MELES 349 



1906. Melcs meles britannicus Satunin, ]\Iitteilungen des Kaukasischen 

 ]\Iuseums, ii, p. 115 (Based on the cranial measurements of 

 English specimens recorded by Barrett-Hamilton, Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., 7th ser., iv, p. 384). Co-types in British Museum. 



1910. Melcs melcs and M. meles britannicus Trouessart, Paune Mamm. 

 d'Europe, p. G9. 



Type localily. — Upsala, Sweden. 



Geographical distribution. — Central and southern Europe from 

 southern Sweden to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland 

 eastward : eastern limit of range not known. 



Characters. — Skull and teeth moderately large, the teeth 

 rarely attaining maximum size for the species ; colour modei-ately 

 light, the sides not often conspicuously whitish. 



Measurements. — Adult male and female from Woodpark, 

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

 150 ; hind foot, 108 and 102 ; ear from meatus, 48 and 45. 

 Adult female from Bouconne, 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. 



tSpecimcns examined. — Thirty-five, from the following localities : — 



Ireland : Woodpark, Galway, 2. 



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

 Herefordshire, 4 ; Tetworth, Oxfordshire, 1 ; Ibstone, Buckinghamshire, 1 ; 

 Horsham, Sussex, 1 ; Bicton, Devonshire, 1; Cornwall, 1; no exact locality, 4. 



Norway : Holme, ilandal, 7 ; Egersund, Stavanger, 2. 



Sweden : ^Middle Sweden, no exact locality, 1 (Stockholm) ; Takern, 

 Ostergotland, 1 (Stockholm) ; Smaland, 1 (Stockholm) ; Skime, 2 (Stock- 

 holm) ; no exact locality, 1. 



France : Foret de Bouconne, Gers, 1. 



Germany : Ingelheim, Rheinhessen, 1 ; Strass, near Burgheim, 

 Bavaria, 1. 



Italy: Liguria, 1 (Genoa). 



6, 9. Woodpark, Galwav, Ire- R. F. Hibbert (p). 95. 6. 2. 1. 

 land. " 95. 12. 3. 1. 



{Co-types ot M. m. britannicus, Satunin.) 

 Burnley, Lancashire, Hon. N. C. Roths- 0. 10. 31. 4. 



