MELES 349 



1906. Meles meles britannicus Satunin, Mittoilungen des Kaukasi.schen 

 Museums, ii, p. 115 (Based on the cranial measurements of 

 xf r'4 specimens recorded by Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mac. 



iQin ,.f*'-H>stv Tthser., IV p.384). Co-types in British Museum. 



1910. Meles meles and M. meles britannicus Trouessart, Faune Mamm 

 d'Europe, p. 69. 



Type locality. — Upsala, Sweden. 



Geographical distribution.—Centvul and southern Europe from 

 southern Sweden to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland 

 eastward ; eastern limit of range not known. 



Characters.~S>knll and teeth moderately large, the teeth 

 rarely attaining maximum size for the species ; colour moderately 

 light, the sides not often conspicuously whitish. 



3Ieasuremcnts.— Adult male and female from Woodpark 

 Ga way, Ireland : head and body, 686 and 618; tail, 153 and 

 loO; hmd foot, 108 and 102; ear from meatus, 48 and 45 

 Adult female from Boucoune, Gers, France : head and body 670 • 

 tail, 170 ; hind foot, 100 ; ear from meatus, 45. Adult female 

 from Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, Germany : head and body 672 • 

 tail, 180; hind foot, 104; ear from meatus, .50. For cranial 

 measurements see Table, p. 350. 



Specimens cxnmi7ied.-Thirty-&ve, from the following localities •- 

 Ireland : Woodpark, Galway, 2. ' 



England: Burnley, Lancashire, 1; Ross, Hereford, 1; Kentchurch 

 Herefordshire, 4; Tetworth, Oxfordshire, 1 ; Ibstone, Buckingham hire 1- 

 NoRw;v''T;'= B'?^°»' Devonshire; Cornwall 1; noexactloca ty,4: 

 ^orway: Holme, Mandal, 7 ; Egersund, Stavanger 2 

 bWEDEN : Middle Sweden, no exact locality, 1 (Stockholm) ■ TAkern 



Phaxce : Poret de Bouconne, Gers, 1 

 Bavarlafr"'' Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 1; Strass, near Burgheim, 

 Italy : Liguria, 1 (Genoa). 



6, 9. Woodpark, Galway, Ire- R. p. Hibbert (p) 95 6 ^ i 

 ^^''^- , 95. 12. 3. 1. 



o „„ , -- , .\(^o-typesoiM.7n.britannicus,^a.t\xmn.) 



V. Burnley, Lancashire, Hon. N. C. Roths- 10 31 4 



England. child (p). ■ ■ • • 



i. Ross, Herefordshire. Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 31. 3. 



o o ■ i T^ , child (p). 



■»■, 3 ]uv. St. Kentchurch, Hereford- W. E de Winton 

 shire. (c & p). 



i. Tetworth, Oxfordshire. Hon. H. Parker 



6. Ibstone, Buckingham- A. H. Cocks (c & p) 4 1 25 1 



shire. ^ ' • • . . 



i. Horsham, Sussex. E. C. Hawes (c & p) 7 4 13 1 



w it'- ^ ^ictou, Devonshire. J. C.Stagdon(c& p). 97.2 23 1 



Sr^ S°T'^11- LordLilford(P). ^ 89.10.28.1. 



skull. Sweden. Purchased (Wheel- 64. 3. 8. 1. 



If 00 Wright). 



4 <5, i 9. Holme, Mandal, Norway. R. J. Cuninghame 8. 8 9 7-12 



(c & p) ' 



2 skulls. Egersund, Stavanger. K. H. Schaanuing /ll. 6. 3. 13 



(c)' (11.16.23.2. 



