232 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXIV. 



The following are brief descriptions of the seven Chindwin sub- 

 species we recognise, passing from north to south : — 



1. Gallosciurus sladeni sJiorfridgei , siibsp. n. 

 (See plate fig. 1.) 



General colonr above grizzled " cinnamon-brown" or " Dresden 

 brown." Light facial mask small, rarely extending beyond eyes 

 and sometimes almost absent. Feet and under surface buffy or 

 ochraceous. Tail like the body, but more coarsely grizzled for four- 

 fifths its length, the end ferruginous, commonly bleached to 

 yellowish at the extreme tip. A faint demarcational line rarelj?' 

 present. No light hip patch. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — Head and bod}^, 

 235 ; tail, 262 ; hindfoot, 54 ; ear, 23. Greatest length of skxill :— 

 56-4. 



Habitat. — Hkaniti, Up^Der Chindwin. Alt. 500'. 



TyiJe. — Adult female. B. M. No. 15.5.5.104. Original number 

 5,863. Collected 28th July 1914. 43 specimens examined. One 

 only coloured like the next subspecies. 



We have named this fine squirrel, the terminal discovery of his 

 expedition up to the Chindwin, in honour of Mr. Shortridge him- 

 self, in token of his enthusiastic interest in the subject, which has 

 resulted in the collection of the magnificent series before us. 



2. Gallosciurus sladeni fry anus, subsp. n. 



(See plate fig. 2.) 



General colour above more buffy than the last, approaching 

 " tawny-olive," grizzle w^ith black. Under surface varying from 

 buffy to ochraceous. Feet and mask very light, pale buffy or 

 whitish, the mask extending on to the forehead. Proximal three- 

 fourths of the tail like body, the end ochraceous or buffy — less 

 rafous than in shortridgei. A whitish or pale buffy patch outside 

 hips, as in members of the lokroides group. • 



Dimensions of type : — Head and body, 238; tail, 273; hindfoot, 

 56 ; ear, 22. Skull length, 56-3. 



Habitat. — Minsin, Upper Chindwin. Alt. 450'. 



Tyi^e. — Adult female. B. M. No. 15.5.5.117. Original number 

 6,055. Collected 14th August 1914. Seven specimens quite typical 

 in colour, and an eighth more like G. s. careyi. 



Of three specimens from Kauktaung, half-way towards Hkamti, 

 two agree best with this form, while the third is more liikesliortridgei. 



Named after Mr. T. B. Fry, to whom both Miss Ryley and 

 we ourselves have been indebted during the last three years for an 

 immense amount of clerical help in sorting and labelling the 

 material obtained during the Bombay Society's Surve}^. 



