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atrodorsalts would seem to be the characteristic Squirrel of Amherst 
province; and southward again, in that of Tavoy, the ordinary 
species would appear to be Sc. ciirysonotus, nobis ; with also the 
pygmy striped Sc. Barbei, nobis ; which is closely akin to Sc. 
McClellakdii of Sikhim and Butan. The only Squirrel-skin we 
have from Mergui is like Sc. ciirysonotits, but without a tinge of 
golden-ferruginous on the upper parts, though there is a trace of this 
hue on the sides of the neck and body: it nearly resembles an ex¬ 
ample from Malacca, which I have named Sc. concolor ; but this has 
no trace of the golden-ferruginous on the sides of the neck and body, 
nor a well defined black tail-tip as in tlie other. # 
Here it may be remarked that the Ceryus (Panolia) Eldi, 
Guthrie (C . frontalis , McClelland, C. lyratus, Schinz, C. dimorphe, 
Hodgson,—with horns a little abnormal as developed in captivity,— 
Panolia acutirostris et P. platyceros, Gray), is common in Pegu, ex- 
* The following are the ascertained Sciuri of British Burma :— 
1. Sc. bicolor, Sparrman. The only species of the giganteus group inha¬ 
biting the range of territory ; and found on all the hilly, tracts from the E. 
Himalaya to the Straits of Singapore. Burmese specimens have very commonly 
a pale cincture, more or less broad, at the middle of the body. 
2. Sc. lokriah, Hodgson. Eastern Himalaya ; Khasyas; Arakan hills. 
3. Sc. assamensis, McClelland ; Sc, Blgthii , Tytler. Abounding in Asam, 
Sylhet, Arakan, and in E. Bengal; common about Dacca. 
4. Sc. ferrugineus, F. Cuv., Mamm. Lithog. ; Sc. Keraudrenii, Lesson, Zool, 
Yoy. de Belanger. Common in the hills of Arakan and Pegu. 
5. Sc. pygerythrus, Lesson, ibid. Abundant in Lower Pegu. 
6. Sc. Blanfordii, nobis, ut supra. Valley of the Irawadi and neighbouring 
hills about Ava ; perhaps not within the British territory. 
7. Sc. Phayrei, nobis. Common throughout the province of Martaban. 
8 Sc. Berdmorei, nobis. The common ground Squirrel of Martaban pro¬ 
vince ; found also as far south as Mergui (?). 
9. Sc. hyperythrus, nobis. Hills bordering the valley of the Sitang ? 
10. Sc. atrodorsalis, Gray. The (ornmon species of Amherst province ; 
abundant on the hills behind Moulmein (certainly not Butan, as asserted by 
Dr. Gray. Br. Mus. Catal.) 
11. Sc. chrysonotus, nobis. The ordinary Squirrel of Tavoy province, if not 
also of the interior of Amherst province (J. A. S. XXVIII, 275). A permanent 
variety (?), or race, without the golden-fulvous colouring of the back, in Mergui 
province. 
12. Sc. Barbei, nobis. The diminutive striped Squirrel of Tavoy, and of 
Mergui (?) ; closely akin to Sc. McClellandii of the E. Himalaya. It also 
inhabits the interior of Amherst province; and, I suspect, Lower Pegu; and 
it is doubtless the Sc. McClellandii apud Gray, from Camboia. P. Z. S. 
1863, p. 137. J 
N. B. There can be little doubt that additional species inhabit the provinces 
of Tavoy and especially Mergui: and this sketch of the geographical distribution 
ot the various races will doubtless have to be improved upon. 
A Sc. siamensis is described by Dr. Gray in the Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1859, 
p. 478; and several species from Camboja in P. Z. S. 1861, 371. 
