180 BCIUKIDJ!. 



surface ; ears small, clad with a tuft of long iine hair surrounding them ; 

 feet, especially the hind-feet, with brushes of hair impending the claws, 

 and densely hairy. 



Length of one, head and body 8 inches ; tail 8. 



The long haired flying-squirrel has been found in Sikim, Bhotan, and 

 the hill regions of Assam. It is more rare than alboniger at Daijeeling, 

 and is found from 3,000 to nearly 6,000 feet. 



167. Sciuropterus fuseo-capillus. 



Jbrdon apud Blyth, J. A. S. XVI. 867.— Blyth, Cat. 800. 

 The Small Travancore Flying-sqdirrel. 



Descr. — Upper parts a rufescent-fulvous or dark-brownish isabelliue 

 hue, the hairs being fuscous with a fulvous tip ; head darker and fuscous ; 

 lower parts rufous-white, as are the cheeks and under lip'; margui of the 

 membrane rufo-fulvous ; tail concolorous. or nearly so with back above, 

 with a whitish tip, and the lower surface blacldsh-brown. Ears small, 

 almost nude. Tail bushy, the hair above one inch long at base, hardly dis- 

 tichous ; moustaches long and black ; fur long, porrect, very fine. 



Length of one, head and body 1\ inches ; tail 6f with the hair. 



I had a skin of this flying-squirrel sent to me from Travancore, which 1 

 forwarded to Mr. Blyth. He subsequently had other specimens sent him 

 by the Eev. Mr. Baker, also from the same country. Nothing is recorded 

 of its particular habitat. At one time Mr. Blyth was inclined to think it 

 identical with a Ceylon Sciuropterus, which has since been named as dis- 

 tinct, S. Layardi, Kelaart, apud Blyth. 



Sciuropterus spadiceus, Blyth, is a small species from Arrakan, and S. 

 Phayrei, Blyth, inhabits Pegu and Tenasserim ; whilst S. sagitta, L. ; S. 

 Horsfieldii, Waterhouse, and S. geniharhis, Horsfield, inhabit Malayans. 



One Sciuropterus is found in the North of Europe and Asia, the skin 

 of which is occasionally brought to Peshawur ; and there are others in 

 North America. 



The genus Tamias, or ground squirrel, already alluded to, possesses 

 cheek-pouches and burrows in the ground. It thus appears to form a 

 sort of link to the Marmots. The species are found in the northern re- 

 gions of both continents. 



