24(5 



Skull and Teeth. —Skull fairly lightly Imilt not heavily ridged. 

 Nasals narrowing to a point posteriorly and extending beyond the 

 preniaxillary suture. Bullae somewhat dilated, more so than in 

 M. va]l(h(s. l)ut not approaching those of M. annavdalii and M. hiillaiHs 

 or those of the mitm group. Teeth large, larger than those of the 

 much larger animal, Mtis validus, 



Measusbments. — Collector's external measurements taken in the 

 Hcsh: head and body, 182 (236);* tail. 289 (280); hind-foot, 45 

 (45.6) ; ear, 21 (23) mm. 



Cranial measurements: gl'eatest length, 48 (53.7) ; basilar length, 

 37.9 (44.7) ; palatilar length, 22.5 (24.4) ; breadth between anterior 

 molars, 4.0 (4.8) ; length of palatal foramina, 8.1 (8.3) ; diastema, 

 12.2 (14.2) ; length of upper molar row, 10.0 (9.6) ; median length of 

 nasals, 18.6 (22.7) ; greatest breadth of combined nasals, 5.6 (5.9) ; 

 interorljital breadth, 7.0 (8.2) ; cranial breadth, 18.5 (20.0) ; zygomatic 

 breadth, 22.5 (26.9). 



Specimens Examined. — Two, the type and a sub-adult female 

 fromCinting Bidei, Selangor (Selangor Museum, No. 1798/09). 



Kemarks. — This rat is evidently the peninsular representative of 

 the Sumatran Mus m^ielleri, Jentink, the type of which is stated by 

 Miller f to be a immature animal lacking the posterior portion of the 

 skull so that no actual comparison is possible. The dimensions given 

 being those of a mounted specimen can also only be regarded as very 

 approximate. 



ON A HOENED OWL, NEW TO THE MALAY 

 PENINSULA. 



By HERBERT C. ROBINSON, c.m.z.s., m.b.o.u. 

 BUBO COROMANDUf*. KLOSSII, siiLyj. )ioi\ 



A LOCAL race of Buho coromandm from Peninsular India Imt very 

 much darker than the typical form. 

 Adult male.— Above dull brown, head, ear-coverts and mantle 

 slightly darker; the nape and oiiter webs of the secondaries vermiculated 

 with whitish brown, the former with dark shaft stinpes. The under- 

 surfaee throughout vermiciilated with dark l)rown and whitish-brown 

 and with broad blackish-brown shaft stripes. Feathers of the thighs, 

 under wing-coverts and under tail-coverts similar but more buff. Iris 

 yellow, bill greenish-horn with black base, feet leaden. Total length, 

 21.5; wing, 15.7; tail, 8.7; tarsus, 2.55; bill from gape, 1.55 inch. 



Type.— Adult male, Gunong Semanggol, North Perak, Malay 

 Peninsula, collected on 22nd Mav, 1910, by E. Seimund. 



* ^[eRsurements in parentheses those of an adult female, Jf«s vaUdus 

 (Selangor Museum, No. 1854/11) from Maxwell's Hill, Taiping, Perak. 

 t " Proe. U. S. Nat, Mus." xxxiv, p. 64-7 (1909). 



