878. From Ecuador. See Alston, 



P. Z. S. 1878, p. 665. 



Genus XERUS. 



316. Xerus erythropus, Geoffr. Red-footed Ground -Squirrel. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a, b. Purchased, June 22, 1866. 

 c. Purchased, June 27, 1867. 



317. Xerus setosus (Forst.). Bristly Ground- Squirrel. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



a. Presented by E. L. Layard, Esq., F.Z.S., Aug. 10, 1868. 



b. Purchased, Feb. 13, 1871. From W. Africa. 



c. Purchased, Jan. 1, 1878. 



318. Xerus getulus (Linn.) . Getulian Ground- Squirrel. 

 Hab. Morocco. 



a-g. Presented by Sir John H. Drurnmond-Hay, K.C.B., 

 C.M.Z.S., July 4, 1867. From Haha, Morocco. See 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 817. 



h-lc. Purchased, June 3, 1869. 



Z,m. Presented by Capt. Thomas Waite, June 16, 1869. 

 From Mogador. 



n. Purchased, Sept. 13, 1875. 



319. Xerus stangeri (Waterh.). Stanger's Ground-Squirrel, 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a. Purchased, June 22, 1866. 



b. Purchased, Dec. 13, 1866. 



