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Show 232 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE MAMMALS OF HAINAN. [Apr. 28, tail to tips of hairs at end 9 inches. Underside of legs, breast, and belly deep chestnut, in some rich and glossy, in others dull and inclined to maroon colour; the chestnut distinctly divided from the upper colour, and not blending with or shading into it. In some the chestnut extends to the throat, in others it is entirely wanting there ; others, again, have it in greater or less extent. The amount of chestnut on the underparts also varies. In one of m y specimens this colour springs from the pit of the arm and runs to the base of the thigh, thus ranging ou either side of the underparts in two broad distinct lines; a second specimen has these lines blending across the belly. The hair of the upper parts is yellowish olive-grey, fretted with black, each hair being banded alternately with black and yellowish olive-grey, having the latter colour at the tip in the hair of the sides, but the black at the tip in the hair of the back. The long hairs of the tail are similarly, but more broadly, banded, the yellowish grey becoming nearly white towards the end of the tail, and the black conspicuous. The tail in all except one of my specimens is bushy. In this one the hairs are worn short, and the apical half of the tail has the appearance of being banded alternately with black and yellowish grey. Ears small and somewhat angular. Moustache-bristles black. Iris deep blackish brown. Toes blacker than the general colour. In the colouring of the upper parts some specimens are blacker and glossier, some greener in the olive tint, and some washed with chestnut-buff. This Red-bellied Squirrel, which I first got in Formosa, I have since found in the Fokien mountains. In Hainan it was common about the gardens under the north wall of Kiungchow city ; and I also met with it in almost every place that we visited, both in the interior and along the coast. In one place, on the 26th of March, I discovered its nest in a small tree near a village. It seemed in every respect like the nest of our Red Squirrel at home. It contained one half-grown young one, which jumped out and escaped. The Gazetteer calls this Squirrel " The Too-shoo (or Poisonous Rat), of a size larger than a Rat, with a bushy tail. Bites the areca-nuts." 15. SMALL STRIPED SQUIRREL. Sciurus m'clellandi, Horsf. Length of body 5| inches; tail to end of hairs 5|, Rat-like, with hair longer than on the body, an inch long at the tip. Upper fur and tail yellowish brown, lightly freckled with blackish, the black predominating on the tail. Back with a central black line extending from between the shoulders to the bend of the rump ; on each side of it a light indistinct yellowish-brown stripe, followed laterally by one of chestnut-brown, then by one of light yellowish buff, and lastly by another of chestnut-brown. Ears small, angular, black ou back, aud tipped on the hind side of the apical angle with longish white hairs. Underparts dingy whitish buff, with smoke-grey bases to the hairs; the bases to the hairs of the upper parts much deeper grey. Some specimens are washed on the upper parts with chestnut, richly on the rump; others are blacker, with the dorsal stripes |