1913.] H. C. Robinson: Mammals. 87 



The skulls of the present specimens are rather small, measur- 

 ing 33 mm. in total length against about 35 mm., which is the 

 length given by Blanford and others. This may, however, be due 

 to the fact that they are females and not very old specimens, 

 though quite adult. 



8. Crocidura fuliginosa (Blyth). 



Sorex fuliginosiis . Blvth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xxiv, p. 

 362 (1855). 



A female in spirit from Kobo, 400 ft., and a female skin from 

 the Upper Rotung, ca. 2,000 ft., present no tangible differences 

 when compared with a series from the ^lala}^ Peninsula, which 

 have themselves been compared with the type, which came from 

 Central Tenasserim. Should large series from the original locality 

 prove the existence of any real differences Himalayan specimens 

 will have to bear the name Crocidura rubricosa,^ the types of 

 which came from Sibsagar, Assam. 



Crocidura fuliginosa in its broad sense has a very wide distri- 

 bution, ranging from Sikkim to Flores, through the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Borneo, analogous to the case of certain Himalayan birds 

 such as Muscicapula maculata. 



9. Pteropus giganteus subsp. leucocephalus, Hodgs. 



Pteropus leucocephalus , Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 



iv, p. 700 (1835). 

 Pteropus giganteus leucocephalus, Anderson, Cat. Chir. Brit. 



Mus. (2nd. ed.), i, p. 333 (1912). 

 A male from Sadiya, N. E. Assam, belongs to the eastern race 

 of the Common Indian Flying Fox {Pteropus medius, auct.), differ- 

 entiated from the peninsular form by its somewhat longer and 

 softer fur. 



10. Pipistrellus abramus (Temm). 



Vesperugo abramus, Dobson, Mon. Asiat. Chir., p. 97 (1876) ; 

 Blanford, op. cit., p. 313. 



A pair taken at Rotung, 1,300 ft., in March and a female from 

 Kobo, 400 ft., obtained in November are typical examples of the 

 Common Indian Pipistrelle. 



II. Nycticejus ornatus, Blyth. 



Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xx, p. 159 (1851); Blan- 

 ford, op. cit., p. 322. 



Of the strikingly coloured Harlequin Bat, originally described 

 from the Khasia Hills, there is a single female obtained at Balek 

 on March 25th, 1912, by Capt. J. Masters. 



1 Anderson. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xlvi, pt. ii,p. 280 (1877). 



