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SciURUS PERNYi, A. M.-Edwards. 



Sciurus pernyi, A. M.-Edw. Eev. et Mag. de Zool. Judlet^ 1867; p. 230^ pi. xix. ; Rech. des 

 Man^mif. 1868-74, p. 302. 



The muzzle, the upper surface of the head, the nape, the back, the flanks and 

 the outer surface of the limbs are black, punctulated with yellow . The throat, the 

 chest, and the belly are white. The inside of the fore limbs is whitish, but on the 

 hind limbs this colour is mixed with yellow on their anterior borders. Around the 

 vent and on the adjacent parts of the base of the tail a brilliant red prevails, and 

 is continued along within the posterior margin of the hind limbs, as far as the 

 heel. The feet are black, punctulated with rufous. The cheeks have a grey tint, 

 and the moustachial hairs are black. The eyes are encircled by short brown hairs. 

 The ears are large, rounded, and not pencilled. Above the ears, and at their base, 

 there is a clear orange-yellow spot. The tail is a little shorter than the body ; the 

 hairs are annulated black and red, but have long yellow or grey tips, a reddish 

 tint prevailing on the under surface. 



This species was discovered in the Province of Se-tchouan, China. 



Sciurus modestus, Miiller & Schlegel. 



Sciurus modestus, Miiller und Schlegel, Verhandl. 1839-44, pp. 87, 96, pi. xxiv. figs, 1-3; Wagner, 



Schreber, S'augeth. Suppl. vol. iii. 1843, p. 203; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii. 1845, p. 40 ; 



Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xviii. 1849, p. 603; ibid. vol. xx. 1851, p. 166. 

 Sciurus affinis, Horsfield (not Raffles), Zool. Research, in Java, 1824; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829 



(in part), p. 355; Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.'s Mus. 1851, p. 156; Lesson, Man. de Zool. 1827, 



p. 234 (in part) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. (in part), 1845, vol. ii. p. 44. 

 Sciurus tenuis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. vol. xvi. 1847, p. 874 (in part) ; Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist. 1867, vol. XX. p. 274. 

 Sciurus concolor, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxiv. July 1855, p. 474; ibid. vol. xx. 1851, 



p. 166; xxiv. 1855, p. 474; Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 103. 



The type of S. modestus in the Leyden Museum has the tail imperfect, but 

 the body measures 6 inches. There is no grey on the head, and the feet are con- 

 colorous with the limbs, but slightly grizzled with black. The eye has a rufous- 

 yellow area around it like S. plantani, Ljung, S. vittatus, Raffles, S. tenuis, Horsfield, 

 and S. philippensis, Waterhouse ; but the pale, similarly coloured band in front of 

 the eye which occurs in S. tenuis is not well defined. We may reasonably, how- 

 ever, conclude that S. modestus and S. affinis, Horsfield, are the same species, but 

 the squirrel first described by Raffles from Singapore as S. affinis, and which he 

 stated attained to nearly the size of S. hicolor, cannot be reconciled with this much 

 smaller species. I have considered S. affinis, Raffles, as an immature example 

 of S. hicolor. 



The head is concolorous with the back, whilst in S. affinis, Horsfd., it is grey 

 or whitish, but the two agree in the following characters : back olive-brown, passing 



