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337. Sc. EUROP^US, L. (F. Cuv. Mamm, Lithog., II, pi. 63). 
Syn. Sc, varius, Pallas. 
Sc. alpinus, F. Cuv. 
Sc. vulgaris niger, Sclireber. 
Sc. vulgaris cinereus, Frische. 
Mustela Hodgson, Calc, Journ, N. H. 
II, 221, pi. IX (apud Gray.) 
Hab, Europe ; N. Asia. 
A. B. C. Specimens from England. Pre- 
sented by the Cornish Institution, Messrs. 
Bartlett, and Davison ( 1842—6). V. E. Skulls, 
Presented by Mr. Bartlett. 
(^E, The small striped Squirrels of S. Asia; 
known as * Palmists.') 
338. Sc. BERDMOREi, Blyth, J". A, S. XVIII, 603 ; 
XXYIII, 418; XXXL 
Hab. Martaban, Mergui, &c, (Tenasserim 
Ground Squirrel). 
A. B. Specimens obtained by the Curator 
(1861). 
339. Sc. PALMARUM, L. (Buffon, H. N., X, t. 26). 
Syn. Sc. penicillatus, Leach, Zool. Misc. 6, t.* 
Hab. India generally; frequenting cultivated tracts 
and avoiding jungles. Does not appear to 
inhabit Ceylon, nor the eastern coast the 
Bay of Bengal. The only Squirrel about 
Calcutta, and towns generally that contain 
gardens; also throughout the plains of 
Hindustan and the Punjab. 
A. B. Specimens from the Society's pre- 
" mises (1842). 
340. Sc. tristriatus, Waterhouse, vide J, A, S, 
XYIII, 874. 
Syn. Vars. — Sc. Brodiei et Sc. Kelaarti, Layard, 
J. A. S. ,XVI 602, et XX, 166: both 
from Ceylon. 
* N. B. Dr. J. E. Gray refers this to the next species ; but the locality 
where the specimen was obtained (Madras) at once decides the question. 
Besides, of very many continental examples of Sc. tristriatus, I never yet saw 
one with the terminal pencil-tuft to its tail. Vide J. A. S. XV J, 874, 
