164 Mr. J. L. Bonhote on the Squirrels 
It ig distinguished by its much greyer coloration, caused 
by the annulations of the hairs being pale buff instead of 
fulvous or ruddy brown. Feet and limbs grey. Underparts 
uniform vinous. 
Hab. Hills near Ningpo. 
Type, B.M. 86. 10. 28. 8. Hills 30 miles from Ningpo, 
March 1884, Presented by Mr. F. W. Styan. 
Sciurus castaneoventris Gordont, Anders. 
Sciurus Gordoni, Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 140; Blyth, J. A.S. B. xliv. 
(1875) extr. no. p. 37. 
This form differs from the typical Sc. castaneoventris by the 
presence of a median grizzled line running throughout the 
whole length of the underparts and by the vinaceous colour 
of the same being somewhat restricted on the flanks, thus 
forming two broad stripes. 
flab, Upper Burma. 
Sciurus castaneoventris griseopectus, Blyth. 
Sciurus griseopectus, Blyth (nec Gray), J. A. S. B. xvi. (1847) p. 873 
Sciurus Gordoni, var. intermedia, Anders. Zool. Res. (1879) p. 241. 
This form is represented in the Museum by a single speci- 
men only. It differs from Sc. Gordon? in the mesial grizzled 
line not being so broad or so well defined, and in the rufous 
portion of the underparts being as broad as in the typical 
Sc. castaneoventris, but darker and richer in colour. 
Hab. Assam. 
My reasons for the inclusion of this form among the 
Se. castaneoventris group have already been given, but 
it may be mentioned that the figure accompanying the 
original description is inaccurate in two important particulars, 
namely, the yellow ears and the black tip to the tail. With 
regard to the former, Blyth in his original description makes 
no mention of their colour, but he distinctly refers to the 
fulvous tips to the hairs of the tail. 
Lest my divisions into species and subspecies may appear 
to some rather arbitrary, it will perhaps make it clearer if I 
point out that in Upper Burma and Assam we have two 
forms occurring in the same locality—namely, Sc. Gordont 
and Se. Sladent in the former, and Sc. erythreus and Se. grt- 
seopectus in the latter; it is therefore unlikely, though from 
the vagueness of the data not absolutely impossible, that 
these should all be geographical forms of one species, and 
this is further borne out, sufficiently to my mind to prove the 
