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A fairly adult and an immature skull of the same species 

 were found by Captain I. Burn Murdoch in an Abor hut near 

 Upper Rotung, January 8th, 1912. 



4. Mustcla flavigula flavigula, Bodd. 



Mustela flavigula typica,Bonh.o-te, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 

 vii, p. 344 (1901). 



An adult skin and skull of the Indian Marten collected by 

 Dr. J. Falkiner are now in the Museum of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society. The fur is fairly long with a woolly underfur 

 and the colour of the head is almost jet black. 



5. Ursus torquatus, Wagner. 



Blanford, op. cii., p. 197. 



A haversack purchased at Komsing is probably made from 

 the skin of the Himalayan black bear. 



6. Tupaia belangcri (Wagner). 

 Tupia ferruginea, Blanf. {nee Raffles), op. cit., p. 210. 



A single male from Kobo, altitude 400 ft., must apparently be 

 referred to T. belangeri (Wagn.) which is a northern race of 

 T. ferruginea. Raffles, from the Malay Peninsula, from which it 

 differs mainly in its smaller size, and the more 3'ellowish olivace- 

 ous speckling of the upper surface, totally devoid of any ferru- 

 ginous tint. The specimen before me, which is quite adult, 

 shows the character relied on by Anderson for the separation of his 

 T. chinensis ^ from T. belangeri, viz. the fusion of the two median 

 external cusps of the first molar. This feature is, however, much 

 affected by the relative wear of the teeth and is met with in aged 

 specimens of T. ferruginea from Singapore and the southern parts 

 of the Malay Peninsula. Such dimensions as can be taken from 

 the very imperfect skull before me indicate that it belongs to a con- 

 siderably larger animal than the type of T. chinensis. Further 

 material, however, is desirable before any very positive identifi- 

 cation can be made, A second young adult animal from Misshing 

 collected by Dr. Falkiner also differs from T. chinensis in its larger 

 size. 



7. Talpa micrura, Hodgs. 



Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, x, p. 910 (1841); Blan- 

 ford, op. cit., p. 225. 



A female from Kobo, 400 ft., and another from Rotung, 1,300 

 ft., are referable to this species, which was apparently common, 

 though difficult to procure. 



The species is distinguished from T. leucura, which inhabits 

 higher altitudes in the same countries and extends throughout 

 Burma, by possessing four and not three premolars only. 



' Anderson, Anat. and Zool. Res., p. 129, pi. vii, figs. 8, 9 (1878). 



