RODENTIA. 
and stand upon the defensive with great bravery. In some 
parts of lionieo they are said to be eaten ; some Bruni 
Malays, however, wliom we asked about it, expressed the 
utmost disgust at the idea, though the same men would eat 
any living thing which the sea produces, even down to the 
ActinicE. When made into soup they are excellent. 
Sciurns vittatus (RafHes, Lin. Trans.). 
The Tupai (Gray, Cat. of Brit. Mus.). 
Colour above, yellowish gray, each hair being black, with two and 
sometimes three bauds of fawn colour j below, brownish red tail of 
the same colour as the upper body, except at the lower surface to- 
wards the tip, where it passes into a rufous brown ; the gray of the 
back is separated from the red of the belly, from the fore to the hind 
leg, by a double stripe, of which the lower part is black and the 
upper yellowish white \ chin and space round the eyes, and extend- 
ing back nearly to the ears, black ; moustaches, long and black. Ears 
rounded, short. 
Length, to base of tail, 8 inches. 
„ of tail, 8 inches. 
This species appears to be rare in the island ; on tbe main 
land at Brurfi, bow'ever, they are very common and de- 
structive to the young Cocoa-nuts. Sir T. S. Raffles, in vol. 
xiii. of the ‘‘ Transactions of the Linnsean Societj%” gives a 
description of tbe Sciut-ub vittatus, which corresponds with the 
above characteristics, except that the Labuan specimen 
wants the fawn-coloured ring round tbe eyes which he 
speaks of. 
Sciurns modestus. 
„ Phillipeusis (Waterhouse, Proe. Z. S.).^ 
* Bussing ( Malay name). 
Head above, back, outer part of fore and hind legs dark oliva- 
ceous colour, becoming lighter towards the lower parts, which are 
yellowish white j the colour of the tail resembles that of the back, 
but is of a redder tinge. The general colour of the upper parts is 
produced by the separate hairs being black, banded with reddish 
brown ; ears small, rounded ; moustaches black. 
Length to the base of tail, 6 inches 6-tenths. 
Tail broken off, but appears to have been from 5 to 6 inches in 
length. 
Nose to the base of the cars, 1 inch 4 -tenths. 
