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variation in three districts so close together. The Brahmagiris appear to 

 form an abrupt barrier between the two Coorg forms, though there is ap- 

 parently nothing to prevent their meeting andlnter-breeding around the 

 foot of that range. Mr. Van Ingen informs me that the red squirrels from 

 Eastern Mysore are similar to those from Southern Mysore. Specimens 

 from South Malabar and Travancore are also said to be very strongly 

 suffused with black. 



Rare in North Ooorg." — G.O.S. 



Vernacular name : — Kenjeri. 



Ratufa indica bengalensis, Blanf. 

 The Central Indian Giant Squirrel. 

 (Synonymy in No. 7.) 



2 J J . 3 $ 9 . Kutta, S. Coorg, 



3 c? J ; 2 $ 5> . Nagarhole, S. Coorg. 



General colour deep chestnut red, yellow underside and pale markings 

 on head and forelegs as in R. indica suj^erans, but differing from that 

 species in having a black tail with a yellow tip, underside of tail still with 

 a narrow yellow stripe throughout. Head and body about 16 inches, tail 

 17 inches. Weight of a female 4^ lbs. 



The synonymy of the above sub-species was given in Report No. 7, it 

 was then applied to the Ratufas obtained in the Central Provinces, which, 

 however, have now been made into a new subspecies Ratufa indica centralis 

 (ante p. ) as the Coorg specimens agree more closely with the type of 

 Ratufa indica bengalensis. 



Ratufa indica centralis, Ryl. 

 The black shouldered Giant Squirrel. 



1918. Ratufa indica centralis, Ryley. Journ., B. N. H. S., Vol. xxii 

 p. 436. ' 



c? 2572. Chamrajnagar, S. Mysore. 

 General colour chestnut red with pale markings as in supera^is and 

 bengalensis, but differing from those species in having black on the should- 

 ers, rump and hindquarters, the tail is also black with a very small pale 

 yellow tip. This squirrel is also smaller, the head and body only measur- 

 ing about 13f inches ; tail 16 inches and weight about 2f lbs. 



It is curious to find this one specimen agreeing so well with the large 

 series from the Central Provinces, and not with the Ratufas obtained so 

 near by in Coorg. 



" The Southern and Eastern Mysore form.^'— G.C.S. 

 FuNAMBULUS WROUGHTONi, Ryley. 

 The Coorg striped Squirrel. 



1913. Funambulus wroughtoni, Ryley. Journ. J.B.N.H.S., Vol xxi' 

 p. 437. 



1 S • Jambur, N. Coorg. 



5 c? d, 2 $ ? . Haleri, N. Coorg. 



5 c? J, 4 $ $ , WotekoUi, S. Coorg. 



1 c?, 1 $. Makut, S. Coorg. 



10 c? d", 2 $ $ . Virajpet, S. Coorg. 



3 c? c?, 1 $ . Srimangala, S. Coorg. 



{See also Reports Nos. 5 and 6.) 



Speckled brown, black and grey with three longitudinal light yellow 

 Stripes, the middle one being very narrow and shorter than the lateral 



