Note 17 — [231] CHAPTER II [IX]
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Genus Sciurus, L.—S. quadrivittatus, Say.—Head brownish intermixed with fulvous, and with four white lines, of which the superior one on each side passes from the tip of the nose immediately over the eye to the superior base of the ear; and the inferior one passes immediately beneath the eye to the inferior base of the ear; ears moderate, semi-oval, incisores reddish-yellow; back with four broad lines, and alternate mixed black and ferruginous ones; sides fulvous, beneath whitish; tail moderate, hair black at base, then fulvous black in the middle, and paler fulvous at tip; beneath fulvous with a submarginal black line; thumb of the anterior feet a prominent tubercle.
Length from the nose to the base of the tail 4¼ inches.
——— of the tail 3
——— of the hair at the tip of the tail 1 nearly.
—James.