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SCIURID^— SCIURUS 



and angular processes are stout; the coronoid processes are rather 

 slender and recurved, but they rise noticeably above the level of the 

 condyle. 



The dentition has been described above under the genus, p. 686. 



DIMENSIONS IN MILLIMETRES :— 



W 



MS 





^a 



w 





.90 



MS 



II 



scinnus leucourus. 



1. SPECIMENS FBOM WHATCOMBE, BLANDFOBD, DORSET (B. M. serial, No. 97, 1-16). 



Males : — 



1. 21st Jan. 1895 

 2 



5. 9th May 

 *■ ,. ,, 



6. 24th „ 



6. 16th Aug. 



7. 17th ,, 



8. 19th „ 



9. 80th ,, 



10. 18th Sept. 



11. 9th Oct. 



12. 16th Dec. 1894 



Average of lO^ 

 males in adult I 

 pelage(including j 

 the above) . . J 



206 

 222 

 211 

 209 

 200 

 202 

 196 

 202 

 205 

 196 

 195 

 216 



135 

 169 

 169 

 178 

 139 

 176 

 155 

 134 

 165 

 160 

 149 

 182 



65 



Females : — 



1. 21st Jan. 1895 



2. 18th April 



8. 2nd May 

 4. „ „ 

 6. 24lh „ 



6. 13th Sept. 1894 



7. 30th ,, 1896 

 8- ,, 



9. S4thOct. 



10. 29th „ 



11. ,. I, 



12. 6th Nov. 1894 . 



Average of 35^ 

 females in adult I 

 pelage (including j 

 the above) . . j 



2. SPECIMENS FROM SAFFRON WALDEN, ESSEX. 



13. 26th Sept. 1896 



14. 2nd Nov. 1896 

 15 26th Oct. 



16. 2nd Nov. 



17. 29th Aug. 1896 



18. 27th Feb. 1895 



19. 27th Ap. 1894 . 



Average of 211 

 males in adult I 

 p6lage(including f 

 the above) . . J 



13. 1st Oct. 1895 . 



14. 30th Sept. 1894 



15. SOth Mar. 1895 



16. ,. 



17. 4th July 1894 . 



18. 16th Deo. 1894 



19. 20th June 



Average of 21 "^ 

 females in adult I 

 pelage(including j 

 the above) . 



227 



3. SPECIMENS FROM SCOTLAND. 



1 . Ballindalloch, Spey, 3rd March 1892 (W. Eagle Clarke), male 



2. ,, 



3. „ 



female 



7. Nethybridge, Inverness-shire, 14th-17th March 1918 (C. H. B. Grant 



and D. Anderson), male 



,, ,, female 



9. ,, „ 



10. „ ,, 



11- >, ,. 



12. Blackwood, Lanarkshire, 24th SeptI 1904 (N. B. Kinn ear), female 



