Sciurus notatus and allied Species. 445 



Sciurua nigrovittatua typicus . Java, Sumatra, and Malay 



Peninsula. 



orestes ... J^orneo. 



Klossii .... Kaju Ara Lsland or Saddle 



Island, Tainbelan Group. 



Key to the Species. 



\. Underparts uut blue or <rrey. 



II. riuk'i*])art9 yellow (Ijutl-yellow, Ridg.). 



a\ Dark .>itripe uarrow (about (5 mm.) aud 



grizzled <S'. notatus (i/picug. 



i'. Dark stripe broad (about 13 mm.) and black, 



but sufliLst'd with white hairs .b. /<. atbosccns. 



b. Underpart.s red or I'ulvous (orange-bufT, Ilidg.). 



rt'. Ked tip to tail * 'V. cittatns tijpicti*. 



bK No red tip to tail t S. v. diiUleuais. 



1{. I'nderpart.s blue. 



". Chin and side^ of face oclirnceous. ji:u8. 



«'. Tjifrht stripe lighter than cheek?* <V. niyrooittatus tijpi- 



b\ Light stripe of same colour as cheeks .... »S'. n. Klosaii. 

 b. Chin and sides of face pale fulvous S. n. orcftes. 



Sciurus notatus typicus, Bodd. 



riantanc >;qiiiirel,Penn. Hist. Quad. 1st ed. ii. p. 410 (1781), 2iid ed. 



ii. p. 151 (17'.>2). 

 Sciurus notatiu<, Bodd. Elench. Anim. p. 119 (1785). 

 fkiu.ius baihjimj, KeiT, An. King. p. 1^02 (171'!^). 

 <SVu/;-H«;//rt«^««?, S. J. Ljung, Kungl. Veteusk.-Akad. Ilandl. vol. .\.\ii. 



p. 90, pi. i. (1^01); llovsf. Zool. Kes. Java (18i>4). 

 Sciurus ijinyianug, Shaw, Geu. Zool. vol. ii. pi. i. p. 147 (IbOl;. 

 Sciurus bilhuatus, Desm. Nouv. Diet, d'llist. Nat. x. p. 100 (,1817). 



General colour of the upper parts, including the top of the 

 head and outer .sides ot the limbs and feet, dark grey, 

 n)inutely punctuated with pale buff, each hair having two 

 or more j)ale buff annulations. The cheeks and face are pale 

 yellowish buff (buff-yellow, liidg.) J ; the underparts and 

 inner sides of the limbs being of a preci.sely similar colour. 

 Along either .side of the body, between the fore and hind 

 limbs, run.s a narrow line of pale buff, succeeded below by a 

 narrow grizzled stripe similar in colour to the upper parts. 

 The ears are covered with short hair of the same colour 

 as the cheeks, and immediately behind them is a small patch 



♦ Two other races, described by Mr. CJ. Miller, Juu., under tiie names 

 .S". anambnigis and S. Abbotti, would come under this heading ; hut without 

 .spt-cimens 1 am unable to distinguish them further. A description is 

 given in the text. 



t Another race, 5. tenuirostru, also desciibed by Mi-. Miller, should be 

 included under this heading. 



\ liidgway, ' Nomenclature of Colours ' : Boston, 1886. 



