Sciurus notatus and allied Species. 449 



portion more slender and llglitly built." In otlier respects it 

 resembles S. vittatus from Singapore. 'J'lie colour of the 

 underparts i.s orange-rufous. 



Dimensions (flesh): — Head and body 191 millim. ; tail- 

 vertcbiaj lt)5; pencil 50; hind toot 42. 



Skull: greatest length 50 ; palatal length 21"6 ; zygomatic 

 breadth 28; interorbital breadth 17*4 ; length of nasals 15"6; 

 breadth of nasals, ant. 6, post. 3. 



Hah. Tioman Island, off the east coast of the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Tyj>e no. 101753 United States National Museum. Col- 

 lected by Dr. W. L. Abbott. 



Not having had an oi)portunity of examining examples of 

 this and the two following races, the particulars have been 

 taken from Mr. Miller's paper. 



Sciurus vittatus anambensisy Miller. 

 >>cii(ri(s auambvnsis, Miller, Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. p. 223 (1900). 



Resembles S. vittatus typicus^ but is slightly smaller, of a 

 paler colour, and has no red tip to the tail. 



Ml/// as in the typical race, except that the palate is 

 narrower and the audital bullai slightly larger. 



Dimensions (in flesh) : — Head and body 191 millim.; tail- 

 vertebrge 178; pencil 70; hind foot 44. 



Skull : greatest length 4J)*6 ; palatal length 21'4 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 29 ; interorbital breadth 1 7'4 ; length of nasals 

 14*4 ; breadth of nasals, ant. 7, jjost. 4*2. 



II ah. Islands of the Anambas group. 



lype no. 101686 United States National Museum. 



Sciurus vittatus Ahhotti, Miller. 

 Hciurm Abboitii, Miller, I'loc. Wash. Acad. Sci. p. 224 (1900). 



Similar to S. v. anamhensis in colour, " but the skull with 

 more slender rostrum and smaller, less inflated audital bulhe." 



Dimensions (in flesh) : — Head and body 197 millim.; lail- 

 vertcbraj 178; pencil 60; hind foot 46. 



Skull: greatest length 49; length of nasals 16; greatest 

 breadth of nasals ^(i. 



ilab. Big 'J'ambelan Island and Pulo Bunoa, South China 

 Sea. 



Tyi>e no. 101662 United States National Museum. 



'i he inclusion ot this and the two preceding races in this 

 paper does not imply that I am convinced of their validity. 

 1 have not seen any specimens, and with regard to the iirst 



