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Waterh., the Nilgiri species. The name was therefore unavailable 

 from the beginning for any other form. 



This squirrel thus needing a new name, we have applied to 

 it that of Miss Ryley, who first described its characteristics, 

 and to whom we are both so greatly indebted for the assistance 

 she has given in working out the mammals of the Bombay 

 Survey. 



We would select as type of the name the specimen described 

 and measured by her, Male, No. 13 of Major Mayor's collection, 

 now B. M. No. 15,7.1.1., collected 11th April 1913 at 

 Kottawa, Southern Province, Ceylon. Ma,] or Mayor's second 

 collection contains examples from Ambawela, Uva, 5,030', and 

 Pattipola, Central Province, 6,210'. 



The readiest means of distinguishing ¥. hailileeyim externally 

 from F. suhlineatus is the much greater breadth of the dark dorsal 

 stripes, which are about 7-8 mm. in bi'eadth, as contrasted with 4-5, 



Funamhulus 'palmanmi palmar um, L. 



Above the hairs are "cream buff" tipped with black, but 

 along the dorsal area " tawny " replaces the " cream buff," thus 

 forming a dark ' saddle ' which is broken by three longitudinal lines 

 coloured " cream buff." The face is prominently washed with 

 bright ochraceus. Below dull white. The midrib of the tail (below) 

 bright ochraceous. The feet buffy white. 



Unfortunately no properly measured specimens are available, 

 but the hindfoot may be taken as about 36 mm., as measured on six 

 specimens from Madras, presented by Mr. E, Thurston of the 

 Madras Museum. The type locality of this subspecies is Madras 

 ( Journ., B. N. H. S., XVI., p. 410). 



Funamhulus palmarum favonicus, subsp. n, 



A smaller form, probably of the size of true palmarum. 

 General colour above darker than true palmarwn, owing to the 

 greater amount of black grizzling. The saddle much darker, the 

 pale colour much darker and richer than in palmarmn, taking the 

 place of the buff in the grizzling of nape, shoulders and saddle. 

 The central dorsal stripe white, the lateral ones ochraceous buff. 

 Below white. The tail below " cinnamon rufous ", i.e., red rather 

 than yellow. Feet a fine grizzle of black and buff. 



Dimensions of the type : — Head and body 143 ; tail 144 ; 

 hindfoot 33; ear 16, 



Hab. — Submontane area of the Southern Province. Type from 

 Udugama. 



Type. ^ Adult female, B, M. No. 15,7.1.2. Original number 

 47. Collected by Major E. W. Mayor and presented to the 

 National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



