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d. tristriatus annandalei,^ Eobinson. 



Rec. Ind. Mus. XIII, p. 41 (1917). 



Type. — Adult female. Indian Museum No. 8498, skin and skull 

 (lower mandible missing), collected at Shasthancotta, west side of 

 Western Ghats, Travancore, on 8tli November 1908, by Dr. N. Annan- 

 dale. 



Diagnosis. — A large richly coloured form allied to F. t. tristriatus 

 (Waterh.), but larger, smaller than F. wroughtoni, Ryley. from Coorg.^ 

 Longitudinal stripes on back narro^v, whitish, traceable to neck. Saddle 

 black, tail with white tips to hairs exceptionally well developed, anal 

 region and midrib to tip rich chestnut. 



Colour. — Head and cheeks to behind the eye ferruginous, speckled 

 with black, richest on top of head ; rest of upper surface speckled black 

 greyish and fulvous, the rump with a strong ferruginous suffusion, the 

 longitudinal stripes almost pure white, narrow and well defined except 

 on the back of the neck, " saddle "' almost pure black ; hands speckled 

 greyish-black, feet with a more fulvous tint. Tail black, with broad 

 white tips to the hairs and a buff basal and sub-basal band when viewed 

 from above, beneath rufous chestnut basally, black mesially with the 

 apical part broadly white, anal region chestnut, undersurface pure 

 white. 



Dimensions. — External measurements, taken in the flesh : head and 

 body, 170 (195)3 ; tail, 161 (172) ; hindfoot, 35 (46)* ; ear, 20 (18) mm. 



Skull.—Tot&l length, 43-2 (48) ; condylo-basilar length, 37-8 (44-2) ; 

 diastema, 10-4 (11*6) ; length of upper molar series including pm., 8-4 

 (9-5) ; zygomatic breadth, 24-5 (26-7) ; median length of nasals, 14-0. 



Specimens examined. — Five skins and skulls, four from the type 

 locality and one from an unknown locality. 



Remarks. — In default of authenticated specimens from Madras, 

 we have taken modern skins from Kanara as typical of F. t. tristriatus, 

 Waterh. though it is by no means impossible that these will prove to 

 represent yet another form.^ The present race will probably prove to 

 be confined to the forest country west of the Ghats in Travancore being 

 the analogue of F. palmarum comorinus. The differences in size have 

 already been noted by Wroughton {Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bomhay, 

 XVI, p. 411 ; 1905). 



8496-9. 2^, 2J Sasthaucotta, west side of Western Ghats, Travancore, Novem- 

 ber 1908 (Dr. N. Annandale) [C] ; skins and skulls. 

 No. 8498 type of the subspecies. 

 9527. No particulars (Dr. Day) ; skin and skull. 



Funambulus wroughtoni, Ryley. 



.Joiirn. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, XXll, p. 437 (1913). 



Typical locality. — Makut, South Coorg. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



1 It is .this form apparently that Wroughton (Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, XXIV, 

 p. 645 ; l9l6) regards as typical F. tristriatus. 



2 Ryley, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, XXII, p. 437 (1913). 



* Measurements in parentheses those of the type of Funambulus wroughtoni. 



* 40 mm. measured dry. 



* F. t. numarius, antea. 



