SCIURUS. 7 



I. Three white or reddish stripes reaching anteriorly as 

 far as the shoulders only ; ventral surface pale ex- 

 cept the rump; skull long and narrow, i'2 5 by '85 

 inches. , . . . S.tristriatus, p. 25. 



^. Lateral stripes very obscure ; ventral surface chestnut ; 

 no anterior upper premolars ; skull short and round- 

 ed, 1-3 by -95 inches. . . S. layardi, p. 26. 



k'^. Rump and under side of the tail with no traces of 

 red. 



m. Three dorsal stripes well marked, reaching forward 

 anteriorly to the nape ; body about seven inches ; 

 fur harsh and light coloured. 



S. palmarum, p. 24. 



m^. Three dorsal stripes very obscure, not reaching for- 

 ward anteriorly to the nape of the neck; body 

 about five inches in length; fur very soft and 

 rather dark . . S. sublineatus, p. 26. 



Sciurus bicolor. 



Var. A. — typicus. 



Sciurus bicolor, Sparrman Gdiheborg Wetens. Sevensk, HandL, i, p. 70 

 (1778)*; Horsfield Zool. Res., with plate; Muller and Schlegel, Tern. 

 Verhandl., pp. 85, 88; Blythf. A. S.B.,x., p. gig; Cantor y. A. S.B.,xv, 

 p. 246 ; Bljth J, A. S. B. , xvi, p. 870 ; Blyih Cat., no. 309, p. 99 [pt] ; An- 

 derson Anat. Zool. Res; p. 21S; Jentink Notes Leyd. Miis.,v,p. 108; 

 Thomas P. Z. S., 1886, pp. 67,75; Anderson, J. Linn. Soc., xxi, p. 340; 

 Jentink Notes Leyd. Mus., xi, p. 27. 



Sciurus javensis, Zimmerman Geograph. Gesch., ii, p. 342 (1780); Blyth 

 J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 870 ; Gray P. Z. S., 1861, p. 137. 



Sciurus albiceps, Desmaresi N. Diet. Hist. Nat,, x, p. 105 (1817); Jentink 

 Notes Leyd. Mus., v, p. i lO. 



Sciurus leschenaltii, Desmaresi Mamm., p. 335 (1820) ; Horsfield Zool. 

 Res. 



Sciurus afRnis, Raffles Linn. Trans., xiii, p. 259 (1822); Blyth Ann. Mag. 

 N. H., XX, p. 314. 



Sciurus hypoleucus, Horsfield Zool. Res. (1S24) ; Mailer and Schlegel Tern. 

 Verhandl, p. 90 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xvi, p. 870; id. Cat., no. 310, p. 99. 



Sciurus auriventer. Is. Geoff.. St. Hil. Mag. de Zool. (1832)*; id. Zool. 

 Voy. aux. Ind. Orient. Belanger, 1834, p. 150 ; Blyth J. A. S. B., xvi, 

 p. 870. 



Sciurus humeralis, Colon Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neufcha., i, p. 122, pi. viii 



Sciurus ephippium, Miiller and Schlegel Tern. Verhandl., p, 91, pi, xiii 



(1838-44); Blyth Cat., no. 311, p. 100. 

 Sciurus rubiventer, Midler and Schlegel Tern. Verhandl., p. 86 



(1838-44). 

 Macroxus bicolor, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H. ('3), xx, p. 276 (1867)' [pt.] 

 Macroxus ephipium, Cray Ann. Mag., N. H. (3), xx, p. ^76(1867). 



