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standing out conspiciously from the general grey of the body. 

 A white spot also present on the neck just behind the ear. 

 Colour elsewhere precisely as S. cxih's. Face without any trace 

 of the black-and-white markings characteristic of S. niclnufjtis^ 

 Mull, and Schl. 



Skull very peculiarly shaped, with a short broad cranial and 

 a disproportionally long and powerful facial portion, the 

 distances from the tips of the nasals to a point between the 

 anterior edges of the orbits 128 millim., as compared to about 

 ID millim. in S. exilis, and 1 1 millim. in ^S'. melanotis^ the latter 

 an animal with the cranial part of the skull as large as, if not 

 larger than, that of >S". ivlii'tchcti:!/. 



Dimensions of skin : — 



Head and body, go miilim ; tail, without hairs, 53 ; with 

 hairs, 87 ; hind foot, without claws 24.5 ; ears, without hairs, 

 7 ; with hairs, 28. 



This beautiful little squirrel is found on many of the moun- 

 tains of Borneo between 2oco and 50CO it. The type was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Whitehead on Mount Kina Balu in 1887. I 

 have since obtained specimens from Mount Dulit and Mount 

 Batu Song. It frequents tbe dark forest, running rapidly 

 round and round the branches of trees, with very mouse- 

 like movements. 



Hab. Mount Kina Balu (J. Whitehead). Mount Dulit (C. 

 Hose). Mount Batu Song (C. Hose). 



G E X U 8 \i H I T 11 R S C I U R U S . 



RHITHROSCIURUS MACROTIS. 



Sciiirus //L/C roll's, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond. 1856, p. 

 341, pi. xlvi. 



The ears are large, with a pencil of elongated hairs at 

 their tips ; the feet are large and strong ; and the sides of 

 the animal are laterally banded. 



The general colour is dark chestnut-brown, very minutely 

 punctulated ; the hind quarters, including the base of the tail, 

 and the outsides of the fore and hind limbs, brighter ; the feet 

 blackish. There is a brownish band from the axilla to the 

 groin, with a yellowish-white band above it. - The cheeks and 

 inner sides of the limbs are pale brownish; the chin, throat, 

 and under parts, white. Tail broad and full, grizzled, and with 

 long white tips to the hairs. 



This handsome squirrel is rare, and as yet only found in 

 Borneo. It is met with in the low country and ascends the 

 mountains to about 2000 ft. It is constantlv seen on the 

 ground, and is the only Bornean squirrel which raises its tail 

 over its back. 



Native name, Krampu. 



Hab. Baram River (C. Hose). Sarawak (A. Everett). 



