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(37) FUNAMBULUS lAYARDI. 



Layar(l''s Striped Squirrel. 



1849. Sciurus layardi, Blyth, J.A.S.B., XVIII., p. 602. 



1S91. Sciurus layardi, Blanford, Mammalia No. 255. 

 c5' 1, $ 1, Ratnapura. 



" These are the rarest of the small squirrels, and the hardest to obtain, as 

 they frequent the tops of tall trees and their colouring protects them. The 

 Taxidermist of the Colombo Museum, who obtained these specimens, told me 

 they were the first for nearly 30 years." — E.W.M. 



(38) FuNAMBULUS KATHLEENS, Thos. & Wr. 



The Ceylon Dusky-striped Squirrel. 



1891. Sciurus sublineatus, Blanford, Mammalia No. 256. 



1914. Funambulus trilineatus, Ryley (nee Blyth) Journ. B.N.H.S., 



Vol. XXII, p. 708. 



1915. Funambulus kathleenoe, Thomas & Wroughton, Journ. B.N.H.S.,, 



Vol. XXIV, p. 38. 



$3, $2, Pattipola ; $1, in al. 1 Ambawela ; cJl, Bambara- 

 bottuwa. S. Ceylon ^1, S. Ceylon SI. 

 The S. Ceylon specimen from Kottawa was listed by Miss Ryley in Report- 

 No. 13 under the name trilineatus. That name however is technically 

 preoccupied and the name kathleente is now substituted {vide p. 38, ante). 



" Not so common as 1 expected in the hill jungles and very hard to see. 

 They do not make an incessant noise like pahnarum, and are consequently 

 diflicult to locate."— E.W.M. 



(39) FuNiMBULUS PALMARUM BRODIEI, Blyth. 



TJie Northern Ceylon Palm Squirrel. 



1849. Sciurus brodiei, Blyth, J.A.S.B., XVIII, p. 602. 



1891. Sciurus pahnarum, Blanford, Mammalia No. 253 (partim). 

 c5'2 Mannar; cJlO, $11, Cheddikulam. 



(40) Funambulus palmarum olympius, Thos. & Wr. 



The Hiyhland Ceylon Palm Squirrel. 



1891. Sciurus palmarum, Blanford, Mammalia No. 263 (partim). 



1916. Funambulus palmarum olympius, Thomas & Wroughton, Journ, 



B.N.H.S., Vol. XXIV, p. 41. 



dlS, $ 8 Urugalla ; J 2, $ 2, Kandy ; c? 1, $ 2, Peradeniya ; S 2, 



$ 1, in al. 1, Ambawela. 



(41) Funambulus palmarum kelaarti. Lay. 



The Lowland Ceylon Palm Squirrel. 



1850. Sciurus kelaarti, Layard, J.A.S.B., XX, p. 166. 



1891. Sciurus palmarum, Blanford, Mammalia No. 253 (partim). 



cJ 5, $ 1, Patticola ; c? 7, $ 6, Mankeni ; $ 1, Welimada ; S 5, 2 8, 

 in al.l, Kala Oya ; ,-{2, $3, in al.l, Tammannewa ; (^2, $3, 

 Putlam ; cJ 4, § 1, Anuradhapura ; S 2, Trincomalee. S. Ceylon 

 cJl7, 29. 



Funambulus palmarum pavonicus, Thos. & Wr. 

 The Submontane Ceylon Palm Squirrel, 

 1891. Sciurus palmarmn, Blanford, Mammalia No. 253 (partim). 



