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atrodoesalis would seem to be the characteristic Squirrel of Amherst 

 province ; and southward again, in that of Tavoy, the ordinary 

 species would appear to he Sc. chrysonotus, nohis ; with also the 

 pygmy striped Sc. Barbei, nohis ; which is closely akin to Sc. 

 McClellajSTDii of Sikhim and Butan. The only Squirrel -skin we 

 have from Mergui is like Sc. chrysonottjs, hut without a tinge of 

 golden-ferruginous on the upper parts, though there is a trace of this 

 hue on the sides of the neck and body : it nearly resembles an ex- 

 ample from Malacca, which I have named Sc. cotstcoloe ; but thishas 

 no trace of the golden-ferruginous on the sides of the neck and body, 

 nor a well defined black tail-tip as in the other.* 



Here it may be remarked that the Cerytjs (Panolia) Eldi, 

 Guthrie (C. frontalis, McClelland, C. lyratus, Schinz, C. dimorphe, 

 Hodgson, — with horns a little abnormal as developed in captivity, — 

 Panolia amtirostris et P. platyceros, Gray), is common in Pegu, ex- 



* The following are the ascertained Sciubi of British Burma : — 



1. Sc. bicoloe, Sparrman. The only species of the giganteus group inha- 

 biting the range of territory ; and found on all the hilly, tracts from the E. 

 Himalaya to the Straits of Singapore. Burmese specimens have very commonly 

 a pale cincture, more or less broad, at the middle of the body. 



2. Sc. eokbiah, Hodgson. Eastern Himalaya ; Khasyas ; Arakan hills. 



3. Sc. assamensis, McClelland ; Sc, Blytliii, Tytler. Abounding in Asam, 

 Sylhet, Arakan, and in E. Bengal; common about Dacca. 



4. Sc, eerrtjginees, P. Cuv., Mamm. Lithog. ; Sc. Kerauclrenii, Lesson, Zool. 

 T r oy. cle Belanger. Common in the hills of Arakan and Pegu. 



5. Sc, eygebtthrus, Lesson, ibid. Abundant in Lower Pegu. 



6. Sc. Blaneobdii, nobis, ut supra. Valley of the Irawadi and neighbouring 

 hills about Ava ; perhaps not within the British territory. 



7. Sc. Phayeei, nobis. Common throughout the province of Martaban. 



8 Sc. Berdmokei, nobis. The common ground Squirrel of Martaban pro- 

 vince ; found also as far south as Mergui (?). 



9. Sc. hyperythetjs, nobis. H ills bordering the valley of the Sitang ? 



10. Sc. ateodoesalis, Gray. The < ommon species of Amherst province ; 

 abundant on the hills behind Moulmein (certainly not Butan, as asserted by 

 Dr. Gray. Br. Mus. Ceded.) 



11. Sc. CHEVSOKOTUS, nobis. The ordinary Squirrel of Tavoy province, if not 

 also of the interior of Amherst province (J. A. S. XXVIII, 275). A permanent 

 variety (?), or race, without the golden-fulvous colouring of the back, in Mergui 

 province. 



12. Sc Baebei, nobis. The diminutive striped Squirrel of Tavoy, and of 

 Mergui (?) ; closely akin to Sc McCeellandii of the E. Himalaya. It also 

 inhabits the interior of Amherst province ; and, I suspect, Lower Pegu ; and 

 it is doubtless the Sc. McCeellajS'dii apud Gray, from Camboja. P. Z. S. 

 186], p. 137. 



-ZV. B. There can be little doubt that additional species inhabit the provinces 

 of Tavoy and especially Mergui : and this sketch of the geographical distribution 

 of the various races will doubtless have to be improved upon. 



A Sc. siAUENSie is described by Dr. Gray in the Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1859, 

 p. 478 ; and several species from Camboja in P. Z. S. 1861, 371. 



