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the upper surface of the hindfeet and perhaps by the more indepen- 
dent branching of the incisor groove when trifureate. Mr. T. H. 
Lyle, who collected the type, tells me that it was perhaps rather 
immature, an opinion that is borne out by the description of the 
grooves. He has sent me a series of external measurements (which 
are given below) and furnishes a curious belief held by the Siamese 
with regard to this animal: “The peasantry believe that there is 
no male hare, just as they believe there is no male paddy-bird ”*— 
an interesting parallel to the “she” by which the hare is always 
referred to at home. 
Hares are reported to occur in Bangtaphan and Patiyu the 
next districts southwards of Pran, but no farther down the Malay 
Peninsula. 
Locality. Sex. H.& B. Tail. H.f. Ear. 
Nan, North Siam Wi af se 460 55 105 84 
" } i ais cn we & 484 84. 106 87 
* a 3 i * pase) ene 82 101 90 
aa eee aa!) ee pcan iet dO) Oe 
a « rr (immature) gts 6 470 78 105 86 
pieibimeh 1h se) ital ca xc 9 GOO 5 he 
» ‘s i iy ii os Rhy 402 82 110 91 
Chiengmoan, west of Nan (2 foetuses) ; 465 77 102 93 
Lampang, North Siam (2 foetuses) ? 440 68 96 86 
Mehongson, west of Chiengmai,N, Siam ¢ 428 70 100 84 
Between Bangkok and Paknampo, 8. Siam * 485 77 106 89 
For other measurements see table posted.) 
45. Acanthion brachyurus klossi. 
Acanthion klossi, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) X VII, p. 136, 
(1916); Kloss, P.Z.S., 1916, p. 61. 
Acanthion trachyurus klossi, Kloss, Journ, N. TH. Soc. Siam, ITI, p. 65, 
(1918). 
A long shot at a porcupine on Koh Mesan only produced 
some dropped quills ; the animal was doubtless an individual of this 
form, which has a known range from ‘Tenasserim to the border of 
Cambodia. 
* Bubuleus coromandus. 
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