of the Sciiuud orytlirjuu.s <ir<>ujt. 163 



Scinrnit eri/tlmvus puucfatissimtis, Gray. 



Sciurug puuctatissiniHs, Gray, Ann. ifc Miig. Nat. Hist. 8or. .'J, .vx.^lH'J?) 

 p. '283. 



Very similar to the winter pelage of erythroijaster, but tlie 

 fulvous anuulations nuicli more luiiuite, si) tliat the geueral 

 appoaianee, is tliat of a hlack sijuirrt'l miuutely spockloil with 

 fulvous. UiHloiparts uuifoiiu deep chestnut. Tail black. 

 Ears and feet like the upper parts. 



Hub. Cachar Hills. 



Type, B.M. bb. 12. 24. 108. 



Sciurus crythrccus Sladeniy Anders. 



Schtrus Sladeni, AndiTs. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lonil. 1>S71, p. l.'W ; Blvth, 

 J. A. S. 15. xliv. (IBZ-O) oxtr. no. p. ;i7 ; Anders. Zool. lies. (1880) 

 p. 242. 



This form, of which there are no sj)ecimen3 in the Museum, 

 is evidently nearly related to the typical erythncus in having 

 the red tip to the tail; it is, however, quite distinct from all 

 the other forms, and may be distinguished by its chestnut 

 feet. 



IJab. Thigyain, Upper Burma. 



Sciurus castuneoventris typicus. 



Scittnis citstaneoveiitrtK, Gray, Ann. & Mftg- Nat. Hist. x. (1842) 

 p. 2f.3; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. G23. 



General colour above brownish, each hair being of a 

 greyish-brown, with three or four anuulations of a lighter 

 colour. Underparts vinaceous (rufous vinaceous of liidg- 

 way), the colour being uniform and not broken by any 

 median l)and. Tail like the back, each hair terminating in a 

 fulvous end most cons[)icuous at the tip and sides of the tail. 



Jlah. The exact locality of the type is unknown, but all 

 the other specimens in the Museum are from various places 

 in the province of Fokien. 



Type, B.M. 72 a. China (/. R. Reeves). 



This species may always be distinguished from the fore- 

 going by its smaller size, the fulvous ends to the hairs of the 

 tail, and the vinaceous tint of the underparts. 



Sciurus castaneoventria ningpoensis, subsp. n. 



This is a hill-form which is at j)resent known only from 

 the neighbourhood of Ningpo. 



