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This species is closely allied to S. philippensis, and it is a dark-brown squirrel 

 larger than ^S*. tenuis. 



It has hitherto been obtained only from Canton. 



SciURUS PHiLiPPENSis, Waterhousc. 



Sciurns pliilippensis, Waterhouse, Proe. Zool. Soe. 1839^ p. 117; Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl. 



vol. iii. 1843, p. 209; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii. 1845, p. 30; Blytli, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 



vol. xvi. 1847, p. 874. 

 Macroxus pkilippensis , Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, vol. xx. p. 281. 



Waterhouse describes this animal, which aj)pears to be closely allied to ^S*. tenuis, 

 and perhaps still more closely to S. cMnensis, as having the general hue of the 

 upper parts, sides of the body, and outer sides of the hind legs, deep brown ; this 

 tint being produced by the admixture of rust colour and black, the hairs being of 

 the latter colour and rather broadly annulated with rusty red near the apex. The 

 tail is not very bushy ; its hairs are black, with two bright rusty bars. The under 

 parts of the body are greyish-white, with a faint yellow tint ; the head, shoulder, 

 and brachium are greyish, and the feet are black, shghtly grizzled with rust colour. 



It is interesting to observe that the shoulder of the specimen, in the circum- 

 stance that its colour differs from that of the rest of the upper parts, conforms to the 

 distribution of colour both in S. tenuis and ^S*. chiiiensis, in which, however, the 

 shoulder is more rufous than the rest of the upper parts. 



Length, muzzle to vent 6"50 inches, tail 6" 25 inches. In the length of its 

 tail it approaches to ^S*. tenuis. 



It was obtained in the Island of Mindanado in the Philippine group. 



SciURUS TENUIS, Horsfield. 



Sciunts tenuis, Horsfd. Zool. Resch. in Java, ]824; Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.-'s Mus. 1851, p. 153; 



Fischer, Sjm. Mamm. 1829, p, 355 ; Cantor, Journ. As. Soc. vol. xv. 1846, p. 250 ; Gray's 



List Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 144; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. vol. ii. 1845, p. 45; Blyth, Journ. 



As. Soc. Beng. 1847, vol. xvi. p. 874 (in part) ; ibid. vol. xx. 1851, p. 166; ibid. vol. xxiv. 



1855, p. 476; Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 104. 

 Sciurus modestus, Miillerund Schlegel, Verhandl. 1839-44, pp. 87 and 96 (in part) ; Gray, Ann. and 



Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 1867, p. 274. 

 Macroxus tennis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 1867, p. 281. 



Ptufous olive-brown on the upper parts, the rufous more bright on the shoulder 

 and outside of fore limbs and sometimes on the front of the thigh ; the feet are 

 concolorous with the upper surface of body ; a pale rufous area around the eye and 

 on the moustachial region and the sides of the muzzle. An oblique brownish band 

 passes downwards from the upper surface of the muzzle, behind the moustache, with 

 a pale rufous spot behind it. The sides of the face, below the eye, are concolorous 

 with the sides of the neck. The under parts and insides of the limbs are pure white 

 or yellowish, with a tendency to form a yellowish median ventral streak. The tail is 



