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Show 634 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE MAMMALS. [JllliC 23, hair beyond tip of tail-bone. Sciurus lokriah, Ilodgs., Sc. lokrioides, Hodgs., and Sc. erythroyaster, Blyth, appear to be only three varieties of this Squirrel, the last very close to the Formosan. -Sc. erythrceus, Pall., has a fringed ear, and is distinct. The British Museum has a red-throated Squirrel, marked from China. It is black on the upper parts and tail, chestnut on the underparts, fore legs, and hind feet, white on the sides and thighs. It differs somewhat from an animal also there from Borneo, but is so much in character with it that it is difficult to believe that it is really from China. Dr. J. E. Gray has described it as Sciurus rufo-gularis, in the Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842. 50. SCIURUS GRISEIPECTUS. (Grey-breasted Squirrel.) Sciurus griseipectus, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3. xx. p. 282. China is given as the habitat of this plain-coloured species ; but I have not had the good fortune to come across it in that country. 51. SCIURUS CHINENSIS. (Chinese Squirrel.) Sciurus chinensis, Gray, Ann. N. IT. ser. 3. xx. p. 282 (1867). The Museum has two of this species from Shanghai, brought home by Mr. John Reeves. They are brown on the breast, upper parts, and tail; dusky white below, from chin to tail. Length of body about 7 inches, tail bushy and rather longer than the body. On my journey from Ningpo to Shanghai, overland, I saw many of this species in groves of trees. It is arboreal in habits. 52. SCIURUS M'CLELLANDI. (M'Clelland'S Squirrel.) Sciurus m'clellandi, Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1839 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 11. This small striped Himalayan Squirrel, with tufted ears, is found in Hainan, the provinces of Kwangtung and Fokien, and in Formosa. M . A. Milne-Edwards assures me that he has also received it from Western Szechuen. 53. SCIUROPTERUS KALEENSIS. (Small Formosan Flying Squirrel.) Sciui'opterus kaleensis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 359. Mountain-forests of North Formosa. I know no species of this form from South China. 54. PTEROMYS GRANDIS. (Large Red Flying Squirrel.) Pteromys grandis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 358, pl. xiv. Found in the north and central mountain-forests of Formosa. I have received it from various localities in the wilder parts of that island. 55. PTEROMYS PECTORALIS, sp. nov. (White-breasted Flying Squirrel.) General colour a rich rufous ; tail lighter, with brown at tip |