232 MR.R.SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. [Apr. 28, 
tail to tips of hairs at end 9 inches. Underside of legs, breast, and 
belly deep chestnut, in some rich and glossy, in others dull and in- 
clined to maroon colour; the chestnut distinctly divided from the 
upper colour, and not blending with or shading into it. In some 
the chestnut extends to the throat, in others it is entirely wanting 
there; others, again, have it in greater or less extent. ‘The amount 
of chestnut on the underparts also varies. In one of my specimens 
this colour springs from the pit of the arm and runs to the base of 
the thigh, thus ranging on either side of the underparts in two 
broad distinct lines; a second specimen has these lines blending 
across the belly. The hair of the upper parts is yellowish olive- 
grey, fretted with black, each hair being banded alternately with 
black and yellowish olive-grey, having the latter colour at the tip in 
the hair of the sides, but the black at the tip in the hair of the back. 
The long hairs of the tail are similarly, but more broadly, banded, 
the yellowish grey becoming nearly white towards the end of the 
tail, and the black conspicuous. The tail in all except one of my 
specimens is bushy. In this one the hairs are worn short, and the 
apical half of the tail has the appearance of being banded alternately 
with black and yellowish grey. Ears small and somewhat angular. 
Moustache-bristles black. Iris deep blackish brown. Toes blacker 
than the general colour. In the colouring of the upper parts some 
specimens are blacker and glossier, some greener in the olive tint, 
and some washed with chestuut-buff. 
This Red-bellied Squirrel, which I first got in Formosa, I have 
since found in the Fokien mountains. In Hainan it was common 
about the gardens under the north wall of Kiungchow city; and I 
also met with it in almost every place that we visited, both in the 
interior and along the coast. In one place, on the 26th of March, I 
discovered its nest in a small tree near a village. It seemed in every 
respect like the nest of our Red Squirrel at home. It contained one 
half-grown young one, which jumped out and escaped. 
The Gazetteer calls this Squirrel ‘‘ The Too-shoo (or Poisonous 
Rat), of a size larger than a Rat, with a bushy tail. Bites the 
areca-nuts.” 
15. SMALy StrRIPED SquirRREL. Seiurus m‘clellandi, Horsf. 
Length of body 57 inches; tail to end of hairs 53, Rat-like, with 
hair longer than on the body, an inch long at the tip. Upper fur 
and tail yellowish brown, lightly freckled with blackish, the black 
predominating on the tail. Back with a central black line extending 
from between the shoulders to the bend of the rump; on each side 
of it a light indistinct yellowish-brown stripe, followed laterally by 
one of chestnut-brown, then by one of light yellowish buff, and lastly 
by another of chestnut-brown. Lars small, angular, black on back, 
and tipped on the hind side of the apical angle with longish white 
hairs. Underparts dingy whitish buff, with smoke-grey bases to 
the hairs; the bases to the hairs of the upper parts much deeper 
grey. Some specimens are washed on the upper parts with chestnut, 
richly on the rump; others are blacker, with the dorsal stripes 
