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ferruginous, or with the apex of that colour, in others. The under- parts 

 vary from a deep golden fulvous to Isabella colour. Whatever be the 

 prevailing shade, it is always most distinct on the lateral line, which, 

 commencing from the cheeks, passes along the sides of the body. The 

 fur of the lower parts of the body, and of the inside of the extremities, 

 is much shorter, softer, and less dense, than that of the back. The sin- 

 gle hairs are greyish, or blackish at the. root, with the apex of the shade 

 of yellow prevailing in the individual. Single long bristles, either uni- 

 formly, or partially black, or fulvous, appear on the chest and abdomen. 

 The species, under the present garb, is very numerous in the Malayan 

 forests and hills. 



Var. j3 ? Horsfield. 



" Sciurus supra fuscus, varians a fusco-nigricante ad sordide fulvum, 

 pilis velleris fulvis et canescentibus intermixtis, subtus fulvus vel pallide 

 flavescens." — Horsfield. 

 Syn. — Sciurus auriventer, Is. Geoff, apud Schinz. 



Sciurus aureiventer, Is. Geoff, apud Gray : List. 

 " Chingkrawah" or " Chingkrawah puteh" of the Malays of the 

 Peninsula. 



Single individuals, resembling the Javanese one figured in ' Zoological 

 Researches in Java,' occur at Pinang, but there, as in Java, tawny of 

 different shades, with a greyish cast, is more frequent. In some the 

 head is of a darker colour, in others large spots of dark appear on the 

 back, or the tail is above barred with dark. The upper part of the nose, 

 a ring encircling the eyes, and the ears appear in all individuals to be 

 of a darker brownish colour, and all have a more or less distinct large 

 white spot on the anterior and upper part of the thigh. The back of 

 the feet is either dark brown or fulvous. The palms, soles, mammae 

 and genital organs, are black in all. The single hairs of the back are 

 greyish. brown at the root, darker than the apex., which imparts the 

 general colour to the back. With the hairs of the tail the reverse is 

 the case, the basal half being isabella or white ; the apical darker. On 

 the lower surface of the distichous tail, the roots of the hairs form a 

 white line on either side of the vertebrae, which are covered with short, 

 dark-brownish, or fulvous hairs. The under-parts of the body are of 

 the same colours as those of the black- coated animal, but their roots 

 are yellowish-white. The mustachios, whiskers, and other bristles, are 



