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Habitat. — Upper Chind win, east bank ; type from Minsin, 450'. 

 Other specimens from Hkamti and Kanktaiing. Six* specimens 

 in all. 



Adult female. B. M. No. 15.5.5.189. Original number 6,060. 

 Collected ISth August 1914. 



True T. similis is grizzled the whole way down, the back, and 

 does not appear to have a mesial grey abdominal stripe. 



This striking sc]uirrel, the representative in Burma of the little 

 known T. similis of Nepal and Sikkim, we have named after Major 

 F. C. Owens, Deputy Commissioner of Sagaing, to whom 

 Mr. Shortridge has been indebted for help, and who has also 

 contributed to the Survey a number of specimens from districts 

 which our collectors were unable to visit. 



Tomeutes stevensi, Thos. 



One female from South of Hukting Valley, 20 mi. N. of Hkamti, 

 Upper Chindwin. Alt. 530'. 



This specimen has a dark huSj hip-patch, while none is present 

 in the other examples in the Museum. They are however — when 

 dated — all winter specimens, while this one was killed in July. 



Dremomys rujigenis adamsoni, Thos. 



Eight from Kindat, 250'. East bank. 



These specimens agree closely wdth the tj^pe, which was collected 

 at Maymyo, just east of Mandalay, the Irrawaddy being here 

 again no barrier to the distribution of the species, while the Chind- 

 win sepa.rates D. ncfigenis from D. macmillani, described below. 



From the extreme Upper Chindwin however, still on the East 

 bank, the representatives of this species form a special race, as 

 follows : — 



Dremomys rujigenis oimniis, subsp. n. 



Like D. r. adamsoni in its general characteristics, but darker and 

 richer in colour throughoat. 



Size slightly larger than in adamsoni. General colour of back 

 more suffused with rufous, not such a clear olive grey. 

 Posterior back and hips suffused with ferruginous instead of the 

 lighter and more buffy suffusion of adamsoni. Muzzle deep ferrugi- 

 nous, this colour extending well up to the forehead : crown mixed 

 ferruginous and black, as compared with the grey crown of ackmso?M. 

 Postauricular patch white, much larger and more conspicuous than 

 in the allied form. 



Skull somewhat larger than in adamsoni, but of about the same 



shape. 



Dimensions of the type :— Head and body, 210 mm.; tail, 174; 

 hindfoot, 50; ear, 21. Skull:— Greatest length, 55. 



Habitat.— Rkamti, Upper Chindwin, East bank. Alt. 500 . 



