W. F. K. Weldon 
57 
digits pink. — ?>HQa^ A good black: very little scattered light hair: a small white spot on 
forehead. Belly with much scattered white hair and a pure white patch. Hair in and behind 
ears brown. Digits and all L. hand pink with white hairs. More than ^ the tail pink skinned, 
with white hairs. Whiskers mostly white. — ZHda^ Rusty black : scattered white hairs on 
sides: perineal patch very pale: belly almost slate-coloured, with linear central streak of white. 
Tail feebly pigmented, the hair white. Hair in ears brown. Digits white. Some white 
whiskers. — SJIQa* Back and sides fairly good black. Snout and whiskers white, with white 
streak on forehead. Hair behind ears nearly white, within ears pale yellow. Digits and parts 
of dorsum of manus and pes pink, with white hairs. Tail pink, with jiatches of pale pigment, 
the hair white. Belly grey (i.e. black with much scattered white hair), with large central white 
patch. — 3H6b^ Fair black above : much scattered white hair at sides and below. Tail pigmented, 
hair white. Digits pink with white hairs. Perineal patch whitish. Hair on ears yellow, nearly 
white behind ears. Whiskers black.— 3i/66^ A very slaty black: much ditfuse white hair, and 
about a dozen conspicuous white hairs on forehead. Hands and feet with much white hair. 
Many white whiskers.— 3 j^eft^ Very like zmMK—ZHQb* Very like zmbK—imU' Median white 
belly patch. — 'AHQc^ Mange. — SHla^ Very good black dorsally : perineum yellowish, belly with 
fair mixture of light hairs. Tail dark, hair yellowish except at the extreme tip, where it is pure 
white. Hair behind ears black, inside ears yellow. Skin of ears darker than usual. Digits dark, 
with extremely little light hair. — SRla^ Much light hair on sides and belly. Perineal patch 
almost white. Hair behind ears almost white : within ears pale yellow. Much white on digits 
and on dorsum of L. foot. Tail with patches of dark and of pink skin, early all the hair white. 
Whiskers black. — ZHla'^ Almost identical with 7a^, but with less white on the ears. — ZHlW' 
Almost like Va^, but with more pink at tiji of tail.— 3//76' A rusty black dorsally, the belly dark 
slate grey. All digits and dorsum of hands and feet pink, with much pale hair. Tail feebly 
pigmented, the hair pale. Hair behind ears pale, inside ears yellow. Many pale whiskers. 
Perineal patch yellow-white. — 'dHlb^ Body a good black ; slightly grey below, from a little 
scattered . pale hair. Perineum yellow-white. Feet and the digits of the hands white. Tail 
feebly pigmented, the hairs white. Very few pale hairs behind ears. A few pale whiskers. — 
SHlb^ A rusty black above : belly grey, with faint linear white streak. — SH8a'' A very rusty 
black. Hind feet and digits of hands white ; « of tail pink, with white hair on all the tail. 
Belly with much diffuse white hair, and a small white patch. Pale patch behind ear well marked. 
Hair within ears yellow. Some light whiskers. — 3ff9a^ Generally a good black, with scattered 
whitish hairs at sides, and a line of thickly grouped whitish hairs, making a very pale band, along 
middle of belly. Perineal patch pale yellowish white. Pale tufts behind ears well marked : 
hair inside ears yellow : some white whiskers. Skin of tail dark except at tip, where it is 
bright pink : the tail hair white. Fingers white. The R. toes and part of dorsum of R. foot 
white; only terminal phalanges of L. foot white. — 3//9'(^ No white patch, but much scattered 
pale hair on sides and shoulders. The pale hair yellowish. Perineal patch yellow. Digits 
white. Extreme tip of tail white. Pale patch behind ear less conspicuous than in a^. Some 
whiskers pale. — ZHlOc- Eye-colour not noted (but not pink). — S^lla^ Poor black, with much pale 
or white hair on sides, fore-limbs, and inside of thighs : rather less on belly. Digits white. 
Tail feebly pigmented below, darker above. Pale patch behind ears very small : hair inside 
ears yellow. Nearly all whiskers pale. — 'dHlla^ Nearly completely white below (belly darkened 
with age). — 3Hlla* Poor black, but with little scattered pale hair. Perineal patch very pale. 
Hair behind ears nearly white : hair within ears yellow. Terminal phalanges of digits white. 
Tail with pigmented skin but with white hair. Some whiskers white. — 'iHllcv' Almost like a*, 
but with more white on toes. — SHlla^ A pale ring on tail. A patch of densely clustered white 
hairs on belly. Otherwise like «''. — 3//lla" Exactly likea^ Later ; developed much brown hair 
on shoulders. — ZH\2b Nine offspring born, seven eaten. — 3Zfl4f/^ A "chinchilla" mixture of black 
and white. — 3^ri4a^ "Chinchilla" grey like a*. — 'iHlAh^ The black with a good many scattered 
white hairs. Cf. the chinchilla of 14a. — 3//'146-' The black with scattered white hairs. — 3i7l4c' 
8 
