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the face, in front of the ears, takes on a golden red colour. This 

 face colour seems to be all that remains of the "seasonal" (I use 

 the term without prejudice) change in robertsoni, while 'palmarum, 

 though showing some signs of the black coat never dons it in its 

 entiretj?", at least I have never seen an example. 



I believe it may be accepted that the new coat put on at the 

 beginning of the year is the result of a true moult, but how the 

 later changes are brought about, whether all individuals undergo 

 them, to what extent they are effected, if at all, by climate and 

 environment we have not sufficient material to justify even a 

 guess. 



I would appeal to members to arrange with the Society to send 

 in for examination series (three or four or more pairs) of their local 

 squirrel in each month round the year. Such series will be most 

 valuable if consisting not only of the forms living in the jungle far 

 from human habitations, but equally of the forms frequenting the 

 bungalow verandah, in City or Cantonments ; the ow\j proviso 

 being that all specimens of any series are obtained as near as 

 possible from the same spot, and of course all specimens must be 

 dated without which their value is lost. 



0.— TWO NEW FORMS OF THE '' l^UNAMBULUS 

 TRISTRIATU8 " GROUP. 



By R. C. Wroughton and Winifred M. Davidson. 



In a collection of mammals made by Captain P. Gosse, partly 

 in the Nilgiris and partly at Khandalla, are included two series of 

 Funamhulus, one from each locality. These two series differ not 

 only between themselves but also from any named form in the 

 Museum Collection. 



Mr. H. C. Robinson has recently described (Records Ind. Mus. 

 xiii, 1, p. 41, 1917) a new form of iristriatus under the name 

 annandalei. In default of authenticated specimens of true tri- 

 striatus Mr. Robinson adopted specimens from Kanara, for compa- 

 rison, as representing tristriatus, not knowing (I.e. footnote) that 

 these Kanara specimens had been allotted to a new form, numarivi?. 

 The British Museum has a series, sent by Capt. H. Ferguson, 

 from Trevandrum, which are undoubted tristriatus, with the type 

 of which they agree in all essential particulars. We find it there- 

 fore difficult to believe that there is another form in Travancore 

 without evidence of much greater divergence than is shown in the 

 description of amiandalei. 



The description of these two new forms will render necessary 

 considerable alterations if not the complete remodelling, of the 

 Key to the Genus in Wroughton's Summary later on. Here we 

 would merely point out that for the present the sleek coat of the 



