1870.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. 633 
eye to lip. Moustache- and face-bristles black. Snout, under level 
of nose, part of cheeks, and throat white. Throat, under neck, 
chest, and central underparts black, grizzled with white. Inside of 
ear well clothed and cf a lively buff colour, which extends to the 
edges; back of ear brownish black. Upper parts buff, many of the 
hairs of the hind neck and shoulders being broadly tipped with 
black. Crown and hind neck washed with chestnut, which brightens 
as it runs down the back ina broad line. Under-fur greyish brown. 
Fore legs clothed with reddish-brown under-fur, and covered with 
black and white hair, with a broad deep black line running down 
their anterior surface to the feet; under carpus and feet fine brownish 
chestnut, brown on the hair about the palms. A bright chestnut- 
buff line runs down each side of the belly, from the fore leg to the 
hind leg, and narrows as it advances down inner side of hind leg, 
where it is flanked inwardly with a white line. Thighs grizzled 
with black, white, and chestnut. Tail bushy, bright chestnut on 
the upper surface; with many of the hairs broadly tipped with black ; 
under surface much paler, with more black ; tip white. 
Snout to root of tail 32 inches; tail 17, with 2°75 length of hair 
beyond tip. Fore leg 11 inches, hind leg 12°5. Ear 2°75 long, 1°75 
broad at base. 
48. ?OrarIA STELLERI. (Steller’s Sea-bear.) 
Otaria stelleri, Temm. & Schleg. Faun. Japon. 
I have been informed by the European pilots at Shanghai that 
they have often seen Seals basking on some islands called ‘the 
Ruggeds,” at the mouth of the Yangtsze. I have not been so for- 
tunate as to get a specimen ; but it is not unlikely that they will turn 
out to be the same as the animal recorded from South Japan. 
RODENTIA. 
49. Scrurus CASTANEOVENTRIS. (Chestnut-bellied Squirrel.) 
Sciurus castaneoventris, Gray, Ann. N. H. ser. 3. xx. p. 283; 
Swinhoe, P. Z.8. anted, p. 231. 
Sciurus erythreus, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1862, p. 11. 
The Chestnut-bellied Squirrel is found in Hainan, the provinces 
of Kwangtung and Fokien, and in Formosa. The finest Formosan 
skins are rather larger, with longer tails, are bright deep chestnut on 
the underparts, and have broad buff tips to the hair ef the apical 
half of the tail. The chin and chest in these is for the most part 
not red, but of one colour with the back. As in the Hainan and 
Chinese skins, the redness of the underparts is very variable in ex- 
tent and intensity ; and so is the. yellowness of the tail. I have 
specimens from South Formosa of one colour throughout, and others 
with more or less red ; and with a series before me I find it impos- 
sible to divide the animals from the different localities even into 
races, A fine specimen from North Formosa measures from snout 
to root of tail about 9 inches; its tail 9°5, including 2°5 inches of 
