SYNOPSIS OF THE 



with a slight ochery tint ; tail flat, widest in the middle, 

 and terminating in a point. 



Icon. Hamilton Smith, MSS. 



Inhabits near the Missouri, in North America. 



668. 25. aS, ^stuans (the Guerlinguet Squirrel.) Olive- 

 gray, mixed with red above, pale red underneath ; tail 

 round, longer than the body, slightly annulated, brown, 

 black and yellow ; paws, the colour of the body ; body 

 about eight inches long. 



Sciurus ^stuans, Gm. Myoxus Guerlinguet, Shaw, Zool. 

 II. part I. 171. Le Grand Guerlinguet, Buff. Sup. t. 7. 



Icon. Buff. I. c.pl. 65. EncT/. Method, t. 11. f. 1. 



Inhabits Guiana and Brazil. 



I 

 ■ 669. 26. S. Insignis (Bokol Squirrel.) Fur, gray brown 

 above, with three black lines ; head gray; outer side of the 

 limbs and sides red; chine, neck, and belly, white; tail 

 cylindrical, brown. 



S. Insignis, Des. Mam. 544. Larog. F. Cuv. Mam: 

 Lithog. Bokkol, of Java. 



Icon. F. Cuv. I. c. t. Horsf. Java, t. 3. fi) 



Inhabits Sumatra. . f, 



670. 27. S. Pusillus (the Little Guerlinguet.) Above 

 part of the body gray-brown and olive, mixed ; lower parts 

 of the same colour, but a lighter tint ; muzzle yellow ; tail 

 round, shorter than the body, covered with brown and yel- 

 low hairs, intermixed. 



Sciurus Pusillus, Geoff. Col. Mus. Le Petit Guerlinguet, 

 Buff. Supp. VII. 263. The Wood-Rat of Cayenne. 



Icon. Buff. I. c. pi. 46. Enc^/. Method, t. 11. f. 2. 



Inhabits Cayenne. 



672. 28. S. Ginginianus (Gingi Squirrel.) Upper part 



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