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39 ; zygomatic breadth 22 ; interorbital breadth?; palatilar length 

 20: diastema 12; nasals 19*5; anterior palatal foramina 8*5; 

 posterior palatal foramina 2-5 ; upper molar tooth row, 6*5. 



Habitat. — Ambala, Punjab. 



T^jjs. — Old male. B. M. No. 9. 4. 6. 10. Original number 

 254. Collected on 11th Jantiary 1909 and presented to the 

 National Collection by Col. H. N. Dunn, R.A.M.C. 



Eleven specimens are in the Collection. This species seems to 

 me, judging by the skull, to be more related to indiea than to 

 sherrini, and it is possible that, when more material is available 

 from Rajputana and the Punjab, it may be found to intergrade with 

 the former, 



(4) Tatera hardvncJcei, Gray. 



As recorded above Mr. Gray based this name on Mr. Elliot's des- 

 cription of the Dharwar Tatera, which gave the colour as " uniform 

 bright fawn" and the dimensions as : — Head and body 175; tail 

 202 ; hindfoot 50 ; ear 22*5 (these are converted measurements). 

 These fairly correspond with those of the -Survey material in the 

 Dharwar, Kanara, and Koyna Valley Collections, except in the size of 

 the hindfoot. I have never seen a Tatera with a hindfoot of 50 mm., 

 so no doubt Mr. Elliot's measurement was taken differently from the 

 method now employed, which gives an average of 44 mm. (max. 45). 

 The skull is noticeable for its very long anterior palatal foramina. 

 The following are the dimensions of the skull of an adult male from 

 Dhawar, viz.. Greatest length 48; condylo-incisive length 41-5; 

 zygomatic breadth 25 ; interorbital breadth 7 ; palatilar length, 

 21; diastema 13; nasals 21 ; anterior palatal foramina 10; poste- 

 rior palatal foramina 2-5 ; upper molar tooth row 7. 



This species extends from Dharwar District southwards along the 

 wooded belt on the West Coast to Travancore, and north along the 

 Konkan and Ghats, at least as far as Ratnagiri, We have not 

 sufficient material to dogmatise on its extension inland, but we 

 know that in the north it gives wa}^ to indiea in Ahmednagar, and 

 in the south to cuvieri in Bellary and Mj^sore. 



(5) Tatera, cuvieri, Waterhouse. 



" General colour very bright cinnamon j'ellow" is Mr. Waterhouse's 

 description, and be gives the dimensions as: — Head and body 177 ; 

 tail 200; hindfoot 44; ears 15. These correspond very fairly with 

 those of specimens from Seringapatam, Vijayanagar, Trichinopoty, 

 &c., except that the ear measurement cjuoted is evidently not the 

 same as that now in use. The type skull is badly broken, but I 

 gather that its greatest length was about 44 mm. From the skull 

 of an old female from Seringapatam, I can record the following 



