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belong to three different forms, of which two require new subspecific 

 names. 



There is firstl}^ a series of a red-tailed form, like the Dharwar 

 and N. Kanara JR. indica, but so considerably larger as to need 

 distinction. 



Secondl}^, ten specimens from Kutta and Nagerhole are like the 

 form described by Blanford as being that of W. Bengal, and, in fact, 

 absolutely agrees with his type, which was unfortunately a specimen 

 without locality and may have come from Coorg. Whether this 

 form really occurs in Bengal still remains to be proved, but there is 

 no question that the Coorg squirrel must bear the (possibly in- 

 appropriate) name of bengalensis. 



Thirdly, one specimen taken across the Mysore boundary belongs 

 to the form of which about twenty skins were received with the 

 Central Provinces collection, and were provisionally referred by 

 Mr. Wroughton to bengalensis but with the suggestion that it would 

 probably have to be separated later, as I now find to be the case. 

 The descriptions of the new forms are as follows : — 



Ratufa indica superans, subsp. n. 



Like the Ratufa indica of Dharwar but much larger, as indicated 

 by the skull and foot measurements. Colours absolutely as in that 

 animal. 



Dimensions.— Head and body 41 0-4-40 (340-380); tail 440-505 

 (370-446); hindfoot 87-92 (73-77) ; ear 31-38 (25-33^. 



Skull measurements. — Greatest length 77*5-82 (68-74); basilar 

 length 61-5-64 (53-5-59); tooth row 16-17 (14-3-15-5) ; diastema 

 17-18-2 (14-16); nasals 25-28 (22-8-25); zygomatic breadth 47-3- 

 50 (42-5-45). 



Figures in brackets refer to Dharwar and N. Kanara specimens 

 of Ratufa indica. 



Habitat. — Wotekolli, South Coorg; altitude 2,000 feet. 



Type.— Old female. B. M. No. 13.6.21.3 ; original No. 2219. 

 Collected by C C. Shortridgeon December 28th, 1912, and present- 

 ed to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History 

 Society. 



A series of 14 of the above specimens were obtained at Wotekolli 

 and Makut. 



Ratufa indica centralis, subsp. n. 



Like Ratufa indica bengalensis, but with black shoulders. In size 

 it is rather smaller than bengalensis, and in many cases the black 

 extends on the hind quarters ; the yellow tip to the tail is very 

 short. The skull characters are similar. 



Dimensions.— Head and body 309-343 (365-420); tail 382-433 

 (400-455); hindfoot 72-79 (80-88) ; ear 25-30 (30-34). 



