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one broad terminal one, of a blackish hue ; but the tip itself is pale. 

 The wings and tail, on their inner surface, are whitish, irregularly 

 crossed with freckles of brown, disposed barwise. 



The bird measured 27 inches by 60, and weighed 5 lbs. 



VI. — Synoptical Description of Sundry New Animals, enumerated in the 

 Catalogue of Nipdlese Mammals. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



Sciuropterus, Cuvier. 



Species, Alboniger. Black and white. 



Flying Squirrel, mihi. 



Habitat, central and Northern regions of Nipal. 



Sc. above black, faintly shaded with hoary or rufous ; below, white, 

 with a slight tinge of yellow ; tail, concolorous with the body above, 

 distinctly distichous, flattened, and rather shorter than the animal. 

 Nude skin of lips, ears, and feet fleshy white. Snout to rump, 1 1 

 inches ; tail, 8%, without the terminal hair — 9, with it ; weight, 9 oz. 



Observations. The sexes are alike : the young are pure black above, 

 pure white below. The species has but six teats, four ventral and 

 two inguinal. The intestines are 85 inches long, or eight times the 

 length of the animal. They have a wide caecum of nine inches in 

 length, placed at 18 inches only from the anal extremity. 



Species, Magnificus. Splendid. 



Flying Squirrel, mihi. 



Habitat, as above. 



Sc. Above, intense chesnut, (the fruit ;) below and the shoulders, 

 golden red ; tail, paler than the body above, and tipped black : a 

 black zone round the eyes, and another embracing the mustachios ; 

 chin, pale, with a black triangular spot. Nude parts of skin, fleshy 

 white. Tail, cylindrico-depressed, and considerably longer than the 

 animal. 



Parachute, large, enveloping six inches of the tail. Length of the 

 animal, 16 inches, of the tail, 22 ; weight 3^ lbs. 



Observations . Sexes, essentially similar in colour. In old animals the 

 chesnut colour tipt hoary, and, in the young, black tipt. In all, the 

 tail, beyond the limits of the parachute, is paler than the superior 

 surface of the body : and the black point is always present. So are 

 the facial marks, though they be less conspicuous in young speci- 

 mens. The intestinal canal is fourteen feet two inches long, or 10| 

 times as long as the body; 8.8 to the caecum ; 5.6 below it. The 



