378 SCIITEIDiE. 



usual. Extreme length of skull from occiput to end of nasals 2, 

 basal length 1*75, zygomatic breadth 1-15. 



Distribution. Assam, the hills to the south (Khasi, Garo, &c.), 

 Cachar, Chittagong, Manipur, and Upper Burma ; also (if, as I 

 believe, S. castaneoventris is not distinguishable) China. S. jjiccus 

 is said to be from Tenasserim. 



Varieties. The following are the principal races that I include 

 under 8. erythrams : — 



1. Typical S. erylliroiushom. the Khasi hills and neighbourhood. 

 This has tlie upper surface light olive, lower parts chestnut, 

 and the terminal portion of the tail, two thirds or more, 

 coloured like tlie belly, the extreme tip sometimes whitish ; 

 the ears are rufous. 



2. S. erytliroyaster from Manipur. Upper surface dark olive, 

 lower parts chestnut to bay, feet and terminal half or more of 

 the tail black. 



3. S. punctatissimus (and, as I believe, /S. piceus of Peters) from 

 Cachar. Upper parts very dark almost black, tail and feet 

 black, lower parts dark ba)\ 



4. /S'. gordoni from Upper Burma, north of A va. The upper parts 

 brown or olive, more or less rufesceut ; lower parts pale to 

 deep ferruginous, with a distinct median band along the breast 

 and abdomen coloiu'ed and speckled like the sides, the throat 

 and fore neck sometimes speckled olive, sometimes ferruginous. 

 Tail annulated, tip rufous or white, sometimes a black bar 

 between the annulated part and the rufous or white tip. A 

 very similar variety is found in Upper Assam, 



5. aS'. sladeni from Tliigyain, Upper Burma. Upper parts 

 speckled ruious-olive. Head, feet, termination of the tail, and 

 all the lower parts ferruginous red. 



240. Sciurus quinquestriatns. Anderson^s Squirrel. 



Sclurus quinquestriatus, Anderson,' P. Z. S. 1871, p. 142, pi. x; id. 

 An. Zool. lies. p. 266 ; Blyth, Mam. Birds Burma, p. 37. 



Posterior foot-pads on hind feet linear, soles between pads smootli. 



Colour above and on the sides black and yellow or orange mixed 

 to form a speckled brown or olive ; dorsal fur k-adeu black at the 

 base, then amiulated with alternate rings of yellow and black, the 

 tip black ; the middle of the back often more rufous. Breast and 

 belly white, with three longitudinal dark brown or black stripes, 

 sometimes punctulated, one stripe median, tlie other two lateral 

 between the white and the olive of the side ; the white is sometimes 

 reduced to two narrow stripes. Tail the same colour as the back 

 except at the ti]) ; tail-hairs anmdated with yellow or w hitish and 

 black, four or five rings of each colour, terminal hairs black -with 

 white tips. 



Dimensions. Head and body 9.4 inches, tail without hair 9, hind 

 foot 1-9; basal length of skull l"S, zygomatic breadtli 1-2. 



