SCIENTIFIC RESULTS IBOM THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 437 



(Slcull measurements. — Greatest length 69*5-74 (74-81) ; basilar 

 length 50-58 (59-64-5); tooth row 14-15 (15-16-5); diastema 

 14-16 (15-5-18); ^asals 21-5-24 (24-5-26); zygomatic breadth 

 42-46 (46-49-5). 



Figures in brackets refer to specimens of hengalensis. 



Habitat. — Hoshangabad. Central Provinces. Type from Bori, 

 1,600 feet. 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 12.11.29.85 ; original No. 902. 

 Collected 13th Februar}'- 1912 by C. A. Crnmp, and presented to 

 the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



C. — FUNAMBULUS WROUGHTONI, Sp.n. 



The Coorg Jungle Squirrel. 



The Funainhulus from Coorg differs considerably from all the 

 forms of F. tristriatus previously obtained, but is clearly an ally of 

 that species. Examples from N. Kanara and Dharwar are decided- 

 ly smaller, and have a different general colour and are nearer to 

 the type of F. tristriatus (Waterhouse) which has only Southern 

 India as a locality ; very probably it came from Travancore as it 

 agrees best with a small series from that district. 



The series of 35 specimens from Coorg is very constant in colour- 

 ing, only three out of the whole number having any black on the 

 back, whereas the type, four of the five from Travancore, and about 

 half of the specimens from N. Kanara have a black saddle. The 

 tails also differ, the Kanara and Travancore examples having a 

 more nondescript speckled appearance, while the Coorg ones have 

 longer hair and are more bushy throughout and the general impres- 

 sion given is black with very white tips ; when opened out, the 

 base of the tail hairs is bright tawny yellow, followed by a narrow 

 black, and another narrow yellow band, then a wide black band 

 with a white tip of from 3 to 4 mm. 



General colour greyish brown finely speckled with pale yellow 

 and black ; three pale yellow longitudinal stripes on the back, the 

 middle one being much narrower and shorter than the lateral ones. 

 On the whole the stripes do not extend so far on to the shoulders 

 and rump as in the Kanara and Travancore specimens. Saddle 

 rich chestnut, this being one of the most striking characteristics 

 of the species. Face rufescent, but not so deep as the dorsal fur. 

 Shoulders, legs and feet of the same general grey-brown speckled 

 colour as the flanks. Base of fur dark slate grey. Undersurface 

 dirty white, rarely clear white, the base of the hairs is usually grey- 

 ish and the ends white or yellow ; the type happens to be particularly 

 white on the underside and is also rather a lighter colour on the 

 flanks, the majority being a shade browner. Tail tawny yellow 

 underneath. 



