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1/3 the length of those in ellioti, and generally darker colouring. The size 

 is the same as in ellioti, but the skull is larger and the molars longer. 



Dimensions of an adult male (the figures in brackets are those of a male 

 of about the same age from Dharwar) : — Head and body, 147 (150) ; tail 119 

 (120) ; hindfoot 26 (26) ; ear 16 (16). 



Skull; — Greatest length 34 (31) ; molars 7 (6). 



Judging from Kelaart's specimens coffata is a much brighter coloured 

 animal not differing greatly from a specimen of ellioti from Coorg. Major 

 Mayor obtained no specimen of this species whose head quarters are at 

 Kandy — Kelaart calls it the "Coffee Rat.'" 



" Only two of these were actually got in the jungle. The S was shot 

 running up a tree to its nest, which was about 20 feet from the ground and 

 the 5 was trapped a few days later. The others were trapped in hedges 

 and compound boundaries, and one was caught by hand by the side of a 

 Tea Factory."— E.W.M. 



(52) Hystkix leucura, Sykes. 



The Indian Porciqnne. 



(Synonymy in No. 1.) 



J 1, Mankeni ; in al. 1, Yatiyantota ; J 1, 5 '^7 in al. 1, Tammannewa. 



(See also Reports Nos. 2, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 15.) 



" Common everywhere, especially in the west of the N. C. Province. The 

 natives sell the quills to the Moormen for making fancy boxes." 



(53) Lepus nigkicollis singhala. Wrought. 



The Ceylon Hare. 



1915. Lepus nigricollis singhala, Wroughton, Journ. B.N.H.S., 



Vol. XXIV, p. 41. 

 1891. Lepus nigricollis, Blanford, Mammalia No. 319 (partim). 



6*4, §2, in al. 1, Tammannewa ; Jl, Hakgalla ; juv. 1, Amba- 

 wela; S. Ceylon cJ 5, $2. 

 A geographical race of nigricollis from which it differs most markedly by 

 its buffy cheeks and the almost complete absence of the grey patch on the 

 rump so noticeable in true nigricollis. 



" Plentiful all over the Island. From weights taken personally and those 

 given me by various sportsmen, I should say there is no great difference in 

 size between the Up and Low Country hares." — E.W.M. 



(54) MXJKTIACUS MALABABICUS, Wr. 



The South Indian Muntjac. 



1891. Cervulus muntjac, Blanford, Mammalia No. 362 (partim). 

 1915. Muntiacus malabaricus, Wroughton, Journ. B.N.H.S., Vol. XXIV, 

 p. 45. 



J 1, $ 1, in al. 1, Tammannewa ; in al. 1, Ambawela. 

 The specimens very anuch resemble a specimen from Kanara which 

 itself only differs from malabaricus (from Coorg) by the pale colour of 

 its limbs and the presence of considerable white areas on the inner side 

 of the limbs. Until we know more of the West Coast Muntjac I rank 

 these as malabaricus. 



(56) Axis axis ceylonensis, Fitz. 



The Ceylon Spotted Deer. 



1874. Axis maculata ceylonensis, Fitzinger, Sitz, K. A. Wiss. Wien., 



Vol. LXX, p. 269. 

 1891. Cervus axis, Blanford, Mammalia No. 368 (partim). 



