sciuRrs. 379 



Distribution. Only obtaiued as yet on the Kakhyen hills neai' 

 Bhtimo, Upper Burma. 



247. Sciuriis phayrei. Plmyres Squirrel. 



Sciurus phayrei, Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xxiv, pp. 472, 476 (1855), xxxi, 

 p. 332 ; id. Cat. p. 104 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 30 ; Peters, 

 P. Z. S. 1866, p. 429 ; Bhinford, J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, p. 160 : 

 Amlerson, An. Zool. Res. p. 230. 



Sciurus caniceps phayrei, Thomas, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 69. 



Colour. Upper parts speckled greyish brown, the back sometimes 

 with a rufous tinge ; dorsal hairs leaden black at the base, then 

 isabelline and black alternately, two rings of each, the tip black. 

 Feet and lower parts light rufous, a black or blackish band on each 

 side of the rufous abdomen from axil to groin. Tail concolorous 

 with the baclv above and at the sides ; below, in the middle, at all 

 events towards the base, pale rufous like the abdomen ; tip of the 

 tail black for one or two inches ; tail-hairs generally with 4 or 5 

 rings of each colour, isabelline and black. 



Dimensions. Head and body of a female 9"6 inches, tail, without 

 hair 8-8, witli hair 11, hind foot from heel 1"8 ; weight 8 oz. Basal 

 length of skull 1*9, extreme length 2*15, zygomatic breadth 1-25. 



Dhtrihution. The province of Martaban in Burma, ranging north 

 to the southern border of the Karennee country. 



This form doubtless passes into *S^. pijiierytlirus, as in some skins 

 the characteristic dark lateral bands are indistinct. 



248. Sciurus pygerythrus. The Irraivaddy Squirrel. 



p. 37 ; Anderson, An. Zool Res. p. 227. 

 Sciurus blanfordi, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi, p. 333, xxxii, p. 73 ; id. Cat. 

 p. 104 ; id. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 36 ; Anderson, An. Zool. Res. 

 p. 230. 



Colour above speckled olive -brown to grey, below light rufous or 

 buff. Feet sometimes buff like the lower parts, sometimes not. 

 Dorsal hairs leaden black at the base, then white or isabelline and 

 black alternately, usually two rings of each, the tips black. Tail 

 coloured like the back, except the tip, which is black and well 

 defined ; tail-hairs annulated, with about four rings of each colour, 

 whitish and black. 



Dimension.^. Head and body about 9 inches, tail without hair 

 rather less ; basal lengtli of skull 1 "75, extreme length 2-05, zygo- 

 matic breadth 1"25. 



Distribution. Throughout the Irrawaddy valley in places from the 

 neighbourhood of Kaugoon, where it is common, to above Ava. 



Varieties. S. blanfordi, the Ava and Upper Burma race, appears 

 to be only a greyer form of the more olivaceous S. pygerythrus of 

 Pegu. 



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