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This form, though larger in size, most nearl}^ approaches true 

 pahnarum in colouration, but the grey face and shoulders, and above 

 all, the "red " (instead of yellow ) colour of the underside of the 

 tail serve to distinguish it. 



Funamhulus pahnarum olymjyius, subsp. n. 



A dark highland form. 



Resembling hrodiei but much darker. The saddle is commonly 

 almost black and the central dorsal stripe paler than the two lateral 

 ones, often white. The lower side of the midrib of the tail is much 

 darker chestnut than in hrodiei. The feet are darker even than in 

 favonicus. Below dull white. 



Dimensions of the tj-pe : — Head and body 154 ; tail 126 (broken) ; 

 hindfoot 35 -5 ; ear 17. 



Habitat. — The highlands of central Ceylon, type from Urugalla. 

 Alt. 1,600 feet. 



Type. — Adult female. B. M. No. 15. 7. 1. 3. Original number 

 823. Collected by Major E. W. Mayor on 25th February 1914, 

 and presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural 

 History Societ}^ 



Major Mayor obtained 30 specimens as follows : — Kandy 6, 

 Urugalla 22, Ambawela 3 and there were already 7 specimens from 

 Kandy in the National Collection. The measurements of the 

 whole work out as follows: — Head and body 154; tail 143; hindfoot 

 35; ear 17. 



Its dark colour distinguishes this race from all the others in the 

 island. 



D. — The Ceylon Hake. 



BY 



R. C. Wroughton. 



The type locality oi Lepus nigricollis, F. Cuv. is " Malabar," but 

 what exactly was understood by that term in 1818 it is now difficult 

 to say. Cuvier quotes from Leschenault's " manuscript catalogue 

 of Malabar Animals," the vernacular name " moussel," a clue 

 which perhaps may enable some member of the Society to locate 

 Leschenault's " Malabar." 



There are unfortunately no specimens in the National Collection 

 representing the hare of what we now know as Malabar ; the nearest 

 are the specimens obtained by the Survey from Coorg and until 

 better are available these must be considered to be the typical Lepus 

 nigricollis. In this form the dorsal hairs are black with a wide 

 central " ochraceous " band, giving the general appearance of a black 

 and tan grizzle (the tan colouring, unmixed with black, appears 

 again in the forefeet and the upper side of the hindfeet). This black 



