Sciurus caniceps and allied Species. Ar 
colour to reach the surface ; these annulations are, moreover, 
pale fulvous instead of ashy grey. ‘The feet, limbs, 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 round 
patch of deep chestnut, and there is a line of the same colour 
which starts from above and behind the shoulders, and, 
running along either side, turns inwards and downwards, to 
end on the underside opposite the thighs. ‘There is also a 
fainter patch of the same colour at the root of the tail, and a 
faint line along the outer side of each hind limb. ‘The tail, 
which is annulated with fulvous and black, ends in a black 
tip. 
Dimensions (from skin):—Head and body 275 millim.; 
tail 195 (doubtful measurement) ; hind foot 50. 
Hab. The west coast of the Malay Peninsula from Penang 
to south of Tenasserim. 
Type 9, B.M. 85. 8. 1.192. Salanga Island. Collected 
on 4th March, 1879, by Mr. J. Darling, and presented to the 
Museum by Mr. A. O. Hume. 
This species, which by its rufous markings may be easily 
distinguished from all the others, has no breeding or seasonal 
change of pelage, and is practically the same at all times of 
year. 
Scdurus epomophorus Davisont, subsp. n. 
Very similar to the preceding species, from which it may 
be recognized by the rutous 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 
underparts opposite the thighs, and in some specimens there is 
a trace of rufous at the base of the tail. 
Dimensions as in Se. epomophorus; tail 210 millim. 
Hab. Burma, from Moulmein to the south of ‘Tenasserim. 
Type 2, B.M. 85. 8. 1. 187. Bankasoon, 8. Tenasserim. 
Collected on the 20th June, 1877, by Mr. W. Davison, and 
presented to the Museum 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 of the underparts. 
Sciurus pygerythrus. 
Sciurus pygerythrus, Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Mag. Zool. 1832, Cl.1; id. Voy. 
Bélang. 1834, p. 145, pI-vil.; Anders. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 227 
(1879); Blanford, Faun. Br. Ind., Mamm. p. 379 (1891); W.Sclater, 
Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. ii. p. 12 (1891). 
Sciurus Blanfordi, Blyth, J. A. S. B, xxxi. 1862, p. 333. 
Sciurus caniceps pygerythrus, Is, Geoff. St.-Hil., Thos. P.°Z, S, 1886, 
p. 69. 
