170 SCIURID^. 



The Hoary-bkllied Gray Squirrel. 



Descr. — Very similar to the last, lower parts rufous-hoary, instead of 

 orange ; thighs usually concolorous with body above ; tail narrower and 

 devoid of the marginal bands ; upper parts not so dark, with less of the 

 rufescent tinge observable in S. lohriah ; thighs occasionally tinged with 

 rufo-femiginous. Of the same size as the last. 



This species is nearly allied to S. assamensis, McLelland, but differs in 

 wanting the black tip to the tail, and in some other points of coloration. 



These two squirrels, lohriah and lohrioides, are not distinguished from 

 each other by the natives of Sikim, and there is a great resemblance 

 between them. S. lohriah, I think, ascends to a higher elevation than 

 the other species. They are both fouud in the south-eastern Himalayas, 

 Nepal, Sikim, and Bhotan, the former extending into the hUl regions of 

 Assam and Arrakan. S. lohrioides has been considered by some identical 

 with assamensis, which occurs in the neighbourhood of Dacca, Sylhet, &c. 

 About Darjeeling neither are very abundant in individuals. Most are 

 seen in the autumn when the chesnuts ripen, of which they are very fond. 



Of this group, Sciurus ferrugineus, F. Cuvier, S. erythrmus, Pallas; S. 

 erythrogaster, Blyth ; S. hyperythrus, Blyth ; 8. chrysonotus, Blyth ; S. 

 hyperythrus, Is. Geoffroy ; S. Phayrei, Blyth ; S. Blanfordi, Blyth, and 

 S. atrodorsalis, Gray, inhabit various localities, from the Khasya hills 

 to Tenasserim ; and there are several others from the Malayan peninsula 

 and islands. 



The next group is that of the striped squirrels, which, from the best 

 known species, S. palmarum, has been named by some the Palmists. 

 They are of small size, and affect the ground more than any other of the 

 Indian squirrels, and in this, as in general appearance, nearly approach the 

 group of ground squirrels called Tamias. 



155. Scixirus palmarum. 



Gmelin. — Blyth, Cat. 339. — Elliot, Cat. 42. — S. penicillatus, Leach, 

 Zool. Misc. fig. — Gilheri, H. — Berdl, also Lakhi, Bengal. — Kharri, 

 Mahr. — Alalu, Can. — Vodata, Tel. — Urta of Waddurs. 



The Common Striped Squirrel. 



Descr. — Above dusky greenish-gray with three yellowish-white stripes 



