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MR. E. I. POCOCK ON THE EXTERNAL, CHARACTERS 



most exceeding the third very slightly. Nevertheless, the tip 

 of the fourth extends beyond that of the second both in the fore 

 and the hind foot. The feet are narrow and long, and the lobes 

 of the plantar pads are not in contact, though well developed. 

 The inner lobe of the carpal pad has a rounded distal border 



Text-figrure 51. 



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A. Right fore foot of S. hudsonicus, in summer pelage (from dried skin). 



B. „ hind ,, „ same specimen. 



C. „ fore „ „ ISutamias qtiadrivittatus. 



D. ,, hind „ „ 



(A, B a little enlarged ; C, D mnch enlarged.) 



and is not produced beyond the mai-gin of the smaller outer pad, 

 and the small pollex projects a little in front of it, which is not 

 the case in the typical Squirrels, where the pollex rises from 

 the outer surface of the inner carpal. The under sides of the 

 digits and the area round the plantar lobes are naked in both 

 fore and hind foot ; but in the hind foot the whole of the meta- 



