A COLLECTION OF tVIAMMALS FROM SIAM. 23 



In colour the upper side is a grizzle of ochraceous-bufF and 

 blackish and there are three clearly defined black stripes from the 

 shoulders to the base of the tail, which is like the upper parts but 

 more coarselj' annulated. The under parts of the body are white or 



creamy. 



Native collector's external measurements : — head and body, 

 167 ; tail, 9G (imperfect) ; hind foot, 42 mm. 



Dimensions of a skull from Bandon : — greatest length 40.1; 

 condyle-basilar lengtii, 40.3; interorbital breadth, 13.5; zygomatic 

 breadth, 27.7 mm. 



2G. Dremomys rufig^enis belfieldi. 



Fiiniimhidii/i vafiqeniK helfhlili, Bonhote, .Touin. Fed. Malay State* 



Mus., HI, p." '.I, pi. 1 (I'sms). 

 Dremomys nili<ii'iiis belfieldi, Robinson and Kloss, op. cit. supra, V, 



p.l22 (1914). 

 1 6 adult. Khao Wang Hip (Upper camp). Peninsular Siani, 

 Sept. 1915. [No. 2057]. 



Compared with D, rufh/enis rufujenis, Blanford, of Muleyit, 

 Tenasserim, this race which inhabits tlie mountains of Peninsular 

 Siam, is darker above with the cheeks and muzzle less bright and the 

 hind feet like the back instead of being bright tawny. 



Above, a dark grizzle of black and buff: sides of muzzle and 

 cheeks Jlars j'ellow. Under sui'face wliite, tlie grej" bases of the hairs 

 very conspicuous except on throat, and on the thighs where the white 

 is bordered with ocliraceous. Tail annulated black and white except 

 the lower surface which is almost entirely orange-rufous. A large 

 patch of pure white on the back of, and behind, the ear. 



Another foiMu, D. r. adamsoni, Thomas, occurs at Ma)'mo, 

 Burma, and in the Soutliern Shan States and probably will be found to 

 occur in Northern Siam. The species is Chinese and Indo-Chinese. 

 (For measurements see table p. 31). 



27. Menetes berdmorei berdmorei. 



Sc/iiriis henhiiiirei, Ulytli, .Imirii. Asiat. Soc. Bcn£;al, XIII, p. 603, 



(1849j. 

 Ateiieten herd mini/, Robinson and Kloss. loinn. Fed. Mal.iy States Mus, 



IV, p. 121 (l'J14). 



1 <S, Krabin, Central Siam. Nov. 1015. [No. 2045]. 



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