310 MR. C. BODEN KLOSS ON 



Sciunis ritUiIti--^ )n'iiiutii.<, KIoss, aiitca p. 20. 



1 <^ siinad. Hang Nara, Patani, Peninsular Siani. 30 June PJIG. 

 jMessrs. AVilliamsoii and Suiith's collectors [No. 2494']. 



o2. Tamiops barbei kongensis. 



,Sc/>n-us iii'ifcli l/iiiii/i L-i>ii(jenf/s, Bonlioie, P. Z. S„ I'JUl, ji. 5-4. 

 T<iiiiiiiji< hnihri l:i)nijeii,<iy, Kloss, aiitca, \>. 84. 



Skin, without skull, from Lakon Lampang, North Siam. 28 

 August 1915. Collected by Mr. K. G. Gairdner. [No. 2600]. 



Bonhote when describing this subspecies pointed out that it 

 possessed both a sununer and a winter pelage and on p. 22 of this 

 Joui'nal I described a specimen with short ear-tufts, taken at Miiang 

 J'rae on April 28tli, which was evidently assuming the bright summer 

 phase. 



The present siiecimen is much duller in colour with longer ear- 

 tufts and may be taken as attaining the winter phase. Colour of head, 

 shoulders, limbs and sides greyish, the hairs with pale buffy tips. The 

 two outer pale stripes whicii run from muzzle to tail are very broad, 

 buiiV on the rump, cream on the shoulder and verj' pale on the head ; 

 the inner pair start fVoni tlio shoulders and are narrow and buff. There 

 are three dark stripes running from the shoulders to tail, all clear 

 black ; and the outer yellow stripes are bordered below by a short, 

 broad, indefinite, grizzled, black line. The ears, hands and feet are 

 bufify ; the hair on the back of the ears blaclc, that near the tips long 

 with wdiito en<ls. Throat and under-side of fore-arms greyish, under 

 side of body and hind-limbs buff-yellow to orange-buH". Tail annulat- 

 ed with bull and black, the hairs with bully-white tips; the extremity 

 black. 



The dilferences in colour between the two phases are largely 

 conlined to tlio upper ])arts. 



Head and body, 101 ; tall. 117 ; hindfoot, s.u., 2(3. 



In the dull jihase huwjcnsis seems hardly distinguishable from 

 specimens from S. Tenasserini whicli are probably very near true 

 barhei. 1 have seen no topotypes of the latter from Ye but have 

 e.\amined specimens I'rom T.-nasserim Town, which are perhaps 

 iiilrnncdiale between typical hiu'liei and noreiiilineulus of Trang, 



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