SCIURUS INSIGNIS. 
The Bokkol o£ the Javanese, which is now to be described, belongs to this 
section. The covering is grayish-brown, inclining to tawny above and on the sides, 
and white underneath, with an intermediate streak of a ferruginous tint, extending 
from the angle of the mouth to the posterior extremities, with different shades of 
intensity, and diffusing itself irregularly over the thighs and flanks. But a distin- 
guishing character is afforded , to the Bokkol by three black lines, about one fourth of 
an inch in breadth, extending from the neck to the rump. One of these is placed 
in the middle, and follows the course of the spine ; the others are parallel to it, 
one on each side, at a distance equal to the breadth of the lines. The upper parts 
are delicately variegated, in consequence of the alternate bands of gray, tawny, 
and black with which the separate hairs are marked, The muzzle and forehead 
are nearly uniformly gray, with a slight diffusion of a blackish brown colour. On 
the crown of the head, and on the neck above, this colour is more intense. The 
white colour of the under parts shews itself distinctly on the throat and neck ; it is 
more obscure and contracted on the breast and abdomen. The intermediate ferru- 
ginous streak begins on the lateral parts of the head; on the throat and neck it is 
obscure and partial ; it diffuses itself irregularly over the shoulders and along the 
abdomen, mixing with the gray of the sides, and the white of the lower parts. It 
is broader and more intense on the flanks, and spreads on the anterior part of the 
thighs, while the lower parts of the thighs, as well as the legs, on both extremities, 
agree in colour with the upper parts. The feet have the same tints as the muzzle 
and forehead. The tail has a more intense colour than the body, and is obscurely 
undulated with brown and black, having gray hairs irregularly scattered over it. 
The claws are of a pale horny colour, and the front teeth are rendered conspicuous 
by a beautiful reddish-brown glossy tint. Several long black mustaches, closely 
applied to the head, arise near the hp from the extremity of the muzzle. 
The covering of the Bokkol is tluck and close, consisting of long hairs, soft 
to the touch, closely applied to the body, and plentifully supplied at the base with 
soft down. The hairs of the tail are greatly lengthened. The characters which 
chiefly distinguish the section to which our animal belongs, from that which contains 
the European and North American species, are a cylindrical tail, and rounded ears. 
Towards the extremity of the tail, the hairs are loosely disposed in the Bokkol, 
but they never separate into two rows, as in the common Squirrel. The appearance 
of the ear is carefully represented in the figure. The interior portion is large and 
yaked, and the helix is narrow, and closely applied to the head. The feet present 
nothing peculiar, and the muzzle is short and thick. 
The height of our animal is tliree inches and a half. From the root of the tail 
