1918.] H. C. EoBiNSON & C. B. Kloss : Sciuridae. 1^3 



Type. — Formerly in the India Museum, London, but a[)parently 

 no longer in existence. 



9166. ? Upper Renging, Abor Hills, 2,1.50 ft. (Capt. de Courcy) [C] ; skin and 



skull. 

 9570-1. Naga Hills, Assam (A. W. Chennell) [C] ; skins and skulls. 

 9564. Garo Hills, Assam (Dr. J.' Anderson) [0.], 1879 ; skin and skull. 

 9572. Telbongo Peak, Naga Hills, Assam (H. H. Godwin-Austen) [C.J ; skin and 



skull. 

 9573-6. Dunsiris Valley, Assam, August 1873 (H. H. Godwin-Austen) [C] ; 



skin and skull. 

 9578-9, 9585. Sibsagar, Assam, July 1868 (S. E. Peel) [C] ; two skins and skulls. 

 9584 Juv. Goalpara, Assam, August 1868 (A. L. Haughton) [C.J ; skin and skull. 

 9565-9, 9586. Samagooting, Assam (J. Butler) [C] ; skins and skulls. 

 9575. Assam, 1859 (Capt. E. F. Smith) [C] ; skin. 

 9303-5. Mangaldai, Assam (Pv. Frith) [C.]; skins. 

 9577. Dirjung River, North Cachar, May 1879 (H. H. Godwin-Austen) [C] ; 



skin and skull. 

 9580. Momein, Yunnan border, 6,000 ft., May 1868 (J. Anderson) [C] ; skin. 

 9591 Juv. Momein, Yunnan border, 6,000 ft.. May 1868 (J. Anderson ) [C] ; skin. 

 9583. Menagerie specimen (VV. Rutledge) [P.]; skin and skull. 

 9582. [Borneo] (Alston) ; skin and skidl. 



The locality of the last specimen is certainly erroneous ; no squirrel 

 of this type is known to occur in Borneo. The tufted ears shoAv that it 

 is not one of the Malayan forms. The Momein skins though rather 

 dark are quite typical ; they too have tufted ears. 



b. gigantea lutrina, Thos. and Wrought. 



Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, XXIV, p. 226 (1916). 



Typical locality. — West Bank of Upper Chindwin, Upper Burma. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



c. gigantea macruroides (Hodgs.). 



Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XVIII, p. 775 (1849). 



Typical locality. — Bengal. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



7297. ? Sukna, Darjiling Terai (W. Partridge) [C] ; skin and sknU. 

 9563. ? Darjiling Terai, 1869 (J. Anderson) [C.] ; skin and skull. 

 9.560-1. (J $ Darjiling, 6,000 ft. (W. G. Masson) [C] ; skins and tkuUs. 



9588. (J Darjiling. 8,000 ft. (W. G. Masson) [C.]; skin and skull. 



9589. $ Darjiling, 8,000 ft. (W. G. Darling) [C.]; skin and skiiH. 



9590. $ Rungbee, Darjiling (J. Munro) [C.]; skin and skull. 

 9562. c? Sikkim (H. J. Elwes) [E.]; skin and skull. 

 9574. c? Sikkim (W. T. Blanford) [C] ; skin and skull. 

 9551-9. Sikkim (L, Mandelli) [C.]; skin and eight skulls. 



d. gigantea fellii, Thos. and Wrought. 



Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, XXIV, p. 226 (1916), 



Typical locality. — Yin, Lower Chindwin, Burma. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



9541. Pegu (W. T. Blanford) [C] ; skin and skull. 



We are a little doubtful about this identification, but the small size 

 of the skull, under 70 mm. in greatest length, induces us to place the 



