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Indian-Squirrels by having a rather broad block band alonf/ the spine 

 of Ihe back, running from the neck, increasing in broadness in the 

 middle of the back and diminishing towards the root of the tau. The 

 ears are adorned with rather long black hairs which form a kind of 

 small pencil. It is to be observed that in one of the three type-spe- 

 cirnens the black earpencils are slightly tipped with white. For the 

 rest the upperparts and sides of the head and body and the legs are 

 covered with very soft hairs showing a reddish-black tinge , occasioned 

 by being each black hair ringed with reddish : the underside of head , 

 the breast , belly and inside of legs have the black hairs largely tipped 

 with red, so that the naraed parts present a fine red hue. The tail 

 shows undistinct rings: upperpart of tail with hairs ringed with red 

 and black ending in white tips; towards the tip of the tail the red 

 and white disappear so that the tip of that organ is black ; as the 

 tail is distichous it is evident, that on the underside the red finge 

 prevails. The whiskers are black ; they reach as far backwards as the 

 end of the earpencils. 



Incisors light orange colored: there aretwo upper premolars, of which 

 the foremost one is very well developed. Skeleton with 7 cervicales, 

 12 costales, 7 lumbares, 3 sacrales and 28 caudales. 

 Dimensions of one of the type-specimens, being an adult female. 



Head and body Mm. 187 



Tail without tuft ,. 142 



„ with tuft „ 220 



Hind foot „ 43 



Ear with pencil „ 17 



Length of skull „ 45 



Greatest breadth „ 27 



Length of nasals „ 11 



„ palate „ 16 5 



„ uppermolar series . . . . „ 8 



Distance between upper incisor and ürst 



premolar „ 10 



Sciurus notatus Boddaert. 



Java: Buitenzorg; skins: 244a, 5, 245, 248, 598, 599; skeletons: 



600, 601. 

 Sumatra: Pajakombo; skins: 202, 203. 



„ Singkarah: skins: 103, 104, 128, 154; skull: 143. 



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