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MR. R, I. POCOCK ON THE EXTERNAL CHARACTERS 



the second. The four lobes of the plantar pad are large, the 

 outer and inner being larger than the others. The inner meta- 

 tarsal pad is well developed, and extends as in Ratufa along the 

 inner side of the metatarsal area, being in contact with the 

 plantar pad distally. A large area of the heel is covered with 

 hair, and on the outer side of the foot the hair overgrows the 

 sole up to a line continuous with the proximal extremity of the 



Text-figure 56. 



A. Right fore foot of Glaucomys volans, summer pelage. 



B. „ hind „ „ „ „ „ „ 



C. „ fore „ ,, „ stramineus, v/inter peleige, 



D. ,, hind „ „ „ ,. „ ,, 



large, long, outer plantar lobe, so that the area of naked skin 

 on the admedia,n side of the metatarsal pad is narrow. (Text- 

 fig. 55, B.) 



Blanford described the hind foot of this species, under the 

 name Pteromys inagnificics, as similar to that of P. inornatus, 

 saying of the latter : " The large metatarsal pad joins the inner 

 toe pad. . . . No supplementary pad," This agrees with my 



