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Description. — Length without tail more than 12 inches ; black or 

 dark brown above, brownish yellow below ; ears tufted ; thickness and 

 length of the tuft vary. 



Hab. — Himalayas, from Nepal to Assam, the hills between Assam 

 and Burmah and Upper Burmah. All the specimens exhibited were 

 from Tipperah. 



Length of life in captivity. 



No record of the actual period during which any of them lived 

 has been kept, but they have been found to be generally hardy, and 

 to bear captivity well. 



(121) THE JAYAN SQUIRREL. 



(SCIURUS BICOLOE— Sparr.) 



No ear tuft present. The colour of the body varies in different 

 specimens. One obtained from Batavia had the upper part of the body 

 grizzled yellowish, head, cheeks and throat whitish or greyish white ; 

 feet and tail black ; the nose and chin also of the same colour. 



Hab. — Lower Burmah, all through Tenasserim and the Malayan 

 peninsula, the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Nearly four years. 



(122) THE LARGE INDIAN SQUIRREL. 



(SCIUKUS INDICUS— Erxl.) 



Of the same size as the 8. Giganteus ; red and black above, with a 

 yellow occipital patch ; feet yellow like the under surface ; ears very fully 

 tufted. Most of the specimens exhibited here were of a chestnut red 

 above, but the shades vary according to the locality from which they are 

 obtained. 



Hab. — The Indian peninsula generally, south of the Gangetic 

 plains from Cuttack to Travancore ; has also been received from the 

 Nepal Terai and Manipur. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Upwards of nine years. 



(123) THE LONG-TAILED SQUIRREL. 

 (SCIURUS MACROURUS— Erxl.) 



The colour of the upper surface of the body grizzled black and 

 white ; a yellow or white occipital patch ; feet black ; the outside of the 

 limbs amber yellow like the under surface ; ears very slightly tufted. 



Hab. — The hill ranges of Southern India, Nilgiris, Shevaroys, and 

 Ghats of Travancore and Ceylon. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 About six years. 



