of the Sciiuus crytlirajus Ovouv. KU 



B«'foie describing each race separately, it uill |)orliaps be 

 advisable to considt-r the chii-l' specific differences : — 6c. 

 erythnpus^ IVorii India, i-s distinguished from all the other 

 species by the absence of the fulvous tips to the hairs of the 

 tail, ('ccasiniially, in some of the other species, these tips, 

 being very much worn, may not be conspicuous, but, as a 

 rule, the Indian forms can by that character be immediately 

 recognized. Sciurxis melanogaster, with its black underparts, 

 and Sc. Styani, with pale yellow underparts, are both easily 

 distinguishable, while <Sc. caslaneovenlris niay be known by 

 its smaller size and the vinous tint of the underparts. Sc. 

 thaiwanensisj from Formosa, may be recognized from Sc. ery- 

 thraus, the only species which it in any way resembles, by 

 the fulvous tips to the hairs of the tail, which are more con- 

 spicuous in this species than in any of the others. 



Sciurus eryf/ineus typicus^ Pall. 



Sciurus erythraus, I'allas, Glires, p. 377 (1778) ; Gray, List Mamni. 

 B. M. p. 142 \\bAZ) ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiv. p. 473. 



General colour above dark olive-brown, speckled with 

 fulvous, each hair being dark at its base and having three or 

 four fulvous annulations. Colour of underparts deep chest- 

 nut. Outside of limbs and head like the back, ears and tail 

 like the underparts. The hairs of the tail are annulatcd like 

 those of the back, but end in a long red tip, which, especially 

 towards the end, entirely covers the annulations. 



Hub. Assam. 



There has been some doubt regarding which particular race 

 Tallas's name should be applied to ; but as he distinctly states 

 that the tail is of the same colour as the underparts, there 

 can, I think, be little doubt that the Assam variety with the 

 red tail is the one meant. 



Sviurus erytknvus Ihutanensisy subsp. n. 



Maa-oxus erythrogcuter, Blyth, Grav, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Ilist. xx. 



( imi) p. 282. 

 Sciurus erythrmis, Blyth, J. A. S. B, xxiv. (1850) p. 473. 



Closely resembles the foregoing, but the whole of the 

 forehead is similar in colour to the underparts, while the hairs 

 of the tail have short black ends, so that the tail is similar in 

 colour to the back, with a black tip. 



Ilah. Bhutan. 



Type, B.M. 43. 8. 18. d. East India collection. 



Gray [loc. ci(.), in stating that Blyth's type uf t/^y^^ro- 

 gasttr is from Bhutan and in the British Museum, ref<ns 



