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like the color of the wild rabbit, the hairs being lead-colored at their base, 

 the rest brown with a black tip ; face whitish ; orbits black ; whiskers 

 very long, black ; chin and lower parts yellowish-white ; tail broad, rather 

 tapering, fulvous, the hairs near the base black-tipped, and the tail black 

 at the end; feet broad, the outer edge of the hind-feet with a broad tuft 

 of hair. 



Length of one, head and body 10 to 11 inches ; tail 8 to 9, but it is said 

 to attain larger dimensions. 



This flying-squirrel is found throughout the north-west Himalayas 

 from Simla to Kashmir, and is said to extend still further west into 

 Afghanistan. Blyth has named a flying squirrel Se. haheri, from the 

 drawings of Sir A. Bumes, which is probably the same species, or a veiy 

 nearly allied one. 



165. Sciuropterus alboniger. 



Hodgson. — Blyth, Cat. 302. — Sc. TumbulU, Gray. — Khim, Lepch. — 

 Piam-piyu, Bhot. 



The Black and White Flying-squihhel. 



Descr. — Above black faintly shaded with hoary or rufous, tail conco- 

 lorous, distinctly distichous ; beneath white with a slight tinge of yellow- 

 ish ; nude lips, ears, and feet fleshy- white. 



Length, head and body 11 inches; tail 8|- to 9. The youBg is pure 

 black and white. 



This flying-squirrel is found from Nepal to Bhotan, generally at an 

 elevation of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. I procured it near Darjeeling, 

 but it is not common now. 



166. Sciuropterus villosus. 



Blyth, J. A. 8. XVI. 866.— Cat. 299.— /S. sagitta from Assam, Walker. 



The Hairy-footed Flying-squirrel. 



Descr — Upper surface bright ferruginous, grizzled with some pale tips 

 intermingled ; tail strongly rufescent, pale towards the base ; under surface 

 of parachute deep ferruginous, which more or less imbues the whole under 



