Sciunis caiiiocps (iml allied Species. 273 



colour to leacli tl)e surface ; these annulatious are, moreover, 

 pnle fulvous instead of ashy grey. The feet, llnibs, and head 

 are not lighter than the back, and the underparts only slightly 

 so. On either side of the neck just below the ear is a rtuuuJ 

 patch of deej) chestnut, and there is a line of the same colour 

 ■which starts from above and behind the shoulders, and, 

 running along cither side, turns inwards and downwards, to 

 end on the underside opposite the thighs. There is also a 

 fainter ])atch of the same colour at the ro(jt of the tail, and a 

 faint line along the outer side of each hind limb. The tail, 

 which is annulated with fulvous and ijlack, ends in a black 



Dimensions (troni skin): — Head and body 275 millim.; 

 tail lljo (doubtful measurement) ; hind foot 60. 



Ilah. The west coast of the Malay Peninsula from Penang 

 to south of Tenasserim. 



T,/i>e ? , Vy.^\. 8.'). 8. 1. 192. Salanga Island. Collected 

 on 4th March, 1879, by Mr. J. Darling, and presented to the 

 .Museum by ^Ir. A. O. Hume. 



This species, which by its rufous markings may be easily 

 distinguishes^ Irom all the others, has no breeding or seasonal 

 change of pelage, aiid is practically the same at all times of 

 year. 



Sciurus epomophorus Davisoni, subsp. n. 



Very similar to the preceding species, from wiiich it may 

 be recognized by the rufous patch on the neck being replaced 

 by a rather yellowish tinge ; the lateral lines are hardly 

 visible, being most discernible as two pale rufous spots on the 

 tinderjjarts opposite the thighs, and in some specimens there is 

 a trace of rufous at the base of the tail. 



Dimensions as in Sc. epomophorus) tail 210 millim. 



JIah. Burma, from Moulmein to the south of Tenasserim. 



Typie ? , J5.^1. 8."), 8. 1. 187. Bankasoon, S. Tenasserim. 

 Collected on the 20th June, 1877, by Mr. W. Davison, and 

 presented to the J\Iuseum by Mr. A. O. Hume. 



The remaining three species of this group are quite distinct 

 and recognizable from all the preceding forms by the yellow 

 colour ot the underparts. 



Sciurus pygerythrus. 



Sciurus pyyonithnis, Is. Geoff. St.-Ilil. Miuz. Zool. 1832, CI. 1 ; id. Voy. 



B6lanp. I'Sil, p. 14>"), pi. vii. ; Aiideis. Zool. Res. Yunnau, p. 227 



(1879) ; Blanford, Fauu. Br. Ind., .Manini. p. 379 (1891) ; W. Sclater, 



Cat. Mamm. Calc. Miis. ii. p. 12 (1891). 

 Sciurus Bliiufvnli, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xxxi. 1862, p. 333. 

 Sciurus cauici'ps j)t/fferi/tJirus, Is. tteofi". St.-Hil., Tbos. P. Z. S. 188(3, 



p. G9. 



