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have therefore so listed them here. It is doubtful how far colour is a charac- 

 ter of specific value in these animals. There are several more specimens in 

 the series which much resemble these two, but are coloured differently, pro- 

 visionally I have included these under the head " Pachyura sp. " above. A 

 third specimen was taken at Wellawaya and listed by Miss Ryley under 

 Paehywa sp. 



(21) PaCHYUBA MONTANA, Blyth. 



The Ceylon Highland Shrew. 



1851. Sorev montauss, Blyth, J.A.S.B. XX, p. 16.3. 



1888. Crocidura murina, Blanford, Mammalia No. 117 (partim). 



S^, Pattipola ; J 2, 1 in al. 1, Ambawela; S. Ceylon J 1. 



Kelaart sent two specimens to Blyth imder the MS. name inontanus. 

 Blyth, by publishing the name with a short description, no doubt unwit- 

 tingly, forestalled Kelaart's publication of the name in the following year 

 in his Prodromus. These specimens I think undoubtedly represent this 

 species with both descriptions of which they entirely agree. A specimen 

 was also taken at Udugama and listed in Report 13 under the general head 

 Pachyura sp, 



(22) Felis pardus, L. 



The Panther. 

 (Synonymy in No. 5.) 

 d" 1, Ambawela ; 5 1, Kala Oya. S.Ceylon $1. 

 {See also Reports Nos. 6, 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16.) 



(23) Felis viverrina^ Benn. 



The Fishing Cat. 



1833. Felis viverrina, Bennett. P.Z.S., p. 68. 



1836. Felis viverriceps, Hodgson, J.A.S.B., V., p. 233. 



1837, Felis himalayanus, Jardine, Nat. Lib., p. 230. 

 1888. Felis viverrina, Blanford, Mammalia No. 3-5. 



S 1, Maha Oya. 

 Some years ago, in dealing with the African Bush Cats, I came to the con- 

 clusion that the specific name serval, usually applied to them, belonged to 

 the present species (A.M.N.H., p. 205, 1910). I have now been into the 

 whole question again and Mr. Thomas has convinced me that it is better to 

 leave things as they were originally. The name Felis serval was given on a 

 plate published by Schreber in 1776, which was practically a reproduction of 

 one published in 1765 by Buffon. Whatever Buffon described, and per- 

 sonally I am confident that it was our Indian Fishing Cat, the specific name 

 must go to the animal represented by Schreber's plate. In that picture the 

 large ears, set close together on the head, and the markedly ringed tail are 

 certainly not characters of viverrina, and so there is ample excuse for leaving 

 the name serval with the Cape Cat for which it has been used for so many 

 years. 



(24) Felis affinis. Gray. 



The Jungle Cat. 

 (Synonymy in No. 1.) 

 S 1, Cheddikulam. 

 {See also Reports Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15 and 16.) 



