APPENDIX. 
485 
Sciurus Stangeri. (Waterliouse, in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 
Sept.; 1842.) 
Sc. pilis longis et rigidis, nigro et fiavescenti penicillatis; 
genis; gula, corporequc subtus pilis sparse obtectiS; his plerum- 
que pallidis j cauda magna, nigro alboque annulata ; auribus- 
que parvulis ; foramine infra- orbitali hand in cauali educto. 
Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudaa basin 12 unc. 0 lin. 
j; caudfe . ... 15 
„ tarsi digitorumque . . 2 
„ auris .... 0 
Habitat. Fernando Po, West Africa. 
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“ The most striking external characters of this species consist 
in its large tail, which is ringed with black and white ; the 
crispness of the fur, and the semi-naked condition of the under 
parts of the body, the aides of the face, muzzle, throat, and inner 
sides of the limbs ; all these parts are so sparingly clothed with 
hairs that the skin is visible. On the upper parts of the body 
there is scarcely any trace of the finer under far, nearly all the 
hairs being of the same harsh character j they are black, broadly 
annulated with yellowish white or rusty yellow; on the fore 
parts of the body the former tint j^revails, but the hinder parts 
may be described as black, freely pencilled with bright rusty 
yellow ; on the hind limbs this last mentioned colour prevails, 
as well as on the upper side of the tarsus. The small adpressed 
hairs on the sides of the face are partly black and partly yel- 
lowish white ; on the chest the hairs are for the most part 
whitish, and on the inner side of the limbs rusty 3 ’'cllow ; on the 
belly the Lairs are most of them yellowish white, annulated 
with black. The tail is very long and bushy ; measuring to the 
end of the hair it exceeds the head and body in length ; except- 
ing quite at the base, where the tail is coloured like the body, 
all the bairs are black, broadly annulated with white, and the 
white on the uj)per surface forms bars or rings ; these, however, 
become indistinct towards the apex. The ears are of modeiuto 
size, and rounded. The heel is rather sparingly clothed with hair. 
It is one of the most common animals at Fernando Po, where 
the natives call it Bii-so-pi; they kill it with the sling, — in the 
use of which they are most dexterous. 
Presented by Dr. Thomson to the British Museum. 
