SCIURUS INSIGNIS. 



The Bohlcol of the Javanese, which is now to be described, belongs to this 

 section. The covering is grayish-brown, inclining to tawny above and on the sides, 

 and white underneath, with an intermediate streak of a ferruginous tint, extending 

 from the angle of the mouth to the posterior extremities, with different shades of 

 intensity, and diffusing itself irregularly over the thighs and flanks. But a distin- 

 guishing character is afforded to the Bokkol by three black lines, about one fourth of 

 an inch in breadth, extending from the neck to the rump. One of these is placed 

 in the middle, and follows the course of the spine ; the others are parallel to it, 

 one on each side, at a distance equal to the breadth of the Imes. The vipper parts 

 are delicately variegated, in consequence of the alternate bands of gray, tawny, 

 and black with which the separate hairs are marked. The muzzle and forehead 

 are nearly uniformly gray, with a slight diffusion of a blackish brown colour. On 

 the crown of the head, and on the neck above, this colour is more intense. The 

 white colour of the vmder parts shews itself distinctly on the throat and neck ; it is 

 more obscure and contracted on the breast and abdomen. The intermediate ferru- 

 ginous streak begins on the lateral parts of the head ; on the throat and neck it is 

 obscvire and partial ; it diffuses itself irregularly over the shoidders and along the 

 abdomen, mixing with the gray of the sides, and the white of the lower parts. It 

 is broader and more intense on the flanks, and spreads on the anterior part of the 

 thighs, while the lower parts of the thighs, as Avell as the legs, on both extremities, 

 agree in colour with the upper parts. The feet have the same tints as the muzzle 

 and forehead. The tail has a more intense colour than the body, and is obscurely 

 undulated with brown and black, having gray hairs irregularly scattered over it. 

 The claws are of a pale horny colour, and the front teeth are rendered conspicuous 

 by a beautiful reddish-brown glossy tint. Several long black mustaches, closely 

 applied to the head, arise near the lip from the extremity of the muzzle. 



The covering of the Eokkol is thick and close, consisting of long hairs, soft 

 to the touch, closely applied to the body, and plentifully supplied at the base with 

 soft down. The hairs of the tail are greatly lengthened. The characters which 

 chiefly distinguish the section to which our animal belongs, from that which contains 

 the European and North American species, are a cylindrical tail, and rounded ears. 

 Towards the extremity of the tail, the hairs are loosely disposed in the Bokkol, 

 but they never separate into two rows, as in the common Squirrel. The appearance 

 of the ear is carefully represented in the figure. The interior portion is large and 

 naked, and the helix is narrow, and closely applied to the head. The feet present 

 nothing peculiar, and the muzzle is short and thick. 



The height of our animal is tln-ee inches and a half From the root of the tail 



